Great visit to the beautiful, well-maintained vineyards. Our group enjoyed the educational tour. The area is very scenic. Likely, best to come in September, while there are still lots of grapes.See more..
4.0Shuimogou Park(17 reviews) - Fairly basic but nice Sunday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Parks • Valleys
Not far from our Urumqi hotel is Shimogou Park and we stopped by about a week ago when in the city. Nice park, good layout, beautiful ponds and creeks with lots of fish in them, not a must see in Urumqi but definitely a nice spot for a bit of relaxing time, might be really beautiful in winter though.See more..
4.5Guozigou Valley(13 reviews) - Beautiful colours of rape flowers Sunday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Valleys
June-July is a wonderful time of the year to visit. The days are generally sunny, nice temperature, and the rape flowers beautify the Guozigou Valley.See more..
Very pretty area up the valley, but narrow area without much scope for hiking. Best for a big group day out - Big parking lot; buy entry ticket, walk up the road to a big eating area with many yurts, take a shuttle (buy ticket on shuttle) or walk the maybe 3 kms up a road by the river to the water fall, pose for photos, walk or ride a horse back to the yurt area, eat and drink. The walk is on a paved road and there is the occasional car, horse and shuttle cart that you have to get out of the way for. There is a fenced horse track on the hill side almost back to eating area if you want to ride a horse on the grass. For a quiet picnic, there is one place you can climb the scree hill opposite the waterfall, where there isn't actually a sign saying no climbing. Over the crest is a pretty small valley with a stream and the area is minimally trashed.See more..
4.0Dongbaiyang Valley(2 reviews) - East Valley Sunday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Valleys • Ranches
Fantastic mountains and not too commercialised. Go off the beaten track and find a yurt to stay in far from the madding karaoke crowd.See more..
