Ashgabat
Ashgabat holds the Guinness record for the highest density of white-marble buildings on earth. Rebuilt on a monumental scale, it is unlike any capital you have seen — grand boulevards, gilded statues and fountains that dance to music after dark.
A private evening tour takes in the Arch of Neutrality, the Independence Monument and the great Alem observation wheel, ending with dinner in a city that feels half real, half dream.
Highlights
- Arch of Neutrality
- Alem observation wheel
- Independence Monument
- Musical fountains
Best time to visit
Tours that visit Ashgabat
Grand Turkmenistan — The Classic
The complete overland loop from Ashgabat — Nisa, the Darvaza crater, Kunya-Urgench and ancient Merv in eleven unhurried days.
Grand Turkmenistan — Coast & Canyons
Everything in the Classic, plus the Caspian shore, the Awaza resort and the flame-coloured Yangykala canyons — fourteen days.
Grand Turkmenistan — The Expedition
The classic highlights plus Turkmenistan’s remotest corner — the Ekedeshik cave and the Jurassic dinosaur plateau of Koýtendag.