Golden Comely

Program’s name: Golden Comely

Quantity of the days: 6 days

Day 1: Ashgabat
The wonderful tour “Golden Comely” will give you an opportunity to observe the fascinating country Turkmenistan. You will meet the group at the international airport. Further you will departure to the Ertugrul Gazi mosque. Ertugrul Gazi mosque was built in the center of Ashgabat in honor of the founding father of the Ottoman dynasty Ertugrul Gazi. This is a gift to the Turkmen people from the Turks. Inside the mosque is a spacious courtyard with a fountain, and the prayer room is lavishly decorated with beautiful paintings and stained glass Windows. Then you will head on to the palace of Happiness. Near the palace of the Happiness there are different hotels as well. On the columns stands a cube, which is also the top step of the Palace and accommodates a rotating ball with a diameter of 32 meters. This geometric body became a symbolic representation of the globe. In the center of the ball is a Golden map of the country.

Day 2: Ashgabat
Today you will have the breakfast at the hotel and then you will transfer to the Nisa ancient fortress. Nisa-the ruins of the ancient city of Parthians, located 18 km from Ashgabat near the village of Bagir. After you are going to move to the Kov-Ata Underground lake. The water temperature in the lake is about 38 degrees all year round. The water contains 38 medicinal elements. Kov-Ata is not only a popular tourist destination, but also a favorite place to visit among local residents. After the lunch you will departure to the Gypchak Village the home place of the first president of Turkmenistan. The largest mosque in Central Asia, Turkmenbashi Rukhi, was built in Kipchak. In the end of the tour you will return to the Ashgabat city. Then you will have free time in the city.

Day 3: Ashgabat – Darvaza
In the morning you will head on drive to the Carpet Museum of the Ashgabat city. The Museum has the largest collection of modern and antique items of national carpet making on Earth. Here you can find very rare examples of pile woolen carpets and other items, the creation of which dates back to the XVIII century. The main exhibit of the Museum is a carpet, which is called "the Golden age of the Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi". This is the largest carpet on the planet. After the lunch you will move to Darvaza, sinkhole on the territory of a massive natural gas field in the Zaunguz Karakum desert, in Turkmenistan.Dinner at the camp of the Darvaza.

Day 4: Darvaza – Kone Urgench – Dashoguz – Ashgabat
Kick the start with driving to the Kone-Urgench historical site of the Dashoguz region. Visit the Kone-Urgench. An architectural reserve that lies 480 km North of Ashgabat. The ancient capital of Northern Khorezm, mentioned in Chinese sources already in the first century ad, in the middle of the VIII century falls under the rule of the Arabs. In the end of the tour you will transfer to the Dashoguz for taking the train. Night will be in the train.

Day 5: Ashgabat
Upon arrival by train to Ashgabat, you will admire the horse farm. In this horse farm you can adore the charm of Akhal-Teke Horses. Among Turkmens, the horse is considered not only a means of transportation, but also a symbol of status and luxury. This attitude required the owner to take care of his pet. Each owner must also be a breeder and Keeper of the breed's genotype. In the Gokdepe village visit the Gokdepe fortress which was built by the Russians on the shore of the Caspian sea, as a base for the advance of their troops to the territory of Central Asia. Despite the desperate attempts of the Tekin (local residents) to hold the fortress, the Russians attacked it in August 1879. During the tour you will return to the city. After the lunch you will observe the Cultural and entertainment center Alem. 

Day 6: Flight
Transfer to the Ashgabat International Airport to board a flight to next destination.