Ak-Tilek Market
Karakol Big Bazaar: spices, dried fruit, hiking clothes and ashlyan-fu.
- Spices, dried fruitclothes, vegetables, fruit
- 8:00–18:00daily
- Ashlyan-fua Dungan dish
- 30–60 mina walk along the rows
- Torgoev / AldashevKarakol
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History by date
- 1869Karakol livestock market
When Przhevalsk was founded, a livestock market appeared here; it was later moved.
- 2023Lower rents
Karakol’s markets, Ak-Tilek among them, cut stall rents by 20%.
- 2024Handed to the city
The Cabinet ordered the market complex handed to Karakol city hall for municipal markets.
Where it is
- Address
- Corner of Torgoev and Aldashev streets, Karakol
- From the base
- ≈0.7 km as the crow flies · Karakol
- Coordinates
- 42.4928° N, 78.3837° E
Opening times and etiquette
Hours and prices
- Opening hours
- 8:00–18:00daily
According to guidebooks; check on public holidays.
Etiquette
- Bargaining. People bargain at the bazaar; agree on the price before you buy.
- Photography. Ask before photographing vendors and their stalls.
Check on site
- Whether the market opens on holidays on site
Contact and help
112 single emergency number
- 101 fire and rescue
- 102 police
- 103 ambulance
You can call 112 with a local SIM or without one.
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Nearby and where to go next
Base · KarakolKarakolA town by the mountains: old centre, accommodation and valley trips
Cultural site · ≈1.8 km as the crow fliesDungan MosqueA wooden mosque with carved dragons and colourful gables- Cultural site · ≈2.6 km as the crow fliesKarakol History MuseumThe history of Issyk-Kul in a merchant’s house: archaeology, crafts and nomadic life.
Cultural site · ≈2.7 km as the crow fliesHoly Trinity CathedralA wooden church from 1895 with gilded domes, carvings and a garden in central Karakol.
Route · ≈0.7 km as the crow fliesCholpon-Ata, Kyrchyn and KarakolPetroglyphs, Kyrchyn valley and a night in Karakol- Cultural site · ≈0.7 km as the crow fliesKarakol Tatar MosqueA 19th-century mosque with a blue dome that served as a cinema in Soviet times.