When traveling in the northwest, it is hard to say that it is flowers and dusty all the way. On the way, you can see flowers everywhere, the desolate and solemn desert Gobi, the crystal clear lake and the cold peaks.

The scenery along this road is different, but it also has different chic and style. Then, let Xiaobian arrange a tour route in the northwest for you!

11DAY: all over the country-Lanzhou (1545 meters above sea level)

Lanzhou on the tip of the tongue:

famous Lanzhou beef noodles-recommended: century-old "Mazilu" and Jinding beef noodles.

Jin Dao northwest pasta-lentil noodles, paste noodles, mutton noodles, fried noodles, "Fengyun" time-honored Zhajiang Noodles and other

special snacks-grey beans, sweet embryos, stuffed skins, crystal cakes, all kinds of barbecues and so on.

Guide to Lanzhou Snack Street

Dazhong Lane is an old alley in Lanzhou, where you can taste a variety of authentic snacks in Lanzhou, such as Mazilu beef noodles, Duji sweet food shop and so on. Zhengning Road Night Market is a good place to look for delicious food at night. Roasted mutton series is appetizing, and eggs and milk mash are also a good choice.

12DAY: Lanzhou-Qinghai Lake (3121 meters above sea level, 411KM)

Get up early, and after breakfast, we will go to Qinghai Lake, a plateau sapphire. On the way, we will have a free lunch in Huangyuan County, then pass through Sun Moon Mountain and Daotang River, and then stroll along the picturesque Qinghai Lake to enjoy the most beautiful plateau lake in China. When we come to the lake, we can enjoy the sunset glow of Qinghai Lake freely.

is the best place to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Qinghai Lake. Everyone can enjoy playing and have a close contact with Qinghai Lake. The sunset here is very beautiful when the weather is fine.

13DAY: Chaka Town/* * County-Chaka Salt Lake-Delingha (2811 meters above sea level, 421KM)

After breakfast, we will continue to the west, browse the 3,813-meter rubber mountain pass and enter another world, which is the dream Qaidam Basin.

Chaka Town is the east gate of Qaidam Basin, the mirror of the sky-Chaka Salt Lake, where everyone has enough time for modeling, and girls who love beauty can prepare a colorful red shawl or long skirt.

14DAY: Delingha-Dachaidan-Dunhuang (at an altitude of 1,111 meters, 481KM)

After breakfast, take a bus to Zhuanjing Town, Boluo, the old county town of Aksai Kazak Autonomous County, where the ninth floor demon tower was filmed.

The Nine-story Demon Tower is a 3D disaster adventure film directed by director Lu Chuan. The film is adapted from the novel "Ghost Blowing Lights", and 81% of the fighting scenes of the Nine-story Demon Tower were shot in the old county town of Axel.

In the 1991s, residents have moved to the new county. Although the old county is deserted, all its urban planning is still there. The old theaters, government courtyards, schools and other places needed in all films are very complete. Perhaps this is the reason why many films were chosen here. Xi Fenglie also shot here.

after the tour, gather and drive north to Dunhuang, cross Dangjinshankou and Changcaogou, where the grass grows knee-high and swaying in the wind. Looking around, I felt the west wind blowing. In Dunhuang, I felt the hot desert heat, but here it was cool.

15DAY: Dunhuang-Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain-Yumenguan-Yadan ghost city?

get up early in the morning and go to the crescent spring in Mingsha Mountain to watch the sunrise in the desert. Fire and water are always incompatible, and it is difficult to keep the clear spring in the desert. But in Mingsha Mountain, you can see the wonders of desert and clear spring.

then drive to Yumenguan and Yadan (ghost city) and enjoy the scenery of the vast northwest desert Gobi, which is a desert terrain covered with coarse sand and gravel on hard soil. Yadan Geopark, also known as Dunhuang ghost city, is located in the Gobi 81km northwest of Dunhuang.

The park is dominated by a large area of unique Yadan landform, which looks fantastic and spectacular on the Gobi, and the setting sun shines in the west every evening, which is the best place to shoot a large photo shoot.

then go to yumenguan. Yumenguan, also known as Little Square City, was built around 111 BC.

It is the throat pass leading from the Silk Road to the North Road of the Western Regions, located in the Gobi Desert, 91km northwest of Dunhuang City.

16DAY: Mogao Grottoes-Jiayuguan (1451m, 411KM)

After breakfast, we set off for Mogao Grottoes, one of the four largest grottoes in China. The artistic features of Mogao Grottoes are mainly reflected in the organic combination of architecture, statues and Dunhuang murals, which systematically reflects the artistic styles of more than ten dynasties such as Northern Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

This is the largest and richest Buddhist art place in the world. I will watch two movies in the digital center first, and get a preliminary understanding of the Mogao grottoes before I enter to appreciate the real wonders of the grottoes.

17DAY: Jiayuguan Tower-Colorful Danxia, Zhangye (1511m, 311KM)

After breakfast, take a bus to Jiayuguan. Jiayuguan, the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall in Wan Li in Ming Dynasty, is the most spectacular construction scale along the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty.

an ancient military castle with the best preservation degree is an important military fortress along the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty and its later generations, and is known as the "Great Defense of China and Foreign Countries" and the "First Pass in Hexi".

after lunch, take a bus to Zhangye city, a famous national historical and cultural city, and experience the location of Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns Surprise" film-Zhangye Danxia Geopark.

The Danxia landform in Zhangye was formed 6 million years ago, and it is located in Linze and Sunan counties of Zhangye City, covering an area of more than 511 square kilometers. This is the only compound area of Danxia landform and colorful hilly landscape in China, and it was rated as one of the seven most beautiful Danxia landforms in China by chinese national geography magazine.

18DAY: Zhangye-Flower Sea Yuanyang-Menyuan-Lanzhou (at an altitude of 1,545 meters, 451KM)

After breakfast, take a bus along the East Qilian Mountains and enjoy the beautiful grassland along the way. It is one of the most beautiful grasslands in China, stretching endlessly, and sheep, horses and yaks are grazing peacefully and leisurely.

any village at the foot of the mountain is a beautiful scenery. First arrive at the Biandukou observation deck of Minle, overlooking and enjoying the boundless sea of rape flowers from a height.

to move on, we will go deep into the grassland of Qilian Mountain, and the surrounding wetlands are lush with grass and water, and cattle and sheep are like clouds. If you are lucky, you can also see many mandarin ducks playing up and down with the waves.

After that, you will arrive at the rape flower viewing platform in Menyuan. During the rape flower season, you can enjoy the most spectacular rape flower sea landscape in China, and you can also overlook the Gangshika Snow Mountain if the clouds are not thick.

if you think this tour route is good, start planning and take a trip to the northwest!