Akmola Region

Kazakhstan

Bayterek
Bayterek
Zhumbaktas Rock is certainly reachable when the lake is frozen. Boravoe (Burabay) makes for a swell weekend getaway in late winter. Stay at a sanatorium (yes, that's right) or lux it up by parking yourself at the Rixos.
Gazing at the Bayterek Tower along the Bulvar.
If there were no cranes in the background, it just wouldn't be Astana - an exotic and beautiful capital city of contrasts.