Altyn Bosaga / Tours in Turkmenistan
Photos: Hans Birger Nilsen, CC BY-SA 2.0; Tim Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0; Kalpak Travel, CC BY 2.0; John Pavelka from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0; Tim Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kunya-Urgench from the Uzbek Border
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Turkmenistan is a land of contrasts, and this short trip from Uzbekistan shows one of them: the abandoned stone and sand ruins of a city that once amazed travellers as a capital.
Day by day
- 01
Shavat border and Kunya-Urgench
- Meeting at the Shavat border, check-in at a hotel in Dashoguz
- Drive to Kunya-Urgench, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (120 km, 1.5 hours)
- The mausoleums of Turabek Khanum and Said Ahmed (14th c.)
- The Kutlug Timur minaret, 62 metres, the tallest in Central Asia
- The mausoleum of Khorezmshah Sultan Tekesh (12th c.)
- Kyrk Molla hill with the Mamun Library and an old cemetery
- The mausoleum of Najmeddin Kubra (12th c.)
- Back to the hotel in Dashoguz
- 02
To the border
- Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the border
Included
- Tour program
- Hotels
- Guide
- Transport
- Transfer
- Breakfast
- Bottled water
- Visa arrangements as required
- Entrance tickets
- Tourist tax
Not included
- Visa fee
- International flights
- Personal expenses
- Additional excursions
- Insurance
- Early check-in or late check-out, unless agreed
- Migration tax
- PCR test
Route
Schematic map. Borders: geoBoundaries, CC BY 4.0.
