Issyk-Köl Oblast
This surprisingly well-curated museum displays artefacts and exhibits on traditional Kyrgyz culture, clothing, and history in an airy space that draws inspiration from the yurt. Separate museum spaces are planned on-site for each of the Turkic nomadic cultures, but with no firm plans on when they'll be completed.
The site is outside of Chon-Sary-Oi village, 17km west from the Cholpon-Ata bus station, and all west-bound transport can stop here.
12.8 MILES
The large open-air stadium east of the centre is host to occasional concerts and events, but really comes to life every two years as the base for sports…
9.63 MILES
North of the centre is an extensive field of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. Some of these petroglyphs date…
10.89 MILES
This typical, well-presented museum includes copies of locally found Scythian (Saka) gold jewellery and displays on ethnography, Kyrgyz bards, textiles…
11.21 MILES
This curious museum-cum-theme-park depicts Kyrgyz legends, historical characters, and the interplay of five religions in a large and somewhat surreal…
15.99 MILES
Kyrgyzstan's largest Ferris wheel, where the sixteen-minute ride gives plenty of time to admire the lake- and mountainscapes surrounding the town of…
9.63 MILES
North of the centre is an extensive field of glacial boulders, many with pictures scratched or picked into their surfaces. Some of these petroglyphs date…
10.89 MILES
This typical, well-presented museum includes copies of locally found Scythian (Saka) gold jewellery and displays on ethnography, Kyrgyz bards, textiles…
11.21 MILES
This curious museum-cum-theme-park depicts Kyrgyz legends, historical characters, and the interplay of five religions in a large and somewhat surreal…
12.8 MILES
The large open-air stadium east of the centre is host to occasional concerts and events, but really comes to life every two years as the base for sports…
15.99 MILES
Kyrgyzstan's largest Ferris wheel, where the sixteen-minute ride gives plenty of time to admire the lake- and mountainscapes surrounding the town of…