Where to stay in Ulaanbaatar

See

Most tourist sites have a separate camera/video fee (typically 5000-10,000₮) in addition to the entrance fee.

• Choijin Lama Monastery
• Gandantegchinlen Monastery
• Bogd Khan Winter Palace Museum
• Chinggis Khaan National Museum
• International Intellectual Museum
• Natural History Museum
• National Museum of Mongolia
• Marshall Zhukov House Museum
• Ulaanbaatar City Museum
• Mongolian Military Museum
• Roerich's Shambala Museum
• UBTZ History Museum

Do

• National Garden Park
• Ulaanbaatar Park
• Yavuuhulan Garden
• Korea-Mongolia Friendship Forest
• Amgalan Botanical Garden
• Günjiin Nüden Lake
• Sky Resort
• Bogd Khan Mountain
• Naadam
• Playtime Festival
• National Academic Drama Theater
• ASA Arena

Eat

Ulaanbaatar has a good range of options serving Mongolian, Asian (particularly Korean and Chinese), and Western cuisine — and at decent prices. For instance, you can get perfectly good pizza for 5000₮, and even a night out at a fancy French cafe shouldn't pass 30,000₮. Consider splurging on a couple of good meals here, especially if you're headed for a long trek into the country where fresh vegetables and the like are often hard to come by and prohibitively expensive. Best of all, UB's rapidly growing wealth has meant a steady procession of ever newer, ever higher-quality restaurants, as well as the appearance of international chains like KFC, Round Table Pizza, and Cinnabon.

Drink

Nightlife in Ulaanbaatar is surprisingly wild, especially on Wednesday, Saturday, and (above all) Friday nights, when finding a seat is nearly impossible. If you like raving the night away to trance, techno, electronica, and house music, this is the scene for you. Beer in clubs costs about 3500₮, while other drinks such as vodka are sold by quantity: for example a 100g vodka costs about 4500₮. According to state law, all clubs and pubs (bars) must stop serving alcohol after midnight and close at 03:00, but some clubs stay open (and continue serving!) until 04:00.

Stay safe

While crime rates in Ulaanbaatar are said to be among the highest of any Asian city, this generally applies less to the city center than the underdeveloped ger districts on the outskirts of town: poorly lit shantytowns crisscrossed by maze-like dirt alleys and row upon row of fences; not the kind of place most tourists would be interested in to begin with. Nonetheless, it might be a good idea to avoid going out at night alone (though it's usually perfectly fine to do so in groups). This goes double for relatively deserted areas away from major routes, and for rowdy nightlife districts.