The bazaar which was bizarre. I loved it. The colours were so vivid, piles of fresh fruit stacked up in neat piles, spices galore but the most incredible meat section. Huge slabs of meat, pig’s heads, horse meat sausages and whole carcasses. I had fermented...More

I briefly visited the market as a part of a long walk around the city. It’s spacious, pretty clean and full of local specialities like cured cheese, horse meat, honey and herbs. Bought a huge pack of freshly dried herbal mountain tea for less than...More

Inside the bazaar there are only foodstuffs sold, although there are lots of souvenir shops just outside. Many of the sellers are outgoing and friendly. The fruit stands in particular are very attractive. In the meat area there is a whole sector dedicated to horse...More

The first thing that caught my eyes were the fresh fruits and vegetables being sold. They looked so beautiful and colourful. The bazaar was clean and there were many choices of food and other items to choose from We bought our souvenirs from here too

I think it’s important to visit this place Almaty. Here also you can try local food and sweet cheese with honey

This is a really intersting local market with fruit, vegetable, herb and meat stalls. If you feel suitably inspired it is also a place to try shubat (fermented camel milk) or kymyz (fermented horse milk) - however, I found them to be a bit of...More

This large market is largely indoors. All things edible seem to be in stock. It's a good place to mix with the locals and people watch.