Travel Guide to Barkol Ancient City Scenic Area in Hami Region

Scenic spot location:

China>Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region>Hami City>Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County

How to get there:

The best way to go to Hami is by train. All trains in and out of Xinjiang will stop in Hami, with more than 10 trains every day. You can also take a car, but it is not as comfortable as a train.

You can only take a shuttle bus from Hami to Barkol. There are several buses every day. You can stop at Tianshan Temple, Baishitou, and Songshutang on the way, and then continue on to Barkol.

To go to the scenic spot, you can charter a bus from Barkol County.

Scenic area map:

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Scenic area services:

The tourist reception center is located at the junction of Seoul South Street and Provincial Highway 303. It contains functional areas such as tourist reception hall, guard room, tourist-star toilets, and tourist souvenir shops. At the same time, the center also sets up a medical clinic to provide tourists with routine and emergency medical emergency services. The 164-square-meter tourist reception hall provides tourists with free services such as tourism-related reception consultation, complaints, and attraction promotion, as well as rest, storage, lost property and other service functions. A scenic sand table is also set up to facilitate tourists to understand the situation of the scenic spot. In addition, the reception center will provide special population services for tourists.

Precautions:

Barkol County is very small, with only a few streets and buildings, but it is clean and quiet. The temperature here is also very low in summer, so bring warm clothes.