Welcome to Almaty-the largest city of Kazakhstan!

Welcome to Almaty!

 Big city—unforgettable memories

Almaty or Alma-Ata (“Alma”- apple, “Ata”-grandfather in Kazakh language). Actually, Almaty is situated at the foot of incredible mountains and surrounded by beautiful apple orchards. Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan. Here are the mountain ranges on the one hand and on the other hand you will see boundless steppes with beautiful nature and animals. You can see rare animals of the Red Book. Singing barkhans, canyons,  waterfalls and gorges, rivers and lakes. Our flora and fauna are amazing!

Almaty is a cultural capital city of Kazakhstan. There is a great amount of places for lovers of cinema, music, ballet, exhibitions, museums, circus and theaters. State Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after  M. Lermontov, Kazakh State Academic Theater of  Opera and Ballet named after Abay, Museum of Arts named after A. Kasteev, and many other places.

Visit our holy places such as cathedrals, churches and mosques! And you will be really surprised in how people of different religions live together.

If you like active leisure, welcome to ski resort “Shymbulak” and ice skating rink “Medeo”.

If you are interested in youth leisure—there are about 100 nightclubs! Night city is truly beautiful.

You can taste Kazakh national food as well as Russian, Uzbek and other dishes from around the world. Kazakh national cuisine is very diverse and has it’s peculiarities and historical backgrounds. 

We are waiting for you at any time of the year. Be sure, Almaty will bring you a lot of positive emotions and beautiful memories!