{"id":116,"date":"2020-12-16T21:01:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlytourskazakhstan.wordpress.com\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:54:49","slug":"walking-tour-introduction-to-almaty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/walking-tour-introduction-to-almaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan Tours, what to see in Almaty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"116\" class=\"elementor elementor-116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f957165 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f957165\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fea828\" data-id=\"6fea828\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af72407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af72407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Walking Tour: Introduction to Almaty <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc344b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc344b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e32998f\" data-id=\"e32998f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37df0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37df0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Duration: 4-5 hours<\/b><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><b>Price: 40\u00a0 USD per person.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Discover the biggest city in Kazakhstan with a walking tour of the best spots to see the rich history of Almaty.<\/span><\/p><p>Main places you&#8217;ll visit on our tour of Almaty:<\/p><ul><li>Museum of Almaty;<\/li><li>main party area of Almaty in Soviet times;<\/li><li>Green Market;<\/li><li>Park of 28 Panfilov&#8217;s Heroes and main WWII memorial;<\/li><li>Zenkov&#8217;s Cathedral;<\/li><li>Examples of Soviet architecture on Dostyk avenue (previously Lenin street);<\/li><li>Almaty subway.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Our tour will begin at the Museum of Almaty with a short introduction into the history of the Almaty region. After the museum we will continue our walk to the eastern part of the city along Kabanbay batyr street, here you will see the best examples of Soviet architecture and feel the vibes of \u201cBrod\u201d pedestrian area &#8211; the \u2018party\u2019 street of 60-s in Almaty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will take a city\u2019 subway and move closer to the Green Market, where you will try some of the examples of Kazakh nomadic cuisine such as kumis &#8211; fermented mare milk and irimshik &#8211; sweet cheese made from cow milk.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the market we will walk to one of the oldest parks of Almaty to discover a marvelous orthodox cathedral and a massive Soviet war memorial zone dedicated to the soldiers of WWII.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our last part of the tour is a relaxed walk along Dostyk avenue, you&#8217;ll see more examples of Soviet architecture, including the iconic \u2018Kazakhstan\u2019 hotel.<\/span><\/p><p>Along the way you will hear stories about buildings, places, parks and about people who built them.\u00a0 We will also discover some lesser-known places along the way like first hi-tech building in USSR, gorgeous examples of Soviet mosaic or hidden parts of Green Market.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We will finish the tour next to the Koktobe cable car station, so you can continue discovering Almaty further on your own if you want.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">We accept kazakh tenge, dollars or euros. Payments can be made in cash at the beginning of the tour.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s included:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English-speaking tour-guide<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ticket to the Museum of Almaty<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subway ticket<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green Market food tasting (nomadic sweet and salty cheese, fermented mare and camel milk, Korean salads)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>In\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/about-dostar-trips-travel-agency-almaty-kazakhstan\/\">Dostar Trips<\/a>, we treat each of our guests as a friend we just didn&#8217;t meet yet (&#8220;dostar&#8221; means friends from Kazakh). If you take a trip with us &#8211; you can rely on our friendly support during all your stay even after the tour, we will always be happy to help you with anything you need &#8211; advise the best place to eat, buy a train ticket, meet locals. Check out what our previous guests are saying about us on\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.ru\/Attraction_Review-g298251-d12445917-Reviews-Friendly_Tours_Dostar_Trips-Almaty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TripAdvisor<\/a>. 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.ru\/Attraction_Review-g298251-d12445917-Reviews-Friendly_Tours_Dostar_Trips-Almaty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TESTIMONIALS<\/a><\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c73dc7 elementor-testimonial--skin-default elementor-testimonial--layout-image_inline elementor-testimonial--align-center elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"2c73dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe booked a three week tour of Central Asia with AdvanTour who then contracted out to Friendly Tours for for our day tour of Alamaty. We had the pleasure of having Ola as our tour guide for a 5 hour tour. She was very knowledgeable, friendly, and happy to answer any and all of our questions about Kazakhstan. It felt like we were spending the day with a new friend! If anyone is looking for a great tour of the city with a delightful guide, book with Friendly Tours and ask for Ola!\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/people-woman-travel-2591874.jpg\" alt=\"  Keven and Elisabeth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">  Keven and Elisabeth<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Holland<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI did multiple trips with Friendly Tours: a city walk, a hike in the mountains and a trip to the national park. I can only recommend them, they were super friendly and always eager to make the experience as great as possible. Evgenia was a great driver as well (which you need considering the state of the roads). Also, the guides speak English really well which helps a lot.