Destinations

Where we travel

From the capital to the Aral Sea, the Silk Road cities to the mountain valleys of the east.

Capital

Tashkent

A green, modern capital with a deep past: Soviet-era mosaics, the decorated metro, Chorsu Bazaar and the Khast Imam complex.

Chorsu Bazaar · Khast Imam · Tashkent metro · Amir Temur Square

Samarkand region

Temur’s capital and the crossroads of the Silk Road. Its blue domes and tiled madrasas are among the great sights of the Islamic world.

Registan · Shah-i-Zinda · Gur-e-Amir · Bibi-Khanym

Bukhara region

A living old town of more than two thousand years, with trading domes, pools, madrasas and the Kalyan minaret over it all.

Po-i-Kalyan · The Ark · Lyabi-Hauz · Samanid mausoleum

Khorezm region

The walled inner city of Itchan Kala