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Almaty in 3 days

Mornings in the park, midday indoors, sunset on the hill; the last day goes to the mountains and ends with the bags already in the car.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

4km

default plan, all days

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Days
Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

Interests

The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Panfilov Park and Zenkov Cathedral, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~1.5 km (0.9 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Museum of Folk Musical Instruments by 11:50 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

35 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Zenkov Cathedral stays under 35 min.

  1. 09:00–09:06Walk through the park
  2. 09:06–09:46Zenkov Cathedral
  3. 09:46–09:50Walk the park alleys
  4. 09:50–10:20Panfilov Park
  5. 10:20–10:24Walk within the park
  6. 10:24–11:04Museum of Folk Musical Instruments
  7. 11:04–11:15Walk to Zhibek Zholy
  8. 11:15–12:30Buffer / wander near Your reserved lunch (Panfilov)
  9. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (Zhibek Zholy)hard

What this plan gives up

  • L2Shorten Museum of Folk Musical Instruments to 40 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Lunch table 12:30 (Zhibek Zholy).

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Zenkov Cathedral → Café on Zhibek Zholy (AC) (6′, then 8′ p90 to the anchor)
  • rain Zenkov Cathedral → Café on Zhibek Zholy (AC) (6′, then 8′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 1.5 = PFL 1.5 + OFL 0 · walk 1.5 km (0.9 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 35′ · relax L2 · yield 16.3 · option value 1.25

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 19′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -4 min; +KZT 0.

trace: generated 20 · rejected no_edge×2 · frontier 4 · seed 938427647 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:30–16:00; Kök Tobe at sunset on day 2 if the sky is clear.

Day 2 — Republic Square, museum, market lunch, Kök Tobe at sunset

EasyLow time risk~1.2 km (0.7 mi) walkno long stairsKZT 3,300 taxi
  1. 10:00–10:09Walk to the museum
  2. 10:09–11:39Central State Museum
  3. 11:39–11:45Walk to the square
  4. 11:45–12:05Republic Square
  5. 12:05–12:17Ride-hail car north
  6. 12:17–13:17Green Bazaar food stalls
  7. 13:17–13:35Ride-hail car to the cable car base
  8. 13:35–15:30Kök Tobe

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi KZT 1,500 (Ride-hail car north) — saves walking and transfers.
  • L1Taxi KZT 1,800 (Ride-hail car to the cable car base) — saves walking and transfers.

Switches if the ground changes

  • rain Kök Tobe → Café on Zhibek Zholy (AC) (0′)
  • crowd Kök Tobe → Republic Square (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 3.2 = PFL 1.2 + OFL 2 · walk 1.2 km (0.7 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L1 · yield 24 · option value 0

trace: generated 16 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 1 · seed 938427647 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: dinner on Zhibek Zholy; take a ride-hailed car back, not the hill path in the dark.

Day 3 — Medeu, car to the airport at 15:00

EasyLow time risk~0.8 km (0.5 mi) walkno long stairsKZT 5,000 taxi

leave byLeave Medeu rink and dam by 13:15 to keep the 15:00 boarding.

81 min of buffer left.

  1. 08:00–09:05City bus toward Medeu
  2. 09:05–11:05Medeu rink and dam
  3. 11:05–11:50Ride-hail car back to the hotel for the bags
  4. 11:50–15:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Almaty airport
  5. 15:00–16:00Car to Almaty airport at 15:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi KZT 5,000 (Ride-hail car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to Almaty airport at 15:00.
Why this route?

DFL 2.3 = PFL 0.8 + OFL 1.5 · walk 800 m (0.5 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 81′ · relax L1 · yield 8 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 15:00 → latest arrival 14:45, slack 43′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -38 min; -KZT 4,700.

trace: generated 4 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 938427647 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Almaty airport: allow 3 h before an international departure; many departures are late at night.

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