Destinations
From the marble capital to the flaming crater of the Karakum, explore the places that make a Turkmenistan journey unforgettable.
Ashgabat
The world’s whitest city — a surreal capital of marble, gold domes and musical fountains at the desert’s edge.
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Nisa
A UNESCO-listed Parthian fortress in the desert hills, seat of an empire that once rivalled Rome.
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Darvaza
The flaming gas crater of the Karakum, burning since 1971 — an unearthly glow in an ocean of desert silence.
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Merv
Once the largest city on earth — a vast UNESCO Silk Road site of mud-brick fortresses and the mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar.
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Yangykala Canyon
Painted canyons near the Caspian, carved from the bed of a vanished ocean — pink, white and gold cliffs few outsiders ever see.
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Kunya-Urgench
A UNESCO Silk Road city in the far north, home to Central Asia’s tallest medieval minaret.
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Gonur-Depe
The Bronze Age capital of the ancient Margiana civilization, deep in the Karakum near Merv.
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Dekhistan (Misrian)
A ghost city of the medieval caravan trade, its lone minarets and portals rising from the southwestern desert.
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Nohur
A mountain village in the Kopetdag with its own customs, a sacred waterfall and fine trekking.
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Kow-Ata Underground Lake
A warm sulphur lake in a vast cavern near Bakharden, where you can swim deep beneath the Kopetdag.
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Awaza / Turkmenbashi
Turkmenistan’s national resort zone on the Caspian Sea — beaches, promenades and a place to unwind.
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Kopetdag Mountains
The green mountain range along the Iranian border — trekking, wildflowers and cool relief from the desert.
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Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque
One of Central Asia’s largest mosques — a vast white-marble sanctuary under a golden dome on the edge of Ashgabat.
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Gökdepe Mosque
A serene white-marble mosque raised beside the Geok Tepe battlefield in memory of the fallen of 1881.
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Seyit Jemaleddin Mosque
The evocative 15th-century ruins at Anau, once famous for a portal crowned with two mythical dragons.
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Dinosaur Plateau
A tilted limestone slope in the remote Koýtendag mountains stamped with hundreds of 150-million-year-old dinosaur tracks.
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Ekedeshik Cave
A mysterious man-made cave near the Afghan border — a single entrance opening into dozens of carved chambers.
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