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Altai Republic
Altai [1] is a republic Western Siberia, which has an amazing variety of landscapes: from boundless steppes to impassable taiga forests. The Altai Mountains are the highest in Siberia. The route goes through the spots of Roerichs expeditions, through southern Altai.
Regions
Cities
Altai republic has no more cities; the major towns are as follows:
Other destinations
- Golden Mountains of Altai — UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Altaisky Nature Reserve
- Katunsky Nature Reserve
- Teletskoye Lake
- Lake Aya
Culture and History
Talk
Travel to Altai Republic & Visa Requirements
Altai republic has no railway and only one mid-sized airport in Gorno-Altaisk. The best way is to get marschutka or bus from Biysk or Barnaul. Taxi from Biysk is quite cheap too.
Tours & Getting around Altai Republic
Marchutka is the most common way of public travel there. It is some kind of bigger taxi, which goes once it gets full. Hitchiking is quite common too. Sometimes you can stop even a child on a horse.
Altai Republic attractions and sightseeing
Itineraries
Altai Republic city tours
Altai Republic Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Eat at kafes, it is cheap and quite good. Kafe is common all around russia and can be seen even in small vilages.
Altai Republic nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
Stay safe
Be avare of ticks, mainly in summer.
Get out
Destinations in Altai Republic:
This page was last edited at 01:08, on 16 December 2008 by JiÅà Dobrý. Based on work by Peter Fitzgerald, Denis Yurkin and Ryan Holliday, Wikitravel user(s) Cacahuate, WindHorse and Pashley and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.
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