Ahal Province is the central region of Turkmenistan, home to the capital, Ashgabat.

Cities

• 1 Anau
• 2 Ashgabat — the country's largest city and national capital, home to an array of bizarre, enormous monuments and palatial buildings constructed by the late megalomaniacal dictator, Saparmurat Niyazov.
• Baharden — a town on the northern rim of the Kopet Dag mountain range.
• Buzmeyin (Abadan) — a small city home to a large power plant.
• Dushak — a small town on th erim of the Kopet Dag mountain range.
• 3 Geok-tepe — site of the Turkmens' last stand against the Russian Empire.
• Tejen — a small city on the Hari River (Tejen River).

Other destinations

• 1 Altin Depe
• 2 Jeitun
• 3 Darvaza — the Gates of Hell, an arresting, colossal flaming crater in the middle of the Karakum.
• Mane Baba — an eleventh century mausoleum south of Tejen.
• 4 Nissa — the ruins of one of the most important cities of the Parthian Empire.

Get in

Ashgabat International Airport (ASB ^IATA)