The Altai Museum shows off some excellent bronze statues, scroll paintings, genuine Mongol army chain-mail, and an interesting shaman costume and drum. Look out for the 200kg statue of Buddha, which was hidden in a cave during the purges and recovered in 1965. The sturdy old building is worth a look in itself.
Altai Museum
The Gobi
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7.71 MILES
About 8km west of the main dirt tracks as you head south from Altai to Biger, and about 10km southwest of Altai itself, among the blemished land scarred…
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The views from the temple at the top of this somewhat dreary park set behind a drab monastery are vast. They overlook town and the mountains beyond, but…
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Altai's working monastery is not well set up for visitors. It's at the base of Shuteen Park.
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0.61 MILES
The views from the temple at the top of this somewhat dreary park set behind a drab monastery are vast. They overlook town and the mountains beyond, but…
0.62 MILES
Altai's working monastery is not well set up for visitors. It's at the base of Shuteen Park.
7.71 MILES
About 8km west of the main dirt tracks as you head south from Altai to Biger, and about 10km southwest of Altai itself, among the blemished land scarred…