Turkmenistan Travel

Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Konya-Urgench
Mary
Dashoguz
Merv

Turkmenistan Map
Turkmenistan Visa
Turkmenistan Provinces
Akhal
Balkan
Lebap
Dashoguz
HOW TO TRAVEL TO TURKMENISTAN
Turkmenistan can be reached both by air and by land. The capital of Turkmenistan is connected with the most important cities of Europe and Asia by flights. The national airline of Turkmenistan offers regular flights to Moscow, London, Birmingham, Frankfurt, Abu-Dabi, Amritsar, Delhi, Dubai, Istanbul, Peking and Bangkok.
The International airport of Ashgabat is also served by several international air-carriers: Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, Uzbek Airlines, Ukrainian airlines (Airoswit) and Armenian Airlines.
Turkmenistan can be entered by land from the north via Khiva, from the east via Bukhara, from the south-east via Serakhs, from the south via Bajigiran and from the west by a ferry-boat across the Caspian Sea.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 12 Remembrance Day for the 19th century war between the
Russian tsarist troops and the Turkmen people
February 19 National Flag Day
March 20,21,22 Three-day National Spring Festival
May 8 Remembrance Day for the lost during the Great War of 1941-1945
May 9 Victory Day
October 6 Remembrance Day of Earthquake
October 27\28 Independence Day
December 12 Neutrality Day
The dates for Islamic holidays vary from year to year according to the lunar calendar and are announced by a special Decree of the Government. They are: a three-day Muslim festival of Kurban-Bayram and a celebration at the end of Ramadan.

Climate -strong continental with hot dry summers (rarely below 35 degrees Celsius and sometimes up to 45-50 degrees Celsius in July and August) and mild winters. Turkmenistan enjoys an annual average of 250 days of sun. Rain is expected in early spring and in late autumn. Sandstorms are a regular occurrence during the changing of the seasons

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL

Month
Average temperature (degrees C)
Average Rainfall per month (mm)
Day
Night
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
3
6
11
16
23
29
32
32
27
19
12
8
0
2
4
9
16
21
24
24
19
13
7
3
13
13
18
23
10
10
5
5
5
10
13
13

ACCOMMODATION
During the past few years a number of fashionable hotels have been built in the cities of Turkmenistan that offer a western standard of multi-facilities service
 
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