Mary

• Transport from Mary

Several flights a day from Ashgabat and three a week to Dashkhovuz. Seven hours by train from Ashgabat, 400km by car, six hours by bus. Three hours by train from Charjou.

• City administration
• Accommodation

- Hotel Sanjar, 58 Mollanepesa Street, Tel 5 76 44 (central but nondescript);

- Hotel Kech, Mollanepesa on way to airport after roundabout, Tel 3 11 08 (cheaper);

• Turkmenistan Airlines Office

Magtymguly Street 11, Tel 3 27 77 or at the Airport, Tel 9 22 45, 3 24 72.

• Restaurants

- Sanjar Cafe and Restaurant, next to Hotel Sanjar.

- Golubye kupola, opposite Hotel Sanjar.

• Clinics
• Post Office, Mollanepesa Street near Zelyonyj Bazar.
• Telephone and telegraph, south of post office.
• Banks
• What to see

- Regional museum on traditional Turkmen life and culture;

- Ruins of old Merv;

- Badkhyz natural reserve (arrange through Ministry of Nature and Environmental Conservation in Ashgabat, 102, Kemine Street, Tel 26 33 54, 29 04 33, Fax 26 96 09).