Kok Tobe is a mountain on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

's largest city. It is also the name of the popular recreation area on the top of the mountain.

The Kok Tobe recreational area has a variety of amusement-park type attractions and touristy restaurants, as well as a number of good viewpoints. It is connected to downtown Almaty by an aerial tramway

Aerial tramway

An aerial tramway , cable car , ropeway or aerial tram is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion...

 line; its city terminal is near Hotel Kazakhstan

Hotel Kazakhstan

Hotel Kazakhstan is the largest building in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is 129.8 meters tall. It is situated in the southern center of Almaty. It is located on Dostyk Avenue, a major road in the east part of the city which runs all the way from Medeo to Panfilov Park, in the north part of...

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Almaty TV Tower

Almaty Tower, the city television tower, built during 1975-83, is located on the western slope of the hill.

The Beatles Monument

A bronze statue of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

by sculptor Eduard Kazaryan was placed on Kok Tobe mountain in 2007.

External links

• Photo of Beatles statue