Karaganda Travel Guide

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Hotels  

Cosmonaut Hotel

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Hotels  

Dostar -Alem: The worst hotel on planet Earth

Dostar -Alem: The worst hotel on planet Earth, Karaganda

 noodle191619 Says:  I would really advice everyone to stay away from this hotel.I never write reviews,but this was far too bad!Horrible Hotel.Horrible service.I mean it.I've stayed in lots of Hotels and had no t worse experience in my life,than in this hotel!Far too expencive Internet.Very,very... 

Hotel"Dostar-Alem": Best hotel in Karaganda

Hotel"Dostar-Alem": Best hotel in Karaganda, Karaganda

 oxi1 Says:  Thera not to many good hotels in Karaganda. Hotel "Dostar-Alem" is good one.Rooms are clean and have A/C.Good location. You can also call them 8(3212)400-400,they speak english.DON'T USE hotel "Sozvezdie". It use to be a good hotel but not any more. 

The Tchaïka Hotel

The Tchaïka Hotel, Karaganda

 Klod5 Says:  The "Tchaïka" hotel named thus in 1963 in honor of V.V.Tereshkovoj, the cosmonaut's first woman, who resided in this hotel after the landing of the "Vostok-6" space ship. 

Restaurants  

Labirint: Great food!

Labirint: Great food!, Karaganda

 oxi1 Says:  Good food.For 9 people,2 vodkas and 2 wine bottels we paid $255. Locatet on Prospekt Nurkena Abdirova. 

Nightlife  

Rezidenz: Reridenze bowling club

Rezidenz: Reridenze bowling club, Karaganda

 NGengland Says:  Sort of niceish place to have a game of pool and a drink. European drinks and coctails available (though priced accordingly!). Good security, nobody would disturb you and taxi awaiting at the entrance. Open all night. Better quality people, too. No particular dress code,... 

The best club we found is...

The best club we found is..., Karaganda

 Freiner Says:  The best club we found is Titan - we used a taxi to get there, so I can not tell the direction. 

Transportation  

"Sary -Arc" airport

"Sary -Arc" airport, Karaganda

 Klod5 Says:  Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport is one of the biggest in the Central Asia. Known as the Air Gateway to the Karaganda region, the airport is situated 22 km (3.5 miles) to the southeast from Karaganda and 200 km (120 miles) from Astana, Kazakhstan’s new capital.The aerial road via... 

Tramway

Tramway, Karaganda

 Klod5 Says:

AIR TRAVEL IN KAZAKHSTAN

AIR TRAVEL IN KAZAKHSTAN, Karaganda

 edward_culliver Says:  It is worth remembering that when flying in Kazakstan, when the aircraft stops at the terminal, stay seated.The pilots always get off the plane first. 

Local Customs  

Nurkenu Abdirovu

Nurkenu Abdirovu, Karaganda

 Klod5 Says:  Le monument au héros de l'Union Soviétique au pilote Nurkenu Abdirovu (répétant l'exploit de N.Gastello), établi sur l'avenue homonyme 

le mémorial aux combattants

le mémorial aux combattants, Karaganda

 Klod5 Says:  "Le feu Éternel" - le mémorial aux combattants - karagandintsam tués les années de la Grande Guerre nationale 

Warnings Or Dangers  

Dangerous to flash money or be offensive to locals

Dangerous to flash money or be offensive to locals, Karaganda

 NGengland Says:  Dangerous to flash money or be offensive to locals, especially rough looking youths. Stay away from public gathering where can be lots of drunken people who are easily out of control and hostile to well-off foreigners. 

Favorites  

I am searching for a friends...

I am searching for a friends..., Karaganda

 sholmes Says:  I am searching for a friends named Svetlana and Lyouba Eryemenko. They lived at this address: Karaganda 9 Balkashkaya 45-2 in 1967. Please help me locate this friend if you know anything about Karaganda. Svetlana worked at Karaganda Polytechic Institute about 1966-1967. My... 

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 The best club we found is Titan - we used a taxi to get there, so I can not tell the direction. 

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  I hosted a girl in my home this Summer who lives in an orphanage in Karaganda. I'd like to learn more about the conditions there.... 

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A: Hi Felicia. I have not spent any time in Karaganda specifically, but I have been in other parts of Kazakhstan, and hope to be marrying a young woman who went to the... 

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Karaganda's black city

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  Karaganda City (pop. 1995 est. : 574,000), is in central Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's second-largest city, it consists of the old town, which grew up haphazardly around more than 20 mining settlements,... 

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Freiner's new Karaganda Page

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 A new park has just been opened by the president, with buildings from different parts of Kazakhstan. Some strange animals in stone, too. Don't forget a hat - the wind is icy ! 

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KARAGANDA

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 I arrived in Karaganda late one dark night last March. Karaganda is in the middle of a large treeless plain known to the Kazaks as a 'steppe'. The wind was howling and the temperature was around minus... 

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Karaganda, Kazakhstan - November 2002

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 Please see my Albums for pictures and descriptions of my trip here... 

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