One day in Astana, Kazakhstan
A day through Astana’s best-known sights that lie close together: Astana Opera, Lovers' Park (Astana), Nur-Astana Mosque, Bayterek and Jetisu Park. 5 stops, about 3.2 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Astana OperaTheatre or opera house · On the map
- Lovers' Park (Astana)Park · 0.5 km on from Astana Opera · On the map
- Nur-Astana MosqueMosque · 0.7 km on from Lovers' Park (Astana) · On the map
- BayterekTower · 1.1 km on from Nur-Astana Mosque · On the map
- Jetisu ParkPark · 1 km on from Bayterek · On the map
5 stops, 4.4 km on foot along the streets: about 53 min of walking.
More for Astana
- Things to do in Astana, Kazakhstan · 22 places to see, led by Nur-Astana Mosque and Bayterek
Photo credits
- Astana Opera: Ken and Nyetta, CC BY 2.0
- Lovers' Park (Astana): Davide Mauro, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bayterek: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jetisu Park: Ayratayrat, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.