Shazhou Night Market
沙州夜市 · Shāzhōu Yèshì
The town’s evening hub: lamb skewers, donkey-meat noodles, apricot drinks and souvenir stalls.
No booking needed1–2 hours
Tip
Check prices before ordering at stalls with no menu board.
- Opening hours
- Evenings, roughly 18:00 to past midnight in summer To be confirmed
- Price
- Free entry
- How to book
- No booking needed.
- Getting there
- In the town centre, walkable from most hotels
- Address in Chinese
- 甘肃省酒泉市敦煌市阳关中路沙州市场
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