Monastery Gandan

Ulaanbaatar, Khoroo, 16

Sights of Mongolia In the very center of the capital of Mongolia - Ulan Bator - is the Buddhist monastery of Gandan, which is a whole complex of buildings of different ages. It includes several temples, suburgans, prayer pagodas, a library and a Buddhist university.

Bogdo-gegen Palace

Ulaanbaatar, Khoroo, 11

Sights of Mongolia In the south-eastern district of Ulaanbaatar Bayanzurh, surrounded by modern multi-storey buildings, stands one of the most famous landmarks of Mongolia - the Palace of Bogdo-gegen or the Palace of Bogdo Khan, the "living Buddha", the head of the Buddhist community of Mongolia.

Monastery Erdene-Zuu

Horhorin, Erdene Zuu

Sights of Mongolia Buddhist monastery Erdene-Zuu (Mong.) One of the oldest surviving monasteries of Mongolia and one of the largest medieval Buddhist monasteries in the world. It was built in 1585 by personal means of the influential Prince Khalha Abtaikhan.

Monument to Genghis Khan

Ulaanbaatar

Sights of Mongolia On the bank of the river Tuul, which is 54 km east of Ulan Bator, stands a majestic forty-meter statue of Chinggiskhan, sitting on the horse - the highest equestrian statue in the world. Around it there are 36 columns, symbolizing 36 khans, who headed Mongolia after Genghis Khan.

Museum of Fine Arts. Zanabazar

Ulaanbaatar, Str. Khudaldaany, Barilgachdiin Square

Sights of Mongolia In 1956, under the leadership of the architect Chimid, the construction of a three-story building specially created for the Central Museum was completed: ceilings of more than five meters in height should allow the placement of skeletons of giant tarbosaurs in museum premises.

Gorkhi-Terelzh National Park

Gorkhi Terelj National Park

Sights of Mongolia At 60 km from Ulan Bator, in the ring of granite rocks, one of the most picturesque national parks in Mongolia - Gorkhi Terelzh. Until 1995, the territory of the park was part of the Khan-Hengey Reserve, named after the Hengai Range, located on the expanses of Gorha Terelzh.

Lake Hubsugul

Khovsgol Lake

Sights of Mongolia The deepest and most beautiful lake in Mongolia is Khubsugul (formerly called Kosogol, Mongolian Huwsgel Dalai) - Blue pearl is a large freshwater lake with crystal clear water and picturesque coast in the north of the country, near the border of Russia.

Desert Gobi

South Gobi aimak

Sights of Mongolia Mongolia is famous for the beauty of nature, its virgin purity and boundless expanses. The country's greatest natural landmark is the Gobi Desert, enveloping Mongolia in a sandy arc from the Altai and Tien Shan mountains along the border with China to the Nanshan and Altyntag mountains and the Yellow River.

Temple complex Choydzhin Lamyń Sumy

Ulaanbaatar, Khoroo 1

Sights of Mongolia In the heart of Ulaanbaatar, a bright jewel of architecture and history of Mongolia is hidden - the Choygin Lama temple complex or the Choijinlam's Temple Museum, built in the 20th century under the residence of the state oracle of Luvsanheidav, brother of the VIII Bogdo Khan Jabzundamba. ±​​$ br >

There are countries that attract tourists in uncountable numbers with its ancient history, countless architectural and cultural monuments, others attract the presence of chic beaches and sea blue. Mongolia is one of the most interesting countries in Asia, remarkable natural wealth, the breadth of the steppes, the turquoise smoothness of lakes, and, of course, carefully preserved from generation to generation.

Ulaanbaatar is an amazing, picturesque and contradictory Asian city. In its vivid form, the traditions of Mongolian culture and features characteristic of communist times have merged. Coming from the depths of time, Mongolian tents are located just next to multi-storey houses in residential areas, and alongside cars flying along the road, locals go to work on their horses.

In Ulaanbaatar itself and its surroundings, it is worth to visit the Sukhbaatar Square, the Genghis Khan Monument, the Winter Palace of the last Mongolian emperor Bogdi Khan, the largest active monastery in the country - Gandan and the Genrei-Sing Temple, the Palace of Culture, the Art Gallery and the House of Parliament .If you climb the hill Zaysan, you can see the city as in the palm of your hand .There are a lot of interesting museums in the capital of Mongolia, including the National Museum of History, the Zanabazar Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Ulan Bator and many other fascinating and cognitive museums that will help you to know better this beautiful country..

But, undoubtedly, the most amazing sight of Mongolia is its nature .Here lies the largest in Asia, the Gobi Desert, which goes to infinity and stores on its territory the remains of ancient animals, whose age is more than hundreds of millions of years..Unlike the "barren" and "waterless" Gobi, the name Bayangov is translated from the Mongolian as "rich desert", which is very justified; Here in one territory mountains, forests and endless dunes coexist .These places, called the Mongolian Sands, lie in the territory of the Bathaan Uul reserve, .

Another national park, Gorkhi Terelzh, is a valley surrounded by granite rocks .In the vast territory of the national park you can see high mountains and dense forests, fast rivers and colorful meadows, here live bears and wolves, lynx and a lot of reptiles..Here is the famous Mount Hyty and Tuul River Valley .The picturesque Terelzh area, with its unusual form of rocks, life-giving air and burials of ancient rulers - one of the popular holiday destinations in Mongolia is .Still tourists and locals are very fond of Lake Hubsugul, the deepest in Central Asia, clean and clear, surrounded by magnificent forests and meadows .