Chinggis Khaan International Airport 37 min
Gandantegchinlen Monastery (9 min) Buddhist monastery complex featuring sacred temples & an 82-ft. gold Megjid Janraisig statue. Natural History Museum (16 min) Museum, natural history, and history The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum (15 min) Venerable museum known for works by G. Zanabazar, plus other historical pieces by Mongolian artists. Manzushir Monastery (1 hr 28) 18th-century temple ruins featuring a small museum, Buddhist rock paintings & a bronze cauldron. The Museum of the Bogd Khaan (22 min) Ornate winter palace of a 1900s Mongolian emperor, with thousands of historical objects on display. Central Museum of Mongolia (13 min) Compact paleontology museum offering exhibits of dinosaur fossils, artifacts & educational programs. National Museum of Mongolia (17 min) Museum with extensive artifacts & antiquities tracing Mongolia's history, ethnography & culture. Sukhbaatar Square (19 min) Public square bordered by government buildings & site of a series of monument statues. Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (20 min) National art gallery housing contemporary & modern paintings, crafts, sculptures & prints. National Amusement Park (19 min) Indoor & outdoor children's games & rides are the draw at this popular, lakefront amusement park. Statue of Marco Polo (19 min) Bogd Khan Mountain (21 min) Early 1900s Buddhist monastery with several temples displaying ancient art & cultural artifacts. Zaisan Monument (29 min) Iconic monument above the city remembering soldiers of Mongolia & the USSR lost in WWII. |