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Kok-Tobe

A hill above the city with a TV tower and the best sunset view of Almaty.

34 minHow to get there from the apartmentmetrocable car

No. 1 in the world

The world’s tallest tubular steel structure

The Almaty TV Tower on Kok-Tobe hill is the tallest free-standing tubular steel structure in the world. Thanks to the hill, it is also one of the highest-sited major TV towers on the planet.

  • Height: 371.5 m
  • Top point: about 1,452 m above sea level
  • Built in 1975–1983

Sources: Wikipedia

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How to get there from the apartment

  1. Apartment
  2. walk4 min
  3. Moskva metro
  4. metro14 min
  5. Abai metro
  6. walk10 min
  7. Kok-Tobe cable car, lower station
  8. cable car6 min
  9. Kok-Tobe

Total travel time: 34 min

Times do not include traffic or waiting for transport.

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Useful information

Prices, opening hours and tickets for the Kok-Tobe cable car are on the park’s official website.