{"id":503,"date":"2023-10-28T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T11:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/?post_type=destinations&#038;p=503"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:15:40","slug":"karakol-city","status":"publish","type":"destinations","link":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/destinations\/karakol-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Karakol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karakol, at the eastern tip of Issyk-Kul, is the base for most treks in the Terskey Ala-Too. The town itself is worth a day: a wooden Russian Orthodox cathedral built without a single nail, a Chinese-style Dungan mosque, and a Sunday animal market.<\/p>\n<h2>Around Karakol<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Altyn-Arashan<\/strong> \u2014 hot springs in a pine valley under Palatka peak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ala-Kul<\/strong> \u2014 a turquoise glacial lake at 3,500 m, reached over a 3,900 m pass.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/th\/destinations\/jeti-oguz\/\">Jeti-Oguz<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 the red &#8220;Seven Bulls&#8221; cliffs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Karakol ski base<\/strong> \u2014 the best skiing in Central Asia from December to March.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Try <em>ashlan-fu<\/em>, a cold, spicy noodle soup the town is famous for.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trekking capital of the Tian Shan, with a wooden cathedral, a Dungan mosque and great ashlan-fu.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":771,"template":"","class_list":["post-503","destinations","type-destinations","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations\/503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destinations"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations\/503\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}