{"id":760,"date":"2026-10-26T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/destinations\/bishkek\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:15:36","slug":"bishkek","status":"publish","type":"destinations","link":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/destinations\/bishkek\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishkek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bishkek is where almost every Kyrgyzstan journey begins. The capital sits at the foot of the snow-capped Kyrgyz Ala-Too range, so even downtown you are never far from a mountain view. Its tree-lined boulevards, parks and fountains make it one of the greenest cities in Central Asia.<\/p>\n<h2>What to see<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ala-Too Square<\/strong> and the changing of the guard at the Manas monument.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Osh Bazaar<\/strong> \u2014 dried fruit, spices, felt slippers and the best samsa in town.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soviet mosaics<\/strong> and modernist architecture scattered around the centre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Panfilov and Oak parks<\/strong> for an evening stroll with the locals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<p>Manas International Airport is 30 minutes from the centre. Most of our tours include a hotel night in Bishkek at the start and end of the trip so you can arrive at any hour.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A green, easy-going capital of wide boulevards, Soviet mosaics and the loud, fragrant Osh Bazaar.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":761,"template":"","class_list":["post-760","destinations","type-destinations","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations\/760"}],"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":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations\/760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrgyztravelguide.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}