Hotel Altyn-Adam

Nur-Sultan (Astana)


Rooms at the ‘Golden Man’ are nothing fancy but cosy, well-sized and perfectly comfortable. It has a good little cafe/restaurant. Staff speak no English but are welcoming enough.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nur-Sultan (Astana) attractions

2. City Park

1.12 MILES

The large, somewhat-untidy city park abuts the south side of the Ishim river. On its southern edge you'll find the Atameken, a 200m-long, walk-around…

3. Museum of the Armed Forces

1.18 MILES

The yurt-shaped museum showcases beautifully presented exhibitions on weaponry and warfare, with striking murals greeting visitors. On the ground floor,…

4. Atameken

1.47 MILES

The Atameken – a 200m-long, walk-around country map with models of major buildings – is quite fun.

5. Soviet Grain Silo

1.49 MILES

This rare relic of the 1950s may be gone in a few years' time, banished by the relentless wrecking ball, but for now you can see this enormous, decaying…

6. Duman

1.56 MILES

Duman is a modern leisure centre most worth visiting for its oceanarium, which has over 3000 creatures from the world’s oceans and a 70m shark tunnel…

7. Khan Shatyr

2.67 MILES

Nur-Sultan's most extraordinary building (so far), the Khan Shatyr is a 150m-high, translucent, tentlike structure made of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene …

8. Transport & Communications Ministry

2.69 MILES

The tall, gleaming, copper Transport & Communications Ministry, has been dubbed the ‘Lighter’ by irreverent locals. Ironically, there was a fire inside…