Turkmenistan became a UNESCO member in 1993, and the country established its National Commission for UNESCO in 1997.
In this material, we decided, on the one hand, to provide an official overview of the cities of Turkmenistan, and on the other hand, to discuss them from a tourism perspective.
Sarahs is an oasis city in the Ahal velayat (province) of Turkmenistan, the administrative center of the Sarahs etrap (district). In the early Middle Ages, it was one of the oases of the ancient Silk Road, lying between Mashhad in the west and Merv in the east.
The State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” is the oldest and most completely preserved of the oasis cities along the Silk Roads in Central Asia. It is located in the territory of Mary velayat of Turkmenistan. It has supported a series of urban centres since the 3rd millennium BC and played an important role […]
