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Group size: Min. 2 persons Accommodation: Double / Twin in hotels Places to visit: Ashgabat –Kow-ata – Nohur - Mary – Merv–Tagtabazar – Yekegowak Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
For fans of horse riding – organization of horse tours along the Karakum desert (for 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 days) with overnight staying at the traditional Turkmen villages where remained life of ancient Turkmens. Supper (national Turkmen cuisine – plov, shorba in a fire, chorek, baked in tamdyr (oven from arable (clay and straw) Itinerary include the tour around Akhal region with visiting of cathedral mosque in Geok-depe named after Saparmurat-Khaji, also visiting of the biggest mosque in central Asia in the settlement Kipchak. Then visiting of horse farm where the magnificent breeds of Akhaltekin horses are presented, folk shows with horse riders.
This tourist itinerary goes through the places that associated with the name of Alexander the Great. Ancient Nisa – residence of Parthian Kingdom remember the majestic steps of Iskander. Canyon of Alexander the Great (settlement Nohur), where as legends he lost his sumptuous gold helmet. Pulhatyn (“Pul” – money, “Hatyn” – woman) bridge in Serahs city, where the army of Alexander the Great crossed the river Ox in their march to India. Woman – fighters stood guard in that bridge and as a true man Alexander paid to wonderful ladies for entry of his army for crossing over the bridge.Visiting of Cave Complex “YekeGowak” (II-IV cent.) – great mystery of the early Middle Age. Visiting of ancient Merv (Margiana Alexandria), the famous castle “Gyz – Kala” ends the traveling to the places of the legend fame of Alexander the Great.
An Italian traveler Marco Polo was the first to mention the Turkmen carpets in the XIII century. In the XXI chapter of his book he writes: “The finest and the most beautiful carpets are made here and rich fabric of red and other colour are woven here”. Even if by the time of Marco Polo the Turkmen carpets had reached such fineness and beauty, it is not difficult to suppose, that the roots of carpet-weaving go far back to the earlier period of history, because a carpet is the result of creative work of many generations of nameless weavers from the people.