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Mogao Caves
Four hundred painted caves cut into a cliff over a thousand years. Guided visits only; book weeks ahead.
Opening hours
- Fri
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- Mon
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- Sat
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- Sun
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- Thu
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- Tue
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- Wed
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Getting there
Address available on the linked map.
Practical notes
Reservation needed Real-name tickets on the official Mogao site or app, released about a month ahead and sold out in summer. The full ticket includes two films at the visitor centre and eight caves with a guide; English-language groups run at set times. Guides carry the keys and a torch; the caves are dark and the paintings glow when the light passes over them. The Nine-Storey Pavilion holds a 35-metre Buddha. If the full ticket is gone, the emergency ticket gives four caves without the films.