A turquoise glacial lake at 2,500 m in the Tian Shan mountains above Almaty, surrounded by peaks. Near the city, the Medeu high-altitude ice rink and the Shymbulak ski resort, reached by gondola, are popular all year.
The lake is a water reserve; swimming isn't allowed. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, has the wooden Zenkov Cathedral and the Green Bazaar.
Three mountain lakes in a forested gorge in the northern Tian Shan, linked by a hiking trail.
A canyon 154 km long carved by the Charyn River, with red rock formations; the Valley of Castles section has a walk of about 3 km down to the river b…
A huge unfinished mausoleum built by Tamerlane in the late 14th century for a Sufi poet, with one of the largest brick domes in Central Asia and blue…
Kazakhstan's capital was built from scratch on the steppe from 1997, with futuristic buildings: the Bayterek Tower, a tree of life with a golden egg …
The world's first and largest space launch site, from which Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin were launched.
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