The five-story Turpan Hotel (Tulufan Binguan) enjoys a convenient location on Qingnian Lu, close to the Turpan market. The hotel offers basic multi-bed dorm-style rooms and more comfortable doubles. A courtyard shaded by grapevines makes for a pleasant spot to relax with a local wine and, on summer evenings, to take in a performance by local musicians and dancers. Some rooms have air conditioning--ask if you really need it--and the restaurant serves up decent Uighur fare. Handy to John's Information Cafe across the street, a good bet for Western-style food (actually, as of this writing, the only bet) and a good spot to hook up with transportation to Turpan's outlying attractions.