TURKMENISTAN - Ashgabat
Ashgabat is the capital city of Turkmenistan and has been founded in 1881 as a fortification and named after the nearby settlement of Askhabad (means beloved city in Turkmen). After exiting the Soviet Union, the city gained many high-rise residential buildings, mostly made of white marble. A lot of original buildings or monuments are spreaded all over the city. Ashgabat is also the economical and political center of the country.
BEST TIME to VISIT TURKMENISTAN
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to ASHGABAT
From May to September
(hot in summer)
traditional wedding at Independence tower
traditional dress for woman
Top of Neutrality Arch
Neutrality Arch
Independence tower
Independence tower - Five heads eagle for the 5 regions of Turkmenistan
Traditional wedding - the bride
carpets shop
overview of some original buildings - Independency tower on the left
City center with a monumental fountain
Ashgabat is also called the white city - Fountain
landscape around Ashgabat
residential buildings
Mountains around Ashgabat
Traditional wedding with the weiled bride
wedding car for the bride
wedding - music and dance
overview of the "white city"
statues at Independency tower
Residential buildings from soviet period
Poultry market
vintage car and calf at the market
Cows market
vintage truck from russian period
old truck and sheeps
Men at the market
Ertugrul Gazi Mosque
Ertugrul Gazi Mosque - ceiling
Ertugrul Gazi Mosque
market
building with the portrait of the President , like many other buildings
Sheep at the market
dromedaries at the livestock market
"fat tail" sheeps at the livestock market
dromedaries at the livestock market
Mountains around Ashgabat
overview with modern buildings
turkish style ceramic in a mosque
City center skyline
City center with Presidential palace
modern white buildings
statue and modern buildings
city view