Plan a trip to Turkmenistan

Places to see in Turkmenistan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  MervUNESCO

  Gadymy Merw

  Ruins · Mary Region

  Merv, also called the Merve Oasis, was a major Iranian city in Central Asia, located on the historical Silk Road, near today's Mary, Turkmenistan. Human settlements on the site of Merv existed from the 3rd millennium BC until the 18th century AD. It changed hands repeatedly throughout history.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hans Birger Nilsen (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Konye-UrgenchUNESCO

  Köneürgenç

  Ruins · Daşoguz Region

  Konye-Urgench, also known as Köneürgenç, Old Urgench or Urganj, is a city in north Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. In 2022, it had a total population of 37,176 people.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Doron (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

• Gaplaňgyr Nature ReserveUNESCO

  Gaplaňgyr goraghanasy

  Park & nature · Daşoguz Region

  Gaplaňgyr or Kaplankyr is a mountain plateau and nature reserve (zapovednik) of northern Turkmenistan. It was established in 1979.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ashgabat

  Aşgabat

  City · Ashgabat

  Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Mary

  Mary şäheri

  City · Mary Province

  Mary is a city on an oasis in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, located on the Murgab River. It was founded in 1884 about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the ruins of the ancient abandoned great city of Merv and was actually named Merv until 1937.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Hans Birger Nilsen (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Türkmenbaşy

  Türkmenbaşy şäheri

  City · Balkan Province

  Türkmenbaşy, previously known as Shagadam, Krasnovodsk and Kyzyl-Su, is a major port city in Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan, on the Türkmenbaşy Gulf of the Caspian Sea. It sits at an elevation of 27 metres.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bohndorf Film-Team (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Türkmenabat

  Türkmenabat şäheri

  City · Lebap Region

  Türkmenabat, formerly known as Çärjew, is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. As of 2022, it had a population of approximately 231,000 people. From 1924 to 1927, it was given the name Leninsk in honour of Vladimir Lenin.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Eldar Yagmurov (CC0). Map

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  Garabogazköl

  Garabogaz aýlagy

  Beach · Balkan Province

  Garabogazköl is a shallow, highly saline lagoon off the Caspian Sea in northwestern Turkmenistan. The lagoon has a variable surface area typically about 18,000 km2 (6,900 mi2). It is very shallow, with an average depth of 10 meters.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA (Public domain). Map

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  Sarygamysh Lake

  Sarygamyş köli/Sarıqamıs kóli

  Lake · Daşoguz Province

  Sarygamysh Lake, also Sarykamysh or Sary-Kamysh, is the largest lake in Turkmenistan located about midway between the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea. A quarter of the lake's area is in Uzbekistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Chainbreaker (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ogurja Ada

  Ogurjaly adasy

  Island · Balkan Province

  Ogurja Ada is the largest island in both Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea by area. Ogurja Island is also widely known by its Russian name, Ogurchinskiy Island (Ostrov Ogurchinskiy).

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Unknown Russian (Public domain). Map

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  Neutrality Monument

  Bitaraplyk arkasy

  Memorial · Ashgabat

  The Monument of Neutrality is a monument and observation tower located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Juris Paiders (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque

  Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Metjidi

  Religious · Ashgabat

  Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque, or Gypjak Mosque, is a mosque in Gypjak, Turkmenistan, and the resting place for Saparmurat Niyazov, the leader of Turkmenistan from 1985 to 2006. The mosque is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the capital, Ashgabat, on the M37 highway.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: tatarstan.ru (CC BY 4.0). Map