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Turkmenistan Highlights and Events
Travel in Turkmenistan with Intrepid
Turkmenistan is an eclectic country that oozes history and quirkiness, with warm inhabitants who enjoying extending a welcoming hand to visitors (even if the government is somewhat less effusive). Visit this eccentric nation to forge a path across windswept deserts and jagged mountains, through aromatic spice bazaars, along the ancient Silk Road, all the while encountering the distinctive faces of Central Asia.
Experience Turkmenistan's highlights on these trips
Bishkek to Ashgabat
30 days
Basix
- USD $2,675CAD $2,690AUD $2,600EUR €2,085GBP £1,620NZD $3,330ZAR R21,555CHF FR2,435Trip Price tool tip
- USD $920Kitty tool tip
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USD $3,595*CAD $3,583*AUD $3,480*EUR €2,727*GBP £2,181*NZD $4,434*ZAR R27,953*CHF FR3,162** Total price tool tip
Ashgabat to Tashkent
15 days
Basix
- USD $1,445CAD $1,455AUD $1,405EUR €1,125GBP £875NZD $1,800ZAR R11,220CHF FR1,300Trip Price tool tip
- USD $540Kitty tool tip
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USD $1,985*CAD $1,979*AUD $1,921*EUR €1,501*GBP £1,204*NZD $2,448*ZAR R14,975*CHF FR1,727** Total price tool tip
Ashgabat to Bishkek
30 days
Basix
- USD $2,675CAD $2,690AUD $2,600EUR €2,085GBP £1,620NZD $3,330ZAR R20,775CHF FR2,410Trip Price tool tip
- USD $920Kitty tool tip
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USD $3,595*CAD $3,583*AUD $3,480*EUR €2,727*GBP £2,181*NZD $4,434*ZAR R27,173*CHF FR3,137** Total price tool tip
Tashkent to Istanbul
39 days
Basix
- USD $3,405CAD $3,430AUD $3,315EUR €2,655GBP £2,065NZD $4,245ZAR R26,480CHF FR3,070Trip Price tool tip
- USD $1,540Kitty tool tip
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USD $4,945*CAD $4,925*AUD $4,788*EUR €3,729*GBP £3,004*NZD $6,093*ZAR R37,190*CHF FR4,288** Total price tool tip
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Highlights
- Explore the opulent palaces, decorative fountains and futuristic architecture of Ashgabat
- Make camp in the vast rolling dunes of the Karakum Desert
- See the spectacular fires of the Darvaza Gas Crater
- Discover the ancient ruins of Konye-Urgench
- Travel overland across the parched landscape of Asia's hottest desert.
- Shop for carpets and Soviet paraphernalia at Ashgabat's sprawling Sunday market
Turkmenistan's Top Picks
Former Turkmen 'President for Life' Saparmurat Niyazov renamed the month of January after himself (and the month of April after his mother!)
Top 5 Things Banned by Saparmurat Niyazov
- Music: Listening to car radios, lip-synching and recorded music were all prohibited as he believed they stifled the natural creative talents of Turkmen.
- TV Newswomen Wearing Make-up: Banned in 2004, because he believed Turkmen women were beautiful enough already without make-up. (Although, some reports claim this was actually because he was struggling to tell the difference between the male and female newsreaders!)
- Gold Teeth: Banned in April 2004 - instead Niyazov decreed the youth of Turkmenistan should chew on bones to preserve their teeth, in the same way dogs do.
- Opera, Ballet and the Circus: Banned in 2001 for being unnecessary and 'decidedly un-Turkmen-like'.
- Dogs in Ashgabat: Banished from the streets of the capital as a result of their 'unappealing odour'.
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Turkmenistan at a glance
- 20
- Ashgabat (population 695,000)
- 5.1 million
- Turkmen, Russian, Uzbek
- TMT
- (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
- Type B (American 3-pin), Type F (German 2-pin, side clip earth)
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