Ranked as one of the world’s largest landlocked countries, Kazakhstan stretches from Siberia to the deserts of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and from the Caspian Sea to China. Kazakhstan is home to everything you hope for in a great travel destination: majestic mountains, vast green coniferous forests, giant rocky canyons, ancient pristine mountain lakes ruins and rivers recline peacefully. Coming to the green steppe land, you will not be able to miss 7 wonderful places, promising to bring experiences full of interesting surprises.
Almaty City – the ancient capital of Kazakhstan
Located in the Southeast region of Kazakhstan, Almaty is a wonderful picture blending the serenity of the plains and the majesty of the mountains. The nation of Kazakhstan’s largest city is filled with modern architecture, bustling streets, refreshing fountains amid squares and parks, and mountain vistas in fall and spring.
The largest city of the country of Kazakhstan
Coming to the town, you will be immersed in a modern space with many theaters, museums, exhibition halls, art galleries and business centers and complexes of entertainment venues including theaters. cinemas, nightclubs, restaurants and cafes.
Medeo Town
Medeo Town is only about 15km from Almaty, where you will be surprised by the beauty of a charming valley.
The town of Medeo is famous for having the world’s largest speed skating rink
Medeo also has a very large ice stadium with a capacity of more than 30,000 people and the world’s largest speed skating rinks located 1,700 meters above sea level. This will probably be an interesting and impossible destination. Skip it for skateboarding enthusiasts around the world.
Astana City – the new capital of Kazakhstan
Astana – “the city of the future” is the second largest city in Kazakhstan currently experiencing a financial boom with large construction projects, a convergence of beautiful architectural wonders.
Astana – A convergence of beautiful architectural wonders
Astana was once a small mining town, but now the town is filled with many modern shops, restaurants, cafes, and shopping centers. Despite the rapid development of culture in Astana, this place still retains its unique traditional beauty and is a stopover that attracts tourists from all over the world.
Baikonur Space Center
This center currently holds the record for being the largest and oldest space operations center located in the vast steppe desert in Kazakhstan. In fact, the area is leased to Russia by the Kazakh government (until 2050) and is managed jointly by the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Russian Aerospace Forces.
This area is leased to Russia by the Kazakh government
The shape of Baikonur is an ellipse, measuring 90 km east-west and 85 km north-south, with the spaceport located in the center. To be able to enter this place, visitors need to give 45 days notice and there are a number of special tourism agencies that will help tourists have the opportunity to visit this space center.
Taraz City
Taraz is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Oblast in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas River in the south of the country, near the border with Kyrgyzstan. The towns in Taraz have existed for more than two centuries and in 2001, the towns just blew out the candles to celebrate 2,000 years old.
Entrance to the city of Taraz
This is also the only ancient city in Kazakhstan recognized by UNESCO. The mausoleums of Aisha Bibi and Babaji, located outside the city, are great masterpieces of ancient architecture. UNESCO has also listed these as two rare places of world architecture.
Mangistau
Mangistau province is famous as the best place in Kazakhstan for its wealth of gas, construction materials, and oil. Mangystau’s territory includes many diverse landscapes: the Caspian plain, the Usturt plateau, Mangyshlak, Kendirli-Kayasan, the Aktau, Karatau mountains, as well as vast desert lands. All have created a magical, multi-colored natural maze with the green of sediment, yellow, pink and red of humus.
Mangistau includes many different landscapes
Local people call Mangistau a great tourist destination because of its long-held traditional culture mixed with increasingly modern culture. It is also home to the best hotels and exciting entertainment venues in Kazakhstan.
Semipalatinsk City
Located near Siberia, Semipalatinsk was once an important location for Russian expatriates. Semipalatinsk is also the hometown of many famous writers and novelists Dostoyevsky who lived in the 18th century.
Dostoyevsky Museum in Semipalatinsk
Dostoyevsky’s house has always been meticulously preserved and visitors can visit this site to see the autographs of his famous works, including The Idiot and Crime and Punishment. There are also other museums such as the Historical Museum and Abai Kunanbaev. In particular, Semipalatinsk is the place where many Russian atomic bomb tests took place and many mysterious and interesting historical stories took place.