Naryn Panorama

Kyrgyzstan


As the highway towards Baetov and Kazarman tops a small pass to the west of the city, look for a dirt road turnoff that leads to a viewpoint of the city. It's popular with locals.


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1. Art Gallery

7.11 MILES

Painting and sculpture from a collection of Kyrgyz artists, primarily those who originate in Naryn. There's also a small gift shop off the lobby.

2. Freedom Statue

7.15 MILES

Right on the square, this monument is the go-to photo spot for newly-weds in Naryn.

3. Regional Museum

8.39 MILES

This little museum has two attractively presented ethnological rooms but is more interesting for the 1960s photos of Naryn in its Soviet heyday...and for…

4. Waterfall

10.32 MILES

Just off the Naryn–Torugart highway around 10km south of the city (look for the snow leopard statue opposite the turnoff), this small waterfall is a…

5. Salkyn-Tör National Park

16.84 MILES

Naryn locals love to picnic at the foot of this national park just outside of the city, but head up the valley past the small collection of cabins and you…

6. Koshoy Korgon Ruins

23.12 MILES

Koshoy Korgan (Koshoy's fortress) is a 250m square of muddy wall remnants from what is thought to have been a powerful 12th-century Karakhanid citadel,…