Almaty

sights.uz lists 23 historic and notable places in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Among them are 4 monuments, 6 eco-tourism sites and 13 museums.

Central Mosque (Almaty)

Almaty Central Mosque (Kazakh: Almaty ortalyq meshiti/Алматы орталық мешіті, Russian: Centralnaya mechet Almaty/Центральная мечеть Алматы) is one of the largest mosques in…

Central State Museum of Kazakhstan

The Central State Museum of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Мемлекеттік орталық музейі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Memlekettık ortalyq muzeiı) is the largest…

Kok Tobe

Köktöbe (Kazakh: Көктөбе, romanized: Köktöbe, lit. 'Bluehill'; Russian: Коктобе, romanized: Koktobe) or Koktyube (Russian: Коктюбе) is a hill in Kazakhstan's largest city and…

Big Almaty Lake

Big Almaty Lake (Kazakh: Үлкен Алматы көлі, romanized: Ülken Almaty kölı; Russian: Большое Алматинское Озеро) is a natural alpine reservoir. It is located in the Trans-Ili Alatau…

A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts

The A. Kasteyev State Museum of Arts is the largest art museum in Kazakhstan, located in Almaty.

Kazakhstan National Museum of Instruments

The Ykhlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments (Kazakh: Ықылас атындағы халық музыкалық аспаптар музейі, Yqylas atyndağy halyq muzykalyq aspaptar muzeyı, [ɯqɯˈlɑs ɑtɯndɑˈɣɯ xɑlˈɯq…

Museum of Almaty

The Almaty Museum is a history museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, located in the former building of the Vernensky Children's Orphanage. It features exhibits on the history of the city.

Auezov Home Museum

The M.O. Auezov Literary and Memorial House Museum (Russian: Дом-музей Ауэзова, tr. dom muzei auezova) is a museum founded in 1963 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the house where…

Sayran Lake

Sayran (Kazakh: Сайран, Saıran) is a man-made lake and reservoir in Almaty, Kazakhstan. During a 2011 summary meeting mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov announced that an…

Boralday

Boralday (Kazakh: Боралдай), is a kurgan necropolis in Almaty, Kazakhstan, dating to the early Iron Age and associated with the Saka people. Located on the southeastern outskirts…

Natural History Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Nature Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Russian: Музей природы Казахстана, tr. muzei prirody kazakhstana) is a natural history museum of the National Academy of Sciences…

Baitursynov Home Museum

Akhmet Baitursynov Home Museum (Kazakh: Ахмет Байтұрсынұлы мұражай-үйі, romanized: Ahmet Baitūrsynūly mūrajai-üiı, Russian: Дом-музей Байтурсынова, tr. dom muzei baitursynova) is…

The Republican Museum of Sports and Olympic Glory

After 1917, the structure was arranged to accommodate health services; it notably housed the sanitary and epidemiological station of Almaty.

Museum of Archaeology

The Museum of Archaeology (Kazakh: Археология мұражайы, Arxeologïya murajayı; Russian: Музей археологии, romanized: Muzey arkheologii) is an archaeological museum located in the…

Tlendiyev Memorial Museum

Nurgisa Tlendiev Memorial Museum (Russian: Мемориальный музей Тлендиева, Kazakh: Нұрғиса Тілендиевтің мемориалды музейі) is a museum dedicated to the composer, Hero of…

Raiymbek Batyr Mausoleum

Raiymbek Batyr Mausoleum (Kazakh: Райымбек батыр кесенесі, romanized: Raiymbek batyr kesenesı, Russian: Мавзолей Райымбек Батыра, tr. mavzolei raiymbek batyra) — is the mausoleum…

Almaty Botanical Garden

Almaty Botanical Garden (Kazakh: Алматы ботаникалық бағы) is the main botanical garden of Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Kök Jaylaw

Kok Zhailau (Kazakh: Көк Жайлау, romanized: Kök jailau, lit. 'Green Pasture', Russian: Кок Жайляу) is a plateau in the Trans-Ili Alatau. It is located at an altitude of 1,450 m…

Kunaev Home Museum

Kunaev Home Museum (Kazakh: Қонаев үй-музейі, romanized: Qonaev üi-muzeiı; Russian: Дом-музей Кунаева, romanized: Dom-muzei Kunaeva) is a memorial museum and memorial apartments…

Almaty Museum of Arts

Almaty Museum of Arts (ALMA) is a private museum of modern and contemporary art in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was founded by entrepreneur Nurlan Smagulov and opened to the public on…

Almaty Railway Museum

The Almaty Railway Museum (Kazakhshan: Алматы темір жол мұражайы) is a railway museum in the city of Almaty, which deals with the first railways in Kazakhstan and the current…

Baum's grove

Baum Grove is one of the state nature monuments. According to the specific decree No. 1074 of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, since 2006 it has been included in the…

Taksai kurgans

The Taksai kurgans (more precisely Taksai-1, Ru: Таксайский курган) are a series of Saka or Sauromatian funeral mounds or kurgans, located in the Terekti District of the southern…