Tour: «Classical Turkmenistan 2»
Duration: 5 days/4 nights
Price: from 560 USD per person
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Day 1: Ashgabat
Arrival in Ashgabat International airport. You will be meet by our representative and transfer to hotel. Accommodation by check in time. Overnight at hotel.

Day 2: Ashgabat
Breakfast at the Hotel. Morning drive to visit Nissa fortress — the Sanctuary of Parthian Kings. UNESCO declared fortress a World Heritage Site in 2007. — Nissa described as one of the first capitals of the Parthians. It was founded by Arsaces I (reigned c. 250 BC – 211BC), and reputedly the royal necropolis of the Parthian Kings, although it has neither been established that the fortress at Nissa was a royal residence or a mausoleum. The ruins of ancient settlement Nissa are located 18 km from Ashgabat at Bagyr village. Drive to visit Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque in Kipchak (the largest mosque in Central Asia). Then you will have Ashgabat city tour.
— Presidential Palace,
— Ruhyyet Palace,
— Wedding Palace,
— modern “Yildyz” Hotel,
— Ferries Wheel,
— Constitution Monument,
— Arch of Neutrality,
— Monument and park of Independence,
— Ertogrul Gazy Mosque,
— Ashgabat 2017 Sports and Housing facilities.
Overnight at hotel.

Day 3: Ashgabat – Kowata – Gokdepe — Ashgabat
Breakfast at the Hotel. Morning drive to Kowata underground lake which is located 107 km from Ashgabat. The Turkmen name Kow-Ata means “father of caves”. This underground area seems like a magnificent auditorium: the overall length of the cave is 230 m, its height reaches 20 m, and its width is at some points 57 m. The bottom of the cave is covered with lumps of dissolved limestone (stalagmites), and its warm and gushing water is clear and emerald colored. The water has a constant temperature of 33-37°C. (You should swim in the lake). After drive to Gokdepe fortress that was attacked in December 1880 by Russian Empire Army. The siege of Gokdepe lasted 23 days, after which the city was taken by storm. Visit Geokdepe Mosque (Saparmyrat Hajy) that was built in 1995 to commemorate the defeat and is noted for its mint-turquoise blue colored roof and white marble structure. Later drive to visit Horse Farm to see a national proud of Turkmen people – Akhalteke horses, the nicest horses in the world. 5000 years ago, Turkmens begin breed Akhalteke horses. The World’s unique breed was never mixed with other breeds. Such illustrious Emperors like Alexander the Great, Darius I desired to own Ahalteke horses. There are over 35 beautiful horses in the farm. Per superstition, every sick person who touches an Ahalteke horse will get well soon. Then drive back to Ashgabat. Overnight at hotel.

Day 4: Ashgabat – Nokhur – Ashgabat
Breakfast at hotel. Then drive to Nokhur mountain village. The village itself fills a small depression valley in the mountains of the Kopet Dag Range, and the houses are built with local boulders cemented with mud. Apart from the main street through the middle of the town, the streets are so narrow that they only just fit a car between the high stone retaining walls on each side.The Nohkuri people who populate this remote mountain village are quite different to other Turkmen tribes. They live in a handful of villages in the mountainous border area spanning Turkmenistan and Iran. Nokhur is the largest village with just a thousand or maybe two thousand people. Then drive back to Ashgabat. Overnight at hotel.

Day 5: Ashgabat
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Ashgabat International airport.

• Visa support
• All transfers by comfortable vehicle
• Accommodation in twin room sharing with breakfasts
• Excursions with Professional English Speaking guides
• Entry tickets
• Mineral water 1 lt per day on transfers between cities

• Visa fees
• International air fare to/from Turkmenistan
• Full board (lunches/dinners)
• Additional service in hotels
• Medical insurance
• Travel tax 2$ per person

*The company reserves the right to make changes in the tour program without reducing the overall volume and quality of services. The travel time and duration of the excursion are indicative. Please note, that check-in to the hotel is possible only if you have an identity document (passport, birth certificate). Please note, all hotels have the rules of «check-in hours» (check in after 14:00 and check out before 12:00). Until the indicated time of arrival, free rooms cannot be available in the hotel, if early check-in is not included into the tour price. In case, of weather condition (snowfalls, low / high air temperatures, mudflows, showers, floods, smogs, etc.), the company reserves the right in exceptional cases to change the tour program: replace the objects with others, and if it is impossible replacements — exclude from the program objects that are visited in the weather at the time of the tour can threaten the safety of tourists. The decision on the specified replacement / cancellation of objects is accepted by the guide or tour manager.