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Ashgabat

Ashgabat
Ashgabat · Wikimedia Commons (see file page)
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Worth seeing in and around Ashgabat

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Assembly of Turkmenistan

    Lower house of parliament of Turkmenistan

    2.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Olympic Stadium

    Multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    5.1 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Arch of Neutrality

    Monument originally located in Ashgabat

    8.7 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque

    Mosque in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ashgabat Stadium

    Stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Independence Monument, Ashgabat

    Monument in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    7.7 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Köpetdag Stadium

    Multi-purpose stadium in Turkmenistan

    1.2 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    National Library of Turkmenistan

    National library

    1.6 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ruhyýet Palace

    Building in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    2 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Myrat Garryyev State Medical University of Turkmenistan

    Turkmen medical university

    8.1 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Ashgabat

Airports
Ashgabat (ASB), 5 km · Mashhad (MHD), 221 km
Stations
Ashgabat International Airport, 4.6 km · Ashgabat railway station, 1.4 km
  • Daşoguz → Ashgabat
    453 km · quickest by air, 4h 19m · $150–230
    GuideToday
  • Türkmenabat → Ashgabat
    469 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · $160–240
    GuideToday
  • Mashhad → Ashgabat
    213 km · quickest by road, 5h · $22–30
    GuideToday
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ashgabat

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ashgabat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get around"Taxi", by which everyone means hitchhiking is probably the best way to get around Ashgabat.
  • Get aroundHitchhiking is an entirely safe mode of transport in Turkmenistan—everyone uses it.
  • Go nextThe trip requires going off-road and is probably best not left to you average Lada.

From Wikivoyage: Ashgabat, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    818 km
  2. 02
    KhujandTJ

    9 ways of moving, 27 sources

    1,002 km
  3. 03
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,025 km
  4. 04
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,147 km
  5. 05
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    1,287 km

If you know how people move in Ashgabat – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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