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Alexandra.jpg\" alt=\" Christoph\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Christoph<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Holland<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI cannot say enough good things about Friendly Tours. During my first visit to Almaty, they were the most helpful and interesting tour guides I have ever had.\nI took three tours with Olya and Constantine, both of whom spoke perfect English and were the most engaging, warm and interesting guides I have ever had. I did a fascinating walking tour of the city followed by the wonderful 'dinner with a local family' that day. The biggest of the three tours was an all day trip to Big Almaty Lake plus more destinations in the Almaty area.\nWhat I enjoyed was that they customized the tours to exactly what my interests were. Of course we saw all the major sites, but I wanted to try the local chocolate, so they took me to the amazing chocolate shop. I wanted to try camel's milk, and they made that happen. Stamps for post cards, voila! A few souvenir gifts, there you go.\u00a0\nI made a personal connection with both Constantine and Olya which I hope to keep long after i have returned home. They were the best guides and I can highly recommend anyone visiting Kazakhstan contact them for any tours\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/people-woman-travel-2591874.jpg\" alt=\" Jim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Jim<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">USA<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI booked private day tours for my partner and I to have a guided exploration of Almaty city which included the parks, Koke Tube Hill, the Green Market, Ascension Cathedral, and other points of interest. The guide was very knowledgable of the city, a pleasure to spend the day with, and able to tailor the tours to our specific tastes. She also picked some amazing places to experience the local cuisine and walked us through the menu. The prices were extremely reasonable, the service excellent, and they provided us with a hassle free, zero complications visit. I would highly recommend their services and intend to use them again next year for a longer tour of the countryside.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/people-woman-travel-2591874.jpg\" alt=\" Paul\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Paul<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">UK<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid the walking tour with Olya. I was interested in the Soviet period in Kazakhstan and she tailor made the tour for me at no extra cost! Great service. Olya was an excellent guide - her English was clear and understandable, and she really helped explain the sights we were looking at in detail without too many dry facts and figures. It was more like touring the city with a friend than a guide. The tour was meant to be 3 hours but went on for nearly 5, all at no extra cost. At no point did I feel she was trying to rush through to the end.\n\nPre tour email communication was also really good with no delays.\n\nEvery city could do with a company like Friendly tours!!\n\nHint - they also organise taxi transfers from the airport at reasonable rates.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hiker-backpacker-backpacking-1149877.jpg\" alt=\" Owen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Owen<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">UK<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI contacted Friendly Tours by email on arrival in Almaty to ask about doing a walking tour and they responded promptly. We arranged a suitable time and my guide Konstantin met me at my hotel.\nHe spoke excellent English and was a really nice guy who enjoyed talking about his town and country. The explanations of various sights were comprehensive without being boring.\nThe pace of the walking tour was good, Konstantin was happy to go at a pace that suited me.\nOne of the advantages of this tour is that it gives you a great orientation to the city as well as explaining what things are, without this explanation most non Kazak or Russian speakers will struggle to know much about the monuments and main buildings of the city.\nAt $US30 I found this tour really great value and thoroughly enjoyable.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/people-woman-travel-2591874.jpg\" alt=\" Grant\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Grant<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Australia<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tI had a great day and introduction to Almaty with Gaukhar. It was a rainy and chilly day but the two of us made the most of it.\u00a0\n\nShe was knowledgeable and went the extra mile to make sure I had a good day. She even helped me purchase some winter clothes in the Green Market.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Ric<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">USA<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGaukhar spent the day with our group of four in Almaty following a recommendation from another company in Almaty. One of a full day of highlights was a walk with sampling through the Green Market where we lunched on a deliciously fresh lagman. She showed us how to use a few forms of local transport and guided us through the picturesque Malaya Stanitsa neighborhood & numerous city sights.\u00a0\nHaving Gaukhar show us around meant we got so much more from our time in Almaty, in terms of time, history and what life is like in Kazakhstan today.\nI wish Gaukhar every success with her business and would definitely recommend her & support Friendly Tours again for more touring upon any future return to Kazakhstan.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\"> Leanne<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Australia<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Previous<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking Tour: Introduction to Almaty Duration: 4-5 hours Price: 40\u00a0 USD per person. Discover the biggest city in Kazakhstan with a walking tour of the best spots to see the rich history of Almaty. Main places you&#8217;ll visit on our tour of Almaty: Museum of Almaty; main party area of Almaty in Soviet times; Green &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/walking-tour-introduction-to-almaty\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kazakhstan Tours, what to see in Almaty<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3686,"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/3686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dostartrips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}