Astana Self-guided Walking Tour, Astana, Kazakhstan

Ultra-modern Astana is a planned city. While it is spread across a relatively big area, most of its monumental buildings are located along an east-west axis and the main sites can be covered on foot in a day; there is plenty of walking involved but it鈥檚 doable 鈥� trust me, we did it! Check out our Astana self-guided walking tour below.

Start at聽Independence Square. Here you can find several important and iconic buildings and monuments. The glass building with the fa莽ade of white piping is the聽Palace of Independence. This building is mainly used for official state functions 鈥� presidential inaugurations have been held here since 2011. There is a museum inside the building, which may be open to visit if official functions are not taking place.

Next to the Palace of Independence is the disk-shaped Kazakh State University of Arts building. At the centre of the square is the聽Kazakh Eli Monument. One of the emblems of the city, the plinth is topped by a golden statue of an eagle and stands 91 metres tall to represent Kazakhstan achieving its independence in the year 1991. At the base of the sculpture are statues representing traditional and contemporary Kazakh society, as well as Kazakhstan鈥檚 first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Astana Self-guided Walking Tour
Guide Location: Kazakhstan » Astana
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Summer Buckley
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