Chinggis Khaan International Airport 34 min
National Amusement Park (14 min) Indoor & outdoor children's games & rides are the draw at this popular, lakefront amusement park. Manzushir Monastery (1 hr 25) 18th-century temple ruins featuring a small museum, Buddhist rock paintings & a bronze cauldron. The Museum of the Bogd Khaan (17 min) Ornate winter palace of a 1900s Mongolian emperor, with thousands of historical objects on display. National Museum of Mongolia (17 min) Museum with extensive artifacts & antiquities tracing Mongolia's history, ethnography & culture. Gandantegchinlen Monastery (13 min) Buddhist monastery complex featuring sacred temples & an 82-ft. gold Megjid Janraisig statue. Bogd Khan Mountain (19 min) Early 1900s Buddhist monastery with several temples displaying ancient art & cultural artifacts. Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (19 min) National art gallery housing contemporary & modern paintings, crafts, sculptures & prints. Statue of Marco Polo (17 min) The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum (16 min) Venerable museum known for works by G. Zanabazar, plus other historical pieces by Mongolian artists. Sukhbaatar Square (17 min) Public square bordered by government buildings & site of a series of monument statues. Central Museum of Mongolia (18 min) Compact paleontology museum offering exhibits of dinosaur fossils, artifacts & educational programs. Zaisan Monument (24 min) Iconic monument above the city remembering soldiers of Mongolia & the USSR lost in WWII. Natural History Museum (18 min) Museum, natural history, and history |