--- title: "12 Photo Quests in Almaty, Kazakhstan โ€” GetMap" description: "12 photo quests in Almaty, Kazakhstan โ€” led by food, art and history. Get there, take a photo within 200 m, and the check-in counts." source: https://getmap.travel/quests/city/kz/almaty --- # Almaty Kazakhstan ยท 12 quests ## History 2 quests ![Ascension Cathedral, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJeSClJo5ugzgROljKqwhNL48.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Ascension Cathedral](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJeSClJo5ugzgROljKqwhNL48) Its wooden frame survived the 1911 earthquake ![Arasan, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJM-8yGpFugzgRcU4gM8fIw0E.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Arasan](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJM-8yGpFugzgRcU4gM8fIw0E) The bathhouse was built like a public monument ## Nature 2 quests ![First President Park, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJE8f2zSVmgzgRQTi0TnOJAJQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [First President Park](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJE8f2zSVmgzgRQTi0TnOJAJQ) The promenade leads from fountains to mountain views ![Kok-Tobe, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJUwPAjPlugzgRLzxprRYOhiU.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Kok-Tobe](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJUwPAjPlugzgRLzxprRYOhiU) The skyline gives way to snow-covered peaks ## Art 2 quests ![Baikonur, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJPVnvy89ugzgR27pTHtVCkxM.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Baikonur](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJPVnvy89ugzgR27pTHtVCkxM) Its walls turn a metro stop into a launch pad ![Zhibek Zholy, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJy5WO6ZlugzgR4H3U7TnaQxM.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Zhibek Zholy](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJy5WO6ZlugzgR4H3U7TnaQxM) Caravans travel across its underground walls ## Food 3 quests ![Beshbarmak, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJ23t0sOdvgzgRBNn3PkQk194.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Beshbarmak](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ23t0sOdvgzgRBNn3PkQk194) Five fingers gave this dish its name ![Pelmeni, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJBRHfBqBvgzgR_0mF3VskXdE.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Pelmeni](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJBRHfBqBvgzgR_0mF3VskXdE) The filling hides inside the dough ![Plov, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJlY1TF_FugzgR5vsFQTILPLw.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Plov](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJlY1TF_FugzgR5vsFQTILPLw) Meat and carrots cook beneath the rice ## Sport 1 quest ![Central Stadium, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJGbjcitFugzgRGWdRQHylrjc.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Central Stadium](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJGbjcitFugzgRGWdRQHylrjc) The stands surround more than a football pitch ## Party 2 quests ![WL13, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJq-2yPY1ugzgRZuO1_8P6WP8.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [WL13](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJq-2yPY1ugzgRZuO1_8P6WP8) Cocktails set the pace for this night ![Rock Crystal, Almaty](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJSaPtjGlpgzgRnlEBa0MkVoM.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Almaty [Rock Crystal](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJSaPtjGlpgzgRnlEBa0MkVoM) Its name comes from a clear stone --- Kazakhstan ## Photo quests in Almaty What the catalogue actually holds here, and which of it is worth rearranging a day around. Almaty holds twelve quests across six categories, led by Food with three โ€” though only just, with two in Art behind it. The one category with nothing in Almaty so far is Beach. One is tier 1, the tier kept for what a visitor would not have found on their own: Zhibek Zholy. It is also the only quest here whose check-in asks for PRO; the other eleven are open on any plan. Tier 3 covers nine of them, which is the label for what a visitor would expect a travel app to have anyway. A food quest names the dish rather than the restaurant: the pin sits on the room that serves it, but what you are going for is the plate. Art covers the work and the building around it, so a mural on an ordinary street counts alongside the collection with a ticket desk. Every check-in works the same way: the geotag your camera wrote into the photo has to land within 200 m of the quest's own point. ### By category Each of these opens the whole category across every city, with the Almaty quests among them. - [History quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/history) โ€” two in Almaty - [Nature quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/nature) โ€” two in Almaty - [Art quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/art) โ€” two in Almaty - [Food quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/food) โ€” three in Almaty - [Sport quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/sport) โ€” one in Almaty - [Party quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/party) โ€” two in Almaty --- Tier 1 ## The unexpected ones The one quests in Almaty the catalogue files as finds rather than fixtures โ€” the half of a city a guidebook has no room for. - [Zhibek Zholy](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJy5WO6ZlugzgR4H3U7TnaQxM) Caravans travel across its underground walls Art --- Nearby ## Cities near Almaty Ranked by distance rather than by border, because from here the next useful stop is often the one in the next country. - [Agra 13 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/in/agra) - [Jaipur 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/in/jaipur) - [Baku 16 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/az/baku) - [Yerevan 10 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/am/yerevan) - [Dubai 14 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/ae/dubai) - [Abu Dhabi 11 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/ae/abu-dhabi) --- Questions ## About quests in Almaty ### How many photo quests are there in Almaty? 12, across six of the seven categories the catalogue uses. The deepest groups are Food (3), History (2) and Nature (2). Nothing in Beach here yet โ€” a category appears in a city the moment a quest is published into it, so the gaps move. Among them: Ascension Cathedral, First President Park and Baikonur. ### What is there to do in Almaty beyond the obvious? One of the 12 quests in Almaty is tier 1, which is the catalogue's own mark for a find rather than a landmark: the pipeline that writes it is told that tier 3 is "everything a visitor would expect a travel app to have", and that tiers 1 and 2 are "only the unexpected finds". Almaty holds one at tier 1, two at tier 2 and nine at tier 3. The tier 1 quest here is Zhibek Zholy, in Art. ### Can you do all the Almaty quests on one trip? Yes, given a few days. Every one of the 12 falls within 7.9 km of the middle of the Almaty list โ€” walking and local transport, not day trips โ€” so this is a list to plan a visit around rather than a reason to extend one. ### Which Almaty quests can you do for free? 11 of the 12 can be checked in on the free plan, and all 12 can be read and travelled to without paying anything โ€” the catalogue is open signed out, on every plan. PRO covers the check-in on the hardest tier, which in Almaty means one quest: Zhibek Zholy. ### How do I prove I visited a place in Almaty? Take the photo at the place and upload it. Your browser reads the location the camera wrote into that file and measures it against the quest's own coordinates; inside 200 m the check-in counts. The distance is measured to the point, not to the city: being in Almaty is not what is checked, and a photo taken across town from Ascension Cathedral fails exactly the way one taken at home does. A file with no location in it cannot be checked at all, and a photo that has been through a messaging app usually arrives that way โ€” upload the original out of the camera roll rather than a copy someone sent back to you. The Food quests in Almaty sit on the room where the dish is served rather than on the dish, so that address is what the 200 m is measured from. --- This is the Markdown rendering of https://getmap.travel/quests/city/kz/almaty. Site index for agents: https://getmap.travel/llms.txt