City tour in Almaty city, South Capital of Kazakhstan
The city of Almaty, the city of apples and the birthplace of all apples in the world. We invite you to take a sightseeing tour with a visit to all the sights of the city and its environs, we will visit the famous green bazaar, the cathedral, the museum of musical instruments, the Kok-Tyube mountain with a panoramic view of the city, the Shymbulak mountain base and the Talgar mountain pass, etc.
- Distance of the route:
54 km
- Season time:
All seasons
- Best time:
All seasons
- Group size:
not more 12 person
- Days & nights:
1 day
Tour itinerary:
We are going on a city tour of Almaty. We will start it with a visit to the National Historical Museum, which houses the "golden" room of the Sakas. This museum contains the gold found during the excavations of the Golden Man in the Issyk mounds. After finishing the tour at the museum, we will go to Republic Square (popularly known as Novaya Ploshchad), where we will visit the Independence stele, on top of which there is a sculpture of the Golden Man.
Then we go on a city tour, which will include a visit to the 28 Panfilovtsev Memorial Park, the Cathedral, the Memorial of Glory and eternal Flame, as well as the museum of musical instruments. After a sightseeing tour of Almaty, we drive to the Kok-Tobe cable car station, located on Dostyk Avenue near the Palace of the Republic. We take the funicular up to the top of Kok-Tobe Mountain (1130 m), the ascent takes 5 minutes (1.7 km). On the mountain we visit the mini zoo, where you can see birds of prey, pheasants and peacocks, as well as deer and llamas, then walk to the monument dedicated to the band "The Beatles", after that we will go to the souvenir shop and art gallery. After a walk on Kok-Tobe Mountain, we go down to the bus station and drive to the Medeo tract. We walk through the territory of the tract, take pictures and drive back to the city. Final tour of Almaty.
In the notes of Genoese merchants dated from the 8th – 10th centuries, there is a mention of several settlements in the valley of the Seven Rivers. Historians suggest that one of them was called Almaty and served as a transit point on the Great Silk Road. In the records of the chroniclers, the name “Almatu" can be read as Almalyk. At the end of the XVI century, Almaty was inhabited by Kazakhs of the Elder Zhuz of the Dulat family. From May 1929 to November 1997, the capital was Almaty (about 1 million 200 thousand), one of the most beautiful cities in Kazakhstan, located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau. In the Middle Ages – the settlement of Almaty, in 1854 – the Zailiyskoye fortification, from 1921 to 1993 – Alia Ata. After the decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On declaring the city of Akmola the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan” dated October 20, 1997. Almaty received the status of a city of republican subordination, will remain the southern capital of the state, a major republican financial, scientific and cultural center. The residences of the head of state and the government remain in the city. The city's economy is dominated by the food and light industries. They provide over 70% of the industrial enterprise's output. Almaty's heavy industry is represented by several machine-building and mechanical repair plants. In 1854, on February 4, the Russian military fortification "Zailiyskoye" was laid on the site of the ancient Kazakh settlement of Almaty destroyed by raids and wars, then renamed Vernoye, which received the status of a city in 1867. The appearance of the Faithful is connected with the completion of the voluntary annexation to Russia.
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