Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar (PDF Chapter)

This is the Ulaanbaatar chapter from Lonely Planet’s Mongolia guidebook.

If Mongolia’s yin is its pristine countryside, then Ulaanbaatar harmonises as its vibrant yang. It’s a sprawling, industrialised city of pulsating commerce, wild traffic, sinful nightlife and bohe-mian counterculture. This ever-changing city may be the biggest surprise of your Mongolian ad-venture.

• weave through Mongolia’s ancient past at the impressive National Museum of Mongo-lia
• maps
• walk the prayer circuit around Gandan Khiid, the country’s largest monastery
• transport
• ponder the eccentric collection of curios and artefacts at the 19th-century Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: History, Sights, Activities, Festivals & Events, Sleep-ing, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping.