Why Visit Turkmenistan? Because Nowhere Else on Earth is Quite Like It. Turkmenistan isn’t just off the beaten path...

The Mausoleum of Astan-Baba is unique structure in its type, built in the area of the Medieval Zemm, north-west from Kerki. It has been rebuilt many times in the course of the centures. Kerki is an administrative centre forming part of Lebap velayat. It's a town with a population of 20.000. The city differs from others with its' XIX c architecture. Kerki is rich in archaeological monuments.

In the cemetery of the village of Nokhur, located in Turkmenistan, most graves are marked with a wooden pillar, which is decorated with the horns of a mountain goat.

Hidden in the sands of Ahal Province, just 20 km north of Baherden, lies one of Turkmenistan’s most enigmatic archaeological sites — Shahrislam, once known in medieval texts as Fortress Tak-Yazyr.

The famous cave-grotto "Kyrkgyz" ("Forty Girls"), the vault of which is decorated with a huge number of colorful ribbons, each of which is someone's innermost desire.