2025 Tacheng City Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in June)

Located in northwestern Xinjiang, Tacheng City is part of the Tacheng Prefecture and borders Kazakhstan to the west, connected by the Baketu Port. Due to its geographical location, the city was heavily influenced by Soviet Russia in modern times. There are numerous historical relics throughout the city, and its architectural style shows strong Russian influence, with notable examples including the Red Building Museum and the Bella Hotel. Tacheng, also known as Tarbaghatai, means "the place where marmots live" in Mongolian. Although it has a small population, it is home to multiple ethnic groups. The city is compact yet refined, with a pleasant urban environment. The local ice cream and bread are special delicacies that visitors shouldn't miss. Tacheng City has convenient transportation options, with train services to Urumqi and flights to Yining, Turpan, Altay, Zhengzhou, and other destinations both within and outside the autonomous region.

|||. Tacheng, Xinjiang | A place that is not too lively but very flavorful 🌍|||☘️Tacheng, Xinjiang, located on the border between China and Kazakhstan, is the city in the northwestern corner of China. Since ancient times, Tacheng has been one of the strategic locations for guarding the western Xinjiang. There are rivers and lakes crisscrossing the territory. The customs, costumes, food and other cultures of multiple ethnic groups blend together to form "Tacheng's unique diversified folk customs", which is known as the museum of Xinjiang folk customs. - ☘️There are Russian-style buildings, local Tatar pastries in Tacheng, cheerful accordion music, and the Tarbaghartai grassland, which is greener than the Yili grassland a month earlier. - ☘️Tacheng’s food is expected, but Tacheng’s style is unexpected - 🍂Russian style architecture The Red Building and Twin Towers Park are very representative of the various European-style architectural exteriors with red walls, pointed roofs and onion domes. This is related to the location of Tacheng, which is next to the former Soviet Union. In addition to the later artificially built imitation European buildings, there are indeed many former - 🍂Russian traces There is also the country's largest accordion museum here, which organizes accordion performances by hundreds of people every year, and the scene is very spectacular. There are more than 20 ethnic groups in the entire Tacheng area, and ethnic minorities account for nearly half of the population. This is also a place where many ethnic groups live together and feel the strongest. - 🍂Tacheng’s food Breaded lamb legs, Tatar pastries, black bread, sour plum soup, various jams, Russian food, eating in Tacheng is the best - 🍂Tacheng grassland The grassland here turns green one month earlier than the Yixing grassland, which means that the wild flowers here will bloom in May, and the grassland will turn from the spring and autumn pasture to the summer pasture in the front mountain. - 🔥『Play Recommendations』 1️⃣【Wild Fruit Forest】(visit time about 2 hours) The scenic area is located in the western part of the Wuerkashaer Mountains, with an altitude of 900 to 1,500 meters and a total area of ​​about 100,000 acres. The scenic area is dominated by wild apple trees and is a rare natural gene bank of apples in the world. There are many scenic spots such as Happy Valley and Starry Sky Camp. The unique and beautiful landscapes form a landscape painting that has both the elegance of the southern green mountains and the majesty of the northern steep mountains. - 2️⃣【Emin City Memory Museum】 (about 40 minutes) The Emin County Memory Museum is located in Yuliu Lane, Tasirhai Village. The exhibition hall uses old objects and a panoramic view to show the development and changes of Emin County since the 1950s, and recalls the spirit of unremitting struggle and hard work of the older generation of Emin people! - 3️⃣【Turgaxie Grassland】(Play time about 1 hour) This grassland is a place where spring comes earlier in Xinjiang. When the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains are still covered in snow, spring has quietly come to the Balruk Mountains. The green carpet is surrounded by golden, blue, red, white and pink flowers. Note: Due to seasonal reasons, herders can change to visit the Akchok grassland after cutting grass in late July or early August.

The beautiful journey to Tacheng, Xinjiang is coming to an end, and Xiao Chen really loves the delicious food and beautiful scenery here. We finally arrived at the Bakktu port on the Sino-Kazakh border, where we can take photos and commemorate at the gate of our motherland. The most unmissable is the Silk Road Cultural Commodity City, where you can buy goods from many countries, such as the clear oil from Kazakhstan, the red wine from Georgia, the honey from Kyrgyzstan, etc. For sightseeing, I highly recommend the Obusen Farm, which has a horse riding leisure area, vegetable picking area, livestock breeding area, special agricultural product sales area, children's playground area, golf course practice field, etc. In our Sichuan dialect, it is: very comfortable.