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Free time

Kazakhstan offers leisure activities for every taste - from skiing and horseback riding to steppe safaris, from trips to amazing mountain lakes for fishing to ethnocenters with games, national cuisine, and other entertainment. Kazakhs are big fans of baths (Finnish, Turkish, Japanese, Russian), one of the best baths, "Arasan," is located in Almaty. Theaters, concert halls, and nightclubs also welcome guests.

 

Fishing in Borovoe

Photo provided by: Borovoe website

 

The high-altitude open-air skating rink "Medeu," where skating is open to everyone from mid-November to early March.

Photo provided by: Official Medeu website.

 

Shymbulak Mountain Resort

Photo provided by: Official resort website.

 

Oy-Karagay Mountain Resort

Photo provided by: Official resort website.

 

Nomad Ethnocenter

Photo provided by: Official ethnocenter website.

 

Gunny Ethno-village

Photo: Official ethno-village website

 

Eco Hotel Kazak Aul

Photo provided by: Official hotel website.

 

Arasan Health Center

Photo provided by: Official center website.

 

Almaty Theater

Photo provided by: Official theater website.

 

Astana Opera

Photo provided by: Official theater website.

 

Astana Ballet

Photo provided by: Official theater website.

 

Cuisine

We love to eat, and international cuisine found its fans in Kazakhstan immediately after the country gained independence. American burgers, Italian pizza and pasta, Moroccan tagine, sushi - we can cook everything. Be sure to try the national dishes - beshbarmak, kazy, baursaks, manty, and pilaf.

 

Kazakh dishes at Ritz Carlton Almaty

Photo provided by: Official hotel website.

Kazakh Restaurant Abai

Photo provided by: Official restaurant website.

Aul Restaurant

Photo provided by: Official restaurant website.

In the Greek restaurant Spiros

Photo provided by: Official restaurant website.