Mary is a city in Mary Province, Turkmenistan.
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Get in
By plane
Turkmenistan Airlines operates three flights per day from Ashgabat. If you are short of time, you can fly from Ashgabat to Mary in the morning, visit Merv, and return to Ashgabat in the same evening. The airport is 5 km out of town on the road to Bairam Ali. A taxi to the city should cost about US$ 2.
By rail
Turkmendemiryollari (Turkmenistan Zeleznice) (Ashgabat, phone 255545, fax 473858) runs trains from Ashgabat to Turkmenabat via Mary.
Trains to Mary leave Ashgabat at 7.40 daily, arriving at Mary at 5 pm. Train 21 leaves Ashgabat every second day at 10.10 pm, and arrives at Mary at 5.25 next morning.
Train 212 leaves Turkmenabat at 4.20 am daily, arriving at Mary at 10.23 am. Train 196 leaves Turkmenabat at 6.00 pm daily, arriving at Mary at 0.25 am. Train 22 leaves Turkmenabat at 9.55 pm daily, arriving at Mary at 2.51 am.
The railways station is near Hotel Sultan Sanjar.
By bus
From Iran
Take the bus from Mashad bus station to Sarakhs (3 and a half hours, 6500 rials). The bus will drop you in the center of the village. Walk or take a shared taxi to the Iran-Turkmenistan border crossing. You have to pay a fee US$ 10 to enter Turkmenistan. Change as little money as possible from the money changers on the Turkmen side of the border. Take a taxi to Mary.
From Uzbekistan
within Turkmenistan
By car
Get around
See
- Mary Museum, Komsomolska köcesi 1. Tue to Sun 10am to 5pm. The Museum contains a model of Merv and objects displayed from Victor Sarianidi's excavations at the Bronze Age sites of Gonur-depe and Togolok in the northern part of the Merv oasis and discoveries from Sasanian-Islamic times at Merv. In the upper floor Turkmen carpets, a display of household items, everyday, wedding and ceremonial clothings and a fully decorated yurt are exhibited. US$1, camera US$5.
- Pokrovskaya Church.
- MIG aeroplane.
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By plane
Turkmenistan Airlines operates three flights per day to Ashgabat. If The airport is 5 km out of town on the road to Bairam Ali. A taxi from the city should cost about US$ 2.
By rail
Turkmendemiryollari (Turkmenistan Zeleznice) (Ashgabat, phone 255545, fax 473858) runs trains from Ashgabat to Turkmenabat via Mary and return.
Trains to Mary leave Ashgabat at 7.40 daily, arriving at Mary at 5 pm. Train 21 leaves Ashgabat every second day at 10.10 p, and arrives at Mary at 5.25 next morning.
Train 212 leaves Turkmenabat at 4.20 am daily, arriving at Mary at 10.23 am. Train 196 leaves Turkmenabat at 6.00 pm daily, arriving at Mary at 0.25 am. Train 22 leaves Turkmenabat at 9.55 pm daily, arriving at Mary at 2.51 am.
The railways station is near Hotel Sultan Sanjar.
By bus
By Car
It is a full day drive on a poor quality road from Mary to Ashgabat in a private car.
To Iran