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Excursion
Mosques of Ashgabat
The price depends on your dates, group size and hotels. Send a request and we will reply with an offer.
A day among the great mosques of the capital, each with its own architecture and history.
Highlights
- Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque, opened in 2004, the largest single-dome mosque in the world, for 10,000 worshippers, with nine arched entrances and fountains that make it seem to stand on water
- Ertugrul Gazi (Azadi) Mosque, opened in 1998: four minarets, an outline recalling Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, a courtyard with a fountain, frescoes, gilding and stained glass, for up to 5,000 people
- Hezreti Omar Mosque: marble, granite and fine wood, a 40-metre central dome, four 63-metre minarets, for 3,000 people
- Osman Mosque, in the traditional Turkish style with large and small domes, next to the Ak Yol bazaar
Included
- Private professional guide
- Entrance tickets
- Transport for the whole excursion (1–2 people: sedan, 4–6: minivan, 6–10: minibus)
- Lunch at a national restaurant
Good to know
- This is a private guided excursion: no other tourists join you or your group
- You choose the order of the sights
- Pick a start time that suits you
- It can start straight from the airport or station, where our guide will meet you
