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Almaty
æ Top Sights
31 Hotel Uyut ................................................C3
1 Central State Museum........................... D6
32 InterContinental Almaty.........................C6
33 Lessor Apartments .................................C2
æ Sights
34 Rahat Palace Hotel..................................A6
2 Academy of Sciences..............................E4
35 Tien Shan City Hotel ...............................D4
3 Cable Car ..................................................E5
36 Tien Shan Grand Hotel ...........................D3
4 Central (Gorky) Park ...............................F2
5 Central Mosque........................................ E1 ú Eating
6 Dawn of Freedom Monument ............... D6
37 Café de Paris ............................................E4
7 Green Market ...........................................E2
38 Coffeedelia ...............................................C4
8 Hotel Kazakhstan.....................................E5
39 Coffeedelia ...............................................D4
9 Independence Monument ..................... D5
40 Dastarkhan Food.....................................C4
10 Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical
41 Eldoro........................................................ E2
Instruments ...........................................E3
42 Entrecôte..................................................D4
11 Kazakhstan Museum of Arts................. A6
43 Kaganat..................................................... E5
12 Maslikhat.................................................. D6
44 Kaganat.....................................................C4
13 Panfilov Park.............................................E3
45 Kaganat.....................................................C3
14 Presidential Residence .......................... D6
46 Kaganat..................................................... E5
15 Respublika Alany .................................... D6
47 Khodja Nasreddin.................................... F7
16 War Memorial ...........................................E3
48 Mama Mia.................................................D3
17 Zenkov Cathedral ....................................E3
49 Restoran Printsessa................................D3
18 Zhibek Zholy ............................................ D2
50 Venetsia.................................................... F3
51 Yubileyny ..................................................D3
Ø Activities, Courses & Tours
52 Zheti Kazyna ............................................D2
19 Arasan Baths........................................... D3
20 Fischer...................................................... D4 û Drinking & Nightlife
21 Snowshop ................................................ D3
53 Bar Pivnitsa ..............................................A5
54 Chukotka .................................................. E3
ÿ Sleeping
Da Freak.......................................... (see 54)
22 Almaty Backpackers .............................. C7
55 Esperanza.................................................B2
23 Ambassador Hotel ................................. C4
56 Shakespeare Pub ....................................E4
24 Apple Hostel ............................................ A5
57 Shtab.........................................................C4
25 Hotel Astra ...............................................C1
58 Soho Almaty Club....................................D3
26 Hotel Kazzhol .......................................... C3
59 Studio 69 .................................................. E5
27 Hotel Otrar ............................................... D2
28 Hotel Saulet ............................................. D5 ý Entertainment
29 Hotel Saya................................................ D4
60 Abay State Opera & Ballet
30 Hotel Turkistan ........................................E2
Theatre ..................................................D4
Central¨(Gorky)¨Park¨ PARK
(admission 70T; h 24hr) Central Almaty's big-
gest recreational park is a somewhat un-
tidy place whose boating lakes, funfair
rides, pony rides, Aquapark (adult/child
3900/3000T; h 11am-10pm Jun-Sep) , rather sad
zoo, cinema, cafes and shashlyk and beer
stands are particularly popular with families
on Sundays and holidays. Trolleybuses 1 and
12 run there along Gogol.
2 ¨Activities
Arasan¨Baths¨ BATHHOUSE
( % 272 46 71; Tolebaev 78; 2hr session 1600-
2900T; h 8am-midnight Tue-Sun) Almaty's
Arasan Baths, built in the 1980s in a mod-
ernistic Soviet style, are one of the finest
bathhouses in Central Asia. If you fancy try-
ing a traditional bathhouse experience, go
bin, as head of the Kazakhstan Communist
Party. You can reach Respublika alany on bus
2, 63, 73 or 86 up Furmanov to the corner of
Satpaev.
Zhibek¨Zholy¨ STREET
(Arbat) The pedestrianised stretch of this
street in the lower, northern, part of the
centre is Almaty's (sort of) version of Mos-
cow's Arbat. It's dotted with inexpensive
cafes, a few buskers and kitsch art stands.
Central¨Mosque¨ mOSQUE
(Pushkin 16) Almaty's multitowered, gold-
domed, white-marble central mosque, built
in 1999, is one of the largest in the coun-
try, with space for 3000 worshippers in the
finely decorated main prayer hall. It's open
for visits daily except Friday; women must
cover their heads, arms and legs.
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