Excursion In Almaty With A Stop At Medeo 5 Hours
About this tour
During the tour you can visit:
Park named after 28 Panfilov heroes. In the park there are three unique objects.
The first is the Cathedral - a monument of wooden architecture,
built in 1904 * in 1907 by the architect Zenkov.
The second is the Memorial of Glory, built in 1975. The third is a monument (building) of wooden architecture, where the Republic Museum of Musical
tools.
The Academic Town is a complex of buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
They are surrounded by a picturesque park with fountains, in which a monument to Ciocan Valikhanov, a Kazakh scientist-educator, traveler, researcher of the history and culture of the peoples of Central Asia, is erected.
Palace of the Republic and Abai Square near the palace, to which adjoins a whole complex of buildings, squares and fountains.
The Republic Square - the main square of the city - the place of celebratory processions, celebrations, sporting events, parades, folk festivals.
In 1996 in the center of the square was erected the Independence Monument, representing
an 18-meter obelisk, crowned by a figure of the Saka warrior - an exact copy. In the eastern part of the "Golden Warrior" Square running alongside, a winged leopard.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Almaty
Nearby is the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan - one of the largest in the country, whose funds now total more than 200 thousand monuments of material and spiritual culture. Driving through the central streets of the city you "Incidents", "Republican Scientific Center ", M. Yu. Lermontov, The National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a sports complex consisting of the Palace of Sports and the Central Stadium, the Kazakh Circus, as well as the Kazakh Academic Drama Theater. M. Auezov and the theater opera and ballet to them Abai. The park named after the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a dendrological park in the city. The total area of the arboretum: 73 hectares. The creation of the park began in 2001. First of all, the main elements of the arboretum - alleys, boulevards, dendroquia - were broken. According to the dendrological plan, green plantings were planted. In honor of Alma-Ata's participation in the Beijing Olympic torch relay The Olympiad was planted about one hundred registered firs. To the park of the First President we will pass along Al-Farabi Street, we will see a new part of the city: with numerous shopping centers, new and very beautiful business centers, a springboard. Then we will rise on Medeo. Ice rink Medeo, located at an altitude of 1691.2 meters above sea level, is known throughout the world. The system of artificial freezing of ice has no analogues all over the world and allows to maintain the ice surface of the ice rink for 8 months a year. Skating on weekends has been a good tradition for many years not only for city residents, but also for the guests of Almaty. The Medeo dam is located 25 km from the city of Almaty at an altitude of 1733 meters above sea level. It was erected to protect the city from the village, which is being formed on the tops of the Western Tien Shan. The dam has 3 consecutive levels of height. A special waterway allows you to hold about 6 million cubic meters of water. To the dam leads a well-known to the inhabitants of the city and tourists staircase, consisting of 842 steps. Regularly held competitions for climbing this unique staircase.
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Almaty