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Turkmenistan

Türkmenistan · Central Asia

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Travel tips for Turkmenistan (3)

  • Ancient Merv

    The ruins of one of the great cities of the Silk Road, once among the largest in the world, destroyed by the Mongols in 1221, a UNESCO Worl…

  • Darvaza Gas Crater (Door to Hell)

    A burning crater in the Karakum Desert, about 70 m across, set alight by Soviet geologists in 1971 to burn off gas, and still burning.

  • Ashgabat

    Turkmenistan's capital, rebuilt in white marble, holds the Guinness record for the most white marble buildings.