Chinggis Khaan International Airport 45 min
National Amusement Park (12 min) Indoor & outdoor children's games & rides are the draw at this popular, lakefront amusement park. The Museum of the Bogd Khaan (16 min) Ornate winter palace of a 1900s Mongolian emperor, with thousands of historical objects on display. Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (10 min) National art gallery housing contemporary & modern paintings, crafts, sculptures & prints. Statue of Marco Polo (8 min) Manzushir Monastery (1 hr 36) 18th-century temple ruins featuring a small museum, Buddhist rock paintings & a bronze cauldron. Natural History Museum (10 min) Museum, natural history, and history Zaisan Monument (23 min) Iconic monument above the city remembering soldiers of Mongolia & the USSR lost in WWII. The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum (13 min) Venerable museum known for works by G. Zanabazar, plus other historical pieces by Mongolian artists. National Museum of Mongolia (11 min) Museum with extensive artifacts & antiquities tracing Mongolia's history, ethnography & culture. International Intellectual Museum (9 min) Riddles, puzzles, games & artifacts are the draw at this unique museum with a giant chess set. Gandantegchinlen Monastery (16 min) Buddhist monastery complex featuring sacred temples & an 82-ft. gold Megjid Janraisig statue. Bogd Khan Mountain (11 min) Early 1900s Buddhist monastery with several temples displaying ancient art & cultural artifacts. Sukhbaatar Square (10 min) Public square bordered by government buildings & site of a series of monument statues. Central Museum of Mongolia (13 min) Compact paleontology museum offering exhibits of dinosaur fossils, artifacts & educational programs. |