Ulan Bator
Worth seeing in and around Ulan Bator
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.
- 01National University of Mongolia
The National University of Mongolia is a public university primarily located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Established in 1942, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Mongolia, and was originally named in honour of then-Prime Minister Khorloogiin Choibalsan as Choibalsan State University.
3.2 km · oldest university in Mongolia · Wikipedia - 02Gandantegchinlen Monastery
Gandantegchinlen Monastery, also known as Gandan Monastery, is a Buddhist monastery in Bayangol District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was founded in 1809, closed amid persecutions in 1939, and from 1944 to 1989 was the country's only active monastery.
1.9 km · monastery in Bayangol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Wikipedia - 03Sükhbaatar Square
Sükhbaatar Square is the central square of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The square was named for Mongolian revolutionary hero Damdin Sükhbaatar after his death in 1923, and features a monumental equestrian statue of him in its center.
2.9 km · central square of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Wikipedia - 04Choijin Lama Temple
The Choijin Lama Temple : Mongolian: Өршөөлийг хөгжүүлэгч сүм, ᠥᠷᠥᠰᠢᠶᠡᠯ ᠢ ᠬᠥᠭᠵᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠭᠴᠢᠰᠦᠮᠡ; Manchu: ᡤᠣᠰᡳᠨ ᠪᡝᠶᡝᠠᡩᠠᠪᡡᡥᡝᠵᡠᡴᡨᡝᡥᡝᠨ Gosimbin Jadenblh juktenen, Tibetan: བརྩེ་འཕེལ་གླིང་།།, ZWPY: Brtse'phel gling, English; Compassion Perfection Temple, Chinese:興仁寺) is a Buddhist monastery in Sükhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The complex consists of six temples originally occupied by the brother of the ruler the Eighth Bogd Jetsun Dampa Khan, Choijin Lama Luvsankhaidav, who was the state oracle and 'Precious Wisdom and Clear Devotion' Khutugtu at the time.
2.7 km · Temple in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Wikipedia - 05MFF Football Centre
The MFF Football Centre is a stadium in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
2.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 06National Museum of Mongolia
The National Museum of Mongolia formerly known as the National Museum of Mongolian History is a history museum focusing on Mongolian history located in Chingeltei, Ulaanbaatar.
2.8 km · Mongolian museum · Wikipedia - 07Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Ulaanbaatar)
The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Bayanzürkh, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, designed by Serbian architect Predrag Stupar and consecrated in 2003 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe; its shape resembles that of a yurt. It is the official episcopal see of the Apostolic Prefecture of Ulaanbaatar.
6.9 km · church in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia · Wikipedia - 08National Sports Stadium
National Sports Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khan Uul District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It is used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 12,500.
2.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 09National Library of Mongolia
Mongolian National Library located in Sükhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, is the largest and oldest library in Mongolia. It houses over three million books and publications, one million of which are rare and valuable books, sutras and manuscripts, including the world's only surviving copies of many ancient Buddhist texts.
4.1 km · national library · Wikipedia - 10Zaisan Memorial
The Zaisan Memorial is a memorial in Khan-Uul, Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II.
3.6 km · memorial in Khan-Uul, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ulan Bator
- Airports
- Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan (UBN), 29 km
- Stations
- Ulaanbaatar railway station, 100 m
- Ulan Ude → Ulan Bator440 km · quickest by air, 6h 13m · ₽7,670–11,870
- Irkutsk → Ulan Bator522 km · quickest by air, 6h 19m · ₽8,080–12,520
- Chita → Ulan Bator659 km · quickest by air, 6h 44m · ₽9,220–14,290
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ulan Bator
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 Ulan Bator. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are also shared taxis for 30,000 MNT.
- Go nextGorkhi-Terelj National Park — scenic, forested mountain valleys a mere three-hour bus ride from UB Bogd Khan National Park — the ruins of a large Buddhist monastery destroyed by the communists in 1937 is the showpiece of this massive mountain park South of town Karakorum — the ancient capital of the Mongol Empire in the beautiful Orkhon River valley, a day's bus ride to the west The Gobi Desert — nomadic camel herders and dinosaur fossils Western Mongolia — where the old Kazakh tradition of eagle-hunting lives on in the snow-capped Altai Mountains
From Wikivoyage: Ulaanbaatar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Ulan Bator
- Ulaanbaatarcapital and largest city of Mongolia2.3 km
- Bayanzürkhmunicipal district in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia5.2 km
- Chingelteimunicipal district in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia2.7 km
- BayangolDüüreg (district) in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia2.7 km
- Khan-Uulmunicipal district in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia2.7 km