How to Visit the Mogao Caves: A Practical Guide to Tickets and Timing
How to book and visit the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, with ticket types, passport-holder procedures and the sites worth adding nearby.
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Dunhuang: Caves, Desert and the Work of Keeping Them
A guide to the Mogao Caves, Cave 17, Crescent Lake and the six-day Qinghai–Gansu overland route, with advice on visiting without adding to the pressure on a fragile site.
Mogao Caves: Booking, Timing and Cave Access
How to book Mogao Caves tickets, what the guided visit involves, why the cave list changes, and how weather and desert conditions can affect a day near Dunhuang.