Chinggis Khaan International Airport 28 min
Gandantegchinlen Monastery (12 min) Buddhist monastery complex featuring sacred temples & an 82-ft. gold Megjid Janraisig statue. Sukhbaatar Square (12 min) Public square bordered by government buildings & site of a series of monument statues. Natural History Museum (14 min) Museum, natural history, and history Central Museum of Mongolia (15 min) Compact paleontology museum offering exhibits of dinosaur fossils, artifacts & educational programs. Zaisan Monument (13 min) Iconic monument above the city remembering soldiers of Mongolia & the USSR lost in WWII. National Museum of Mongolia (13 min) Museum with extensive artifacts & antiquities tracing Mongolia's history, ethnography & culture. Bogd Khan Mountain (14 min) Early 1900s Buddhist monastery with several temples displaying ancient art & cultural artifacts. The Museum of the Bogd Khaan (6 min) Ornate winter palace of a 1900s Mongolian emperor, with thousands of historical objects on display. Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (15 min) National art gallery housing contemporary & modern paintings, crafts, sculptures & prints. The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum (13 min) Venerable museum known for works by G. Zanabazar, plus other historical pieces by Mongolian artists. National Amusement Park (11 min) Indoor & outdoor children's games & rides are the draw at this popular, lakefront amusement park. Manzushir Monastery (1 hr 19) 18th-century temple ruins featuring a small museum, Buddhist rock paintings & a bronze cauldron. Statue of Marco Polo (13 min) |