Kostanay is a small, but very clean, cozy and green city. You can walk in the parks, see a lot of monuments, eat delicious and inexpensive food. WE made the city travel guide to show you some places and entertainments of the city which you will enjoy and guide you through Kostanay.
KOSTANAY TRANSPORT
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The city center of Kostanay is Abay Avenue, where you can visit popular malls “March” and “CUM”, also visit beautiful mosque called “Maral Ishan”.
Unlike Almaty, you can’t just go out and stop down a taxi, because nobody stops. It would be better to call the taxi or use the buses, or walk around the city.
It will take about 30 minutes from airport to the city center.
There is an 18 Bus route in Kostanay, it’s a double-decker which runs throughout the city, and even goes outside of Kostanay limits.
ACCOMODATION
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“Tobol” Hotel (4 stars)
Guests can enjoy the on-site bar and free private parking. Each room at this hotel is air conditioned and includes a flat-screen TV. Some rooms feature a seating area to relax after a busy day. The price for rooms includes following: breakfast, hamam and, fitness center.
Price: Apartment — 60 000 KZT
Luxe — 35 000 KZT
Junior — 21 000 KZT
Standard for one or two persons — 18 000 KZT
Standard only for one person — 15 000 KZT
Address: 64, Fifth April st.
Contacts: 8 7142 533 060
“Ostrov” Hotel
“Ostrov” Hotel is located in Kostanay, within a 7-minute drive of the city center. Free Wi-Fi and free public parking with CCTV are provided. Guests can order a meal in the hotel’s café, serving dishes of European and Eastern cuisine.
Price: Apartment — 15 000 KZT
Suite with Finnish and Turkish saunas — 10 000 KZT
Luxury — 8000 KZT
De-luxe — 7000 KZT
Superior room — 5000 KZT
Address: 5, Aviatsionnaya st.
Contacts: 8 7142 536 888, 8 777 634 45 54
“Celinnaya” Hotel (3 stars)
“Celinnaya” is one the most popular hotels in Kostanay, which is located in the business center. It’s will take about 20 minutes from the airport, and approximately 10 minutes from the nearby train station.
Price: Luxe — from 14 000 KZT to 18 000 KZT
Standard — 7 000 KZT
Junior — 8 500 KZT
Room for two persons — 10 000 KZT (5000 KZT for one person)
Economy — 2500 KZT for the bed in dormitory room
Address: 95, Baitursynov st.
Contacts: 8 7142 544 366
FOOD
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One of the most famous places to eat is Autodom. It’s a car saloon, car wash, and the place where you can try very nice doner (Turkish dish but local). Besides you may go to the following cafes such as “Coffee city”, “Zolotaya ribka” (“Golden fish”), “Ritsarskiy zamok” (“Knight castle”), and try a good shashlik at “444”.
There is a shopping center called “March”, which was built in on the site of movie house “Kazakhstan”. It’s an ordinary mall with boutiques and food court is available in the third floor.
“Avtodom” Café
Here you can try anything you wish: pizza, starters, salads, deserts, cocktails, ice cream. There are a large number of pizzas — 23 types.
Address: 153, Baimagambetov st.
Working hours: MO-SU 10:00 — 23:00
Average check: 1500-2000 KZT
Contacts: 8 7142 503 262
“Coffee city” Coffee house
It’s a great place for coffee gourmet, which is made of real Italian beans. You can eat fresh pastries and deserts every morning, Italian dishes and non-alcoholic drinks and cocktails.
Address: 65, al-Farabi ave.
Working hours: MO-FR 09:00 — 23:00, SA-SU 10:00 — 22:00
Average check:
Contacts: 8 7142 522 526
“444 Khutorok” Restaurant
At “444” you can try steaks, any kind of shashlik, grilled vegetables, lula-kebab, homemade or hunter sausages.
Address: Ekaterinburg — Almaty highway
Working hours: 11:00 — 01:00
Average check: 4500 KZT
Contacts: 8 7145 538 555
“Zolotaya ribka” (“Golden Fish”)
The menu has a great number of dishes, and you can see the pictures of the meal you’ll eat. Most of the dishes are made of beef, but you can see homemade dishes, steaks, squid, pheasant, shellfish, and many others. The special dish of the restaurant is baked salmon fillet.
Address: 51, Tolstoy st.
Working hours: MO-SU 09:00 — 23:30
Average check: 2000 KZT
Contacts: 8 7142 512 044, 8 777 302 16 36
ENTERTAINMENT
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You should find time to watch s movie at the oldest cinemas in the town called “Kazakhstan”, and grab some food on its second floor.
For those who like swimming or want to swim, there are two water parks: “Laguna” and “Osminog” (“Octopus”), or you can go to the beach “Ak Shanyrak”. Actually it’s a restaurant situated on Tobol ashore, and recently they opened the beach with chaise longue, and there is another beach opposite “Akshanyrak” with free entrance, but there are no such facilities.
If you want to walk in the park, there are two big parks in Kostanay: The Central Park and Park “Pobeda” (“Victory”).
“Kazakhstan” Cinema
Address: 74, Gogol st.
Contacts: 8 7142 501 278
“Laguna” Water Park
You and your kids can enjoy amazing swimming pools, Jacuzzi, also you can go to the Finish and Turkish saunas, Fish SPA, massage and so on.
Address: 56 a, Khakimzhanov st.
Working hours: MO-SU 11:00 — 22:00
Price: kids under 3 years old — free, adults: daily ticket — 1500 KZT, evening ticket — 2500 KZT
Contacts: 8 7142 502 911, 8 701 530 47 99
“Osminog” Water Park
This water park has several water slides, waterfalls, “fast river”, also Jacuzzi and massage loungers.
Address: 24, al-Farabi st.
Working hours: 9 7
Price: adults — 1500 KZT, kids under 15 years old — 750 KZT, kids under 7 years old — free
Contacts: 8 7142 533 249
“Ak Shanyrak” Restaurant and Beach
Address: Right bank of the river Tobol
Working hours: MO-SU 10:00 — 22:00
Price: 400 KZT
Contacts: 8 7142 223 899, 8 705 667 17 61