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Landscapes in China - the Silk Road

 
 

Landscapes

Shaanxi ShaanxiHollowed out of the relief, some of the troglodytic houses here are still inhabited today. Panorama Media / age fotostock

There are the yellow valleys of Shaanxi and the vast desert expanses of Gansu that alternate with vast fields of corn that are always yellow; the landscapes in the colours of the sun are present everywhere but in no way identical. Mountains, cliffs, deserts, forests, oases, fields of cotton and corn: the scenery around the Silk Road is an astounding mix of geological formations.

All the reasons to go

Other reasons to go

  1.   Landscapes

  2.   Towns

  3.   Arts and culture

  4.   Monuments

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