A journal about Turkmenistan

How the visa works, when to come, what to see in Ashgabat, Merv and Darvaza. The questions people ask us before they travel.

• The Turkmen visa: how it actually works
• The Darvaza crater: why you go into the desert at night
• Merv: the city that is now its walls
• Kunya-Urgench: the tallest minaret in Central Asia
• Ashgabat in a day
• Yangykala: canyons on the floor of a vanished ocean
• When to travel to Turkmenistan
• The Akhal-Teke: the horse on the coat of arms
• What to eat in Turkmenistan
• The carpet as the country’s passport

• Charva Travel — tours of Turkmenistan
• Ready-made tours of Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan tour builder
• Hotels in Turkmenistan
• Turkmenistan: the country and visas
• Turkmenistan gallery
• Online enquiry
• Photograph credits

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