Bishkek: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Bishkek combines historical traces with distinctive public urban spaces. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Bishkek can then continue their accommodation search.

Urban Space

Including its pedestrian section, Erkindik Boulevard is approximately 2.3 km long and runs from beside Bishkek II railway station and its station park to Jibek-Jolu Avenue. Its urban-planning origins are associated with the creation of Oak Park in 1898 and a square in 1902. The boulevard is used for cycling, roller skating, riding scooters, running, as well as badminton and tennis. The oak-lined northern avenues provide shade and offer cooler conditions when walking.

Ala-Too Square has dancing fountains and fire fountains whose jets of water reach heights of up to 21 metres. Illuminated ramps are intended to improve access there for people with reduced mobility.

History

Bishkek's historical identity is connected with the former Bishkek Fortress. It stood on caravan and nomadic routes towards Issyk-Kul and Semirechye before its remains were destroyed in 1862. In western Bishkek, Fuchik Park was created in 1935–1936 by workers from the Intergelpo cooperative.

Culture

The National Historical Museum presents Kyrgyz identity from its nomadic origins through to independence. The State Historical Museum is housed in monumental Soviet architecture and includes dioramas and ethnographic rooms.

Markets and Cuisine

In western Bishkek, Osh Bazaar was established in 1983 on the site of the former Ala-Archinsky collective-farm market. The market is an eastern-style commercial complex with a national character; its shops are arranged around a square. Spices, kurut, dried fruit and kalpaks are sold there. The cold noodle soup Ashlan-fu, sold by street vendors near Osh Bazaar, is described as Bishkek's characteristic street food. Osh Bazaar is best visited in the morning, as it is then less crowded and cooler, and its produce is at its freshest.

Orientation

Bishkek city centre is very easy to explore on foot; most sights are within 2 km of Ala-Too Square.

This local knowledge can be followed by a further search for a holiday apartment in Bishkek.

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