Kazakhstan | Almaty Complete Travel Guide | Things to do in Almaty | Almaty tourist places | Almaty

This is Kazakhstan and right now I am at one of its beautiful city which is Almaty In this vlog I am going to tell you everything about Almaty Almaty is the old capital of Kazakhstan and its visa free destination for Indians and from past few years its become one of the top travel destination among the travellers around the world because of its natural beauty canyon, lakes, ski resorts and a moderns city you will get these all in this one place we all known as Almaty And I am aamyatri taking you to this beautiful place there are many direct flight from Delhi to Almaty and it takes just 3hrs to reach here and you can enter in this country just by getting a stamp on airport you can buy SIM card from the airport only which will cost you around $8 there in no big difference in prices if you buy sim from the city, so its better if you buy from here they accept only cash for sim for that you need there currency which is Tenge you can withdraw cash from ATM at the airport or you just get US dollars from India and exchange some from exchange counter rest you can exchange from the city for better exchange rates after that download these two applications 1- google translate, because not lot of people understand English here 2- Yandex Go, for booking taxi and more.. don't take airport taxi as they charge almost 10 times the normal fare from airport to anywhere in city centre maximum taxi will charge is $6 from the Yandex Go which is the best location for hotel?? I will tell you in a while first let me take you to the one of the most beautiful places in Almaty so I just walked for 10 minutes from my hotel and I have reached here our first place in Almaty which is this famous cathedral of Almaty its yellow walls and golden on the top its looking absolutely beautiful and I am showing you this cathedral from the side so that you can see its scale and beauty to the fullest and let me tell you one thing, its is more beautiful from the inside than the outside this cathedral usually open all the day so you can come here anytime you can take pictures and make videos from inside also and there is no entry fee to visit this cathedral and it surrounded by this big park as I said you can come here anytime but, but best time is morning and the evening are best time and at night when they turn its lights on, its looks unreal lots of people come here in the evening, specially on the weekends and may be you can't see how beautiful it is from ground let me show you this cathedral from above so that you can see how big and beautiful this place is it was constructed in 1907 and it is 2nd tallest wooden cathedral and without any doubt I can say that it is one of the most beautiful cathedral I have seen till now this yellow colour and these windows might reminds you French architecture if you are coming here with kids then they can enjoy a lot here, as there are many fun things for them so they will not get bore coming here from the cathedral you just walk for 4-5 minutes and you will reach this place and this place is Memorial of Glory and this structure is amazing, dedicated to soldiers who lost there lives in the war and just like Amar jyoti at India gate in Delhi there is this eternal fire for the remembrance and which always burns and you can also see the cathedral from here just a few minutes walk from there and you will reach here and while walking you can see some amazing things on the road just look at this bus its an electric bus, just like how electric train runs they run in there assign lane they have electric wires running right on the road its something different, I have never seen these kind of electric bus anywhere these kinds of roads and buildings you will see in Almaty which is very clean and beautiful April is perfect time to visit Almaty Also May, June weather is pleasant you will not get snow in these months and its very cold during day temperature here is around 17-18 degrees you can roam around in t shirt or you can wear a light jacket you can walk to all the nearby place from cathedral there is other way also these scooters!! you will find them everywhere on the side of the, literally everywhere you can downland JET application to ride these scooters you have to put your card details in that app and from that app you can search scooters nearby app will show you the exact location of the scooters available you can unlock scooters from this app and you are good to go I will mention the charges in the video so if you get tired walking pick these scooters and see one right in the middle of the road you can pick and drop anywhere!! lol yes!! right in the middle of road somebody parked it and right there is Central Park of Almaty its not far from cathedral just 8-9 minutes of walk if you are staying near cathedral then you don't have to take any public transport to these places you can just walk to all these places this is central park of Almaty its the entrance of the park and it is really big and you can see lots of children here and there is a reason for it because in this Central Park, there is a Zoo and there is amusement park there is dolphins centre also where you can see dolphins show click pictures with dolphins apart from that there many things for kids there is toy train also if you are coming with kids then this place is heaven for them but for adults like and you you can see this beautiful garden with different kind of fauna, just like we have in Kashmir in India lots of people visit here on the weekend its Saturday today and I can see lots of people here one more thing, there is one lake also and around that lake there are many cafes and restaurants you can easily spend 1-2 hours if you are coming here, so I am here for lunch in a lake side restaurant and I have order a pizza prices here are reasonable just like in India you can get this fro $6-$7 and you can take coke along with it in the same price and there are many options that you can choose from veg, non-veg you will get almost everywhere in Almaty if you just want to have snack you can get it from these kind of food cart here after Central Park if you walk for around 10 minutes then you will reach really famous market of Almaty know as green bazaar it was built in 1970 and today it is one of the famous tourist places in Almaty you can buy traditional things of Almaty around here souvenir and all and there are some really different things you can experience in this market one of them is, you can try horse meat here in this market Chill Boy- "bro how are, how are you, how are you" so yes horse meat you can try here or you can just see apart from that there are many things so this building is green bazaar and this is the entry this is the main market where you can buy things to eat and this is the whole market around this green bazaar for shopping this market has small lanes with lots of shops and stuff and this is the way to green bazaar there sell spices, dry fruits and many more things here and this is green bazaaaaarrrr this thing is very famous here salad with Korean sauces you can taste it, there is lots of variety give us little, not a lot try it what is it? cabbage there is many option here, veg, non-veg you will get everything here sauces they use is Korean and this whole section they sell this salad so you should definitely try it this is Ocra and it is sweet they dip this in sweet sauce and it taste really good how much?? Sweet lady: its a present no please tell me how much I have to pay Sweet lady: its a present this whole is for spices and this side you will find dry fruits and if go further ahead there is a whole section for horse meat there is horse sign that means from here this whole lane is for horse meat this is all horse horse,horse and this the interesting thing here it is intestine of horse filled with horse meat they fill it and close it from both ends and then they cook it you want to try? its chewy? how is the taste? its kind of normal, with no taste as such its raw meat yes its raw $27- for a kg you can buy this piece how are you feeling?? after tasting horse meat for the first time it was different experience apart from house meat there are lot of things you can buy lamb, beef, chicken you will get everything here in this side of market they are selling only meat they also have fishes, that said is chicken section and yes if you are vegetarian, then I am really sorry that I am showing you all this but showing the reality of the place is important this side is also horse meat and whole section is for chicken Kazakhstan experience long winters that's why people here eat lots of meat is this green tea? 2000 tenge that means around $5 this is the best yes I know a Hindi where are you from? Afganistan these are my Afghanistan brothers this is almond and that I gave you is chocolate almond from India?? long live India I know bit of Hindi he is Pashtun he is from Taliban you are the first Talibani I met you live here in Almaty? we are living here for 4-5 years how is Almaty? is it good? yes its really good👍 green bazar is really big and its pillars like these these all are restaturats, cafes if you get tired roaming you can just go to any restaurats or cafe like this and relax a bit with a cup of coffee and the view from these cafes and restaurants of this green bazaar is amazing after green bazaar you can go to one of the famous places in Almaty which is central mosque Almaty its just 5-7 minutes walk from the green bazaar and you will reach here at this mosque which is very beautiful its golden top and white base looking so good so this the entry for the mosque and yes this is the mosque let go inside there is the entry this is the entry, this side is for male and that side for female this mosque is equally beautiful from the inside also after exploring Almaty for whole day you can sit here in peace and just relax and this building can remind you of Taj Mahal you can see it from any angle, from near from far it looks beautiful from everywhere after this let me show you some price comparison of the basic food here