Chinggis Khaan International Airport 39 min
Gandantegchinlen Monastery (7 min) Buddhist monastery complex featuring sacred temples & an 82-ft. gold Megjid Janraisig statue. Statue of Marco Polo (8 min) Zaisan Monument (16 min) Iconic monument above the city remembering soldiers of Mongolia & the USSR lost in WWII. Bogd Khan Mountain (14 min) Early 1900s Buddhist monastery with several temples displaying ancient art & cultural artifacts. Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery (9 min) National art gallery housing contemporary & modern paintings, crafts, sculptures & prints. Natural History Museum (3 min) Museum, natural history, and history Sukhbaatar Square (5 min) Public square bordered by government buildings & site of a series of monument statues. National Amusement Park (7 min) Indoor & outdoor children's games & rides are the draw at this popular, lakefront amusement park. Central Museum of Mongolia (13 min) Compact paleontology museum offering exhibits of dinosaur fossils, artifacts & educational programs. National Museum of Mongolia (5 min) Museum with extensive artifacts & antiquities tracing Mongolia's history, ethnography & culture. The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum (10 min) Venerable museum known for works by G. Zanabazar, plus other historical pieces by Mongolian artists. Manzushir Monastery (1 hr 30) 18th-century temple ruins featuring a small museum, Buddhist rock paintings & a bronze cauldron. The Museum of the Bogd Khaan (10 min) Ornate winter palace of a 1900s Mongolian emperor, with thousands of historical objects on display. |