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
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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.