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Carpets Are The Pride Of Turkmen Nation Tour

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Ashgabat
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The itinerary includes an Ashgabat city sight-seeing tour, visiting the National Museum of Turkmen Carpets, visiting the carpet factory, and carpet shops, excursion to the ethnographical settlement Yerbent with a demonstration of antique carpet weaving . .
Country: Turkmenistan
City: Ashgabat
Duration: 5 Day(s) - 4 Night(s)
Tour Category: Art And Crafts Tours
Departure Date: Thu 01 Jan '99
Package Itinerary

The itinerary includes an Ashgabat city sight-seeing tour, visiting the “National Museum of Turkmen Carpets”, visiting the carpet factory, and carpet shops, excursion to the ethnographical settlement Yerbent with a demonstration of antique carpet weaving art. Enjoy seeing the big Fire Gas Crater in the heart of the Garagum desert and having some adventure within the historical, cultural, and ethnographical tour.

Day 1: Arrival in Ashgabat

Meet the group at the International Airport of Ashgabat. Transfer to the hotel. Check in and overnight at “Ak Altyn” 4* hotel.

Day 2: Ashgabat

Ashgabat city sightseeing tour, visit the Turkmen Carpet Factory, then excursion to the Museum of Turkmen Carpets, visiting of the park and monument of Independence, Arch of Neutrality, and the Old Nisa – the residence of Parthian Kingdom. Drive to Kypchak village to visit the Memorial Complex with Ruhy Mosque. Return to the hotel. O/N.

Day 3: Ashgabat – Yerbent – Derveze – Ashgabat

Drive to Yerbent village where tourists can enjoy a demonstration of antique carpet weaving art, and see the local life in the desert - Turkmen yurts, dromedaries, tamdyr (mud oven), and many others. Arrive and discover the ethnographical settlement Yerbent with a demonstration of antique carpet weaving art. Drive to Derveze – an ancient gas recovery fieldto see the big fire gas crater.

Arrive at Derveze, explore the old gas craters, first full of water, and second the sulfur - muddy. Leave the road and venture into the desert. Arrive at the site of a big fire gas crater. Sightseeing. Return to Ashgabat city. Overnight at “Ak Altyn” 4* hotel.

Day 4: Ashgabat

Visiting of Oriental bazaar (so-called “Tolkuchka”) where tourists can buy the original souvenirs and enjoy with a variety of colors. The visiting “Gulistan” market (so-called Russian bazaar), “Altyn Asyr” shopping center near the Russian bazaar - with numerous Turkmen textile shops, good Turkmen carpet shops, several national jewelry stores, and a modern “Berkarar” shopping center. Return to the hotel. O/N.

Day 5: Ashgabat – Departure

Transfer to the Ashgabat city airport for International departure. Farewell. End of the program

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