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Valley of Dragons
This narrow, deep cut defile is less dramatic than the name suggests but its heavily wind-sculpted sides.make it vaguely interesting for a wander if youre killing time having stopped to view the nearby Seven Bulls/Jeti-Öghüz ridge.
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WWII Monument
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of WWII, this monument is designed to evoke three symbolic yurt struts curving above an eternal flame. It sits within the dauntingly over-sized sun-bleached expanse of Freedom Sq.
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Alien Fairy Cake
This distinctive round structure with faceted silver walls and roof looks like an alien fairy cake but actually contains a photography salon where newly weds can be snapped on honeymoon at the Taj Mahal without bothering to leave Osh.
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Lenin Statue
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White House
An unmarked marble palace full of chandeliered offices just west of the square, the White House, is the seat of the Kyrgyzstan government, including the presidents office and the republics parliament. Behind this is Panfilov Park, full of rusting rides and arcades.
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Dom Druzhby
The conspicuously older structure northeast of Ala-Too Sq at Pushkin 68 was the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Kyrgyz ASSR, declared in 1926. Its now home to the Dom Druzhby community centre for advocacy and self-help groups, as well as a drab zoology museum.
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Osh Animal Market
If youre in Osh on a Sunday morning, hundreds of sheep, donkeys, horses and cattle go on sale at this traditional livestock market. Some may find the conditions of the animals here distressing. To get there, hop on marshrutka 105 or bus 5 to the routes eastern terminus
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Karakol Zoo
The small local zoo is a shady spot whose inmates range from farmyard animals to llamas, with a fair selection of locally endangered fauna, including bears, wolves, bobcats and most notably, Przewalski Horses. Some may find the conditions in which the animals live here distressing.
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Three
Outside UTAMK is a giant yurt built in three vertical sections. Although interesting for its mere existence, its colourful interior is little more than a gift shop with costumes in which to pose for photos (extra fee). Theres also a cursory exhibition about 19th-century heroes Alym
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State Museum of Fine Arts
This gallerys biliously miserable concrete exterior contrasts with the neo-classical grandeur of the Opera opposite but the collections of Kyrgyz embroidery and felt rugs, and the splendid variety of paintings all make a visit worthwhile. Dont miss the amusing reproductions of Egyp
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UTAMK
Built during the Osh 3000 celebrations, this museum has some imaginative displays like a case of weapons apparently caught up in a mad whirlwind. The great archaeological finds, historical documents and moving photos of the 1916 uprising could be so much more interesting were there
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Dubovy (Oak) Park
Where wide, green Erkindik (Freedom Ave) enters this pleasant central park, painters sell a range of locally themed, if typically garish, art. Theres a minor sculpture garden amid the oaks behind the parks statue of Kurmanjan Datka , the 19th-century heroine who also features on Ky
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Dordoy Bazaar
Dordoy Bazaar (nicknamed Tolchok, which means jostling crowd) is a huge weekend flea market of imported consumer goods and junk about 7km north of the centre. You might strike gold with the occasional North Face jacket here. Buses 185, 132, 25 and 200 run to Dordoy from the norther
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Al Halal Gallery
This small, top-quality modern art gallery is an ideal starting point for an exploration of the vibrant, but often invisible, Bishkek arts scene. If youre keen and lucky, you might be invited to the artists studios building (Druzhba 3). Some talented local artists including Andrei
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Dungan Mosque
A tip-tilted triple roof, carved-layered eaves and wooden exterior pillars give this colourful 1910 mosque the look of a Mongolian Buddhist temple. Remarkably it survived the early Bolshevik era, which saw the towns other eight mosques destroyed, though it was closed for worship be
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Broken Heart
Just before you arrive at the Jeti-Öghüz from the north, the partly-wooded back side of the Seven Bulls ridge appears to be a single splintered hill. Its heart-shaped form has led to many a tragic legend. Most common is that where two suitors both spilled their blood fighting for t
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Frunze House
This modest museum forms a concrete shell around the thatched cottage that was allegedly the birthplace of Mikhail Vasilievich Frunze (1885–1925), for whom Bishkek (Pishpek) was renamed shortly after his death. There is little information in English so for many visitors its enough
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Barskoön Waterfall
Locals pack picnics and head 20km up the huge Barskoön Valley to the Barskoön Waterfall, where kymys is sold from summertime yurts near a defaced inscription by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. It’s possible to climb 1½ hours up to closer views of the falls. Shared taxis run from Ba
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Turbaza
If youre not tired of people watching, theres fun to be had at the Turbaza, a decrepit yet still active Soviet-era holiday camp replete with punch-machines, an awfully grimy open-air swimming pool and a ragged disco pavilion where city kids strut to Im Sexy and I Know It , watched
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Long Waterfall
This narrow, 80m ribbon of waterfall is not an especially memorable site, but theres a certain fascination watching the throngs of local summer tourists (who mostly arrive by jeep), attempting to slither up and down in their seemingly impractical footwear. You can get here in aroun
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