The city offers a chance to walk in the footsteps of ancient merchants, explorers and pilgrims on the legendary Silk Road! You can savor the traces of a bustling, cosmopolitan hub where East met West — and still does — and feel the profound history of the Yangguan and Yumen passes. Standing at these ancient fortress gates in the vast Gobi Desert, you can almost hear the camel caravans and sense the bittersweet farewells of those journeying into the unknown.

Don't miss the Dunhuang Museum, where thousands of Silk Road relics, from intricate textiles to old coins, tell vivid stories of trade and cultural exchange. To complete the journey, visit the White Horse Pagoda, built to commemorate a loyal horse from a Buddhist monk's epic journey from India.