Tajikistan

The Dushanbe tea room

Kohi Navruz (Kori Nowruz or Noruz Palace) was designed as a teahouse, but during construction it was transformed into a palace. "Kohi Navruz" consists of 12 unusual rooms, each of them is made in a special style. The complex has an art room, a banquet hall, a living room with carved stone moldings, a plaster room decorated with mirrors, two rooms for important political meetings. In total, the building can accommodate more than 3,200 people.

All the halls of the palace are decorated by local artists and craftsmen: there are woodcarvings and Florentine mosaics made from semi-precious Pamir stones, mosaics made of colored mirrors, painted and gilded ceilings. On the walls, legendary scenes are painted on the ceiling in an old style. Most of the wooden ornaments were made by artisans from Isfara.

In the garden of "Kohi Navruz" it grows sequoias, firs, plums, chestnuts, maples, evergreen and deciduous magnolia, pines, cypresses and birches.

The height of the main building is 46 meters, and the complex covers a total of about three hectares.

• Opening days: every day of the week
• Price of the visit: 25 somonis

Lake Chapdara or locally called Kuli Chapdara, the largest of the Alaudin Lakes (300 to 400 meters in diameter), which is part of a system consisting mainly of three large and several small lakes, connected by underground tributaries and outlets mountain waters. It is located in the Ayni region in the western part of the Gissar ridges of the Fan Mountains. They are located in the upper gorge of the Chapdara River, at the foot of the peak bearing its name and culminating at 5,049 meters above sea level.

Located on the plateau of Alichur, this lake is salty. It is 4 km long and 2 km wide. It is fed by the Tamdy River, but the lake is endorheic. It is located 6km southwest of the village of Alichur.

Small village above the Iskender's lake.

Safed Dara means the white valley, and it's situated 50 km North of Dushanbé. The old ski resort formerly named Takob was renovated in 2015 and was reopened for the 1st of January 2016. There are 2 T-bar lifts of 1000 meters each, the National ski school, a restaurant and 56 hotel's rooms.

It's also a very good spot for any mountain sport : mountain biking, horse riding, backcountry skiing, ski-touring, hiking, mountaineering.

A mountain's lake situated at the altitude of 3724 m. on the West part of the district of Murghab, about 20 km long.

Small village above the Yashylkul's lake. The highest and coldest village in the ex-USRR. Inhabitants are mainly shepherd's and they raise mostly yaks.There are also rangers saving the snow leopard and others wild animals.