Ashgabat Tours & Holidays
Ashgabat Small Group Tours & Tailor-Made Holidays
Situated between the Kara Kum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range, Ashgabat has a population of about 400,000. Its original founding fathers were Russian troops who landed in Krasnovodsk which is present-day Turkmenbashi in 1869 and who built a fortress on a high hill to accommodate their administration. In subsequent years this fortress, serving as a focal point, attracted a host of merchants and entrepreneurs who sought to expand their markets and enter new adventures. For their centre ...
Situated between the Kara Kum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range, Ashgabat has a population of about 400,000. Its original founding fathers were Russian troops who landed in Krasnovodsk which is present-day Turkmenbashi in 1869 and who built a fortress on a high hill to accommodate their administration. In subsequent years this fortress, serving as a focal point, attracted a host of merchants and entrepreneurs who sought to expand their markets and enter new adventures. For their centre of activity, the newcomers built a number of buildings and factories on the other side of town around the Transcaspian Railway Station. The world knows Turkmenistan for its magnificent carpets, for its exquisite clothes and its wonderful Akhal Teke horses, the ancestor of the Arabian racehorse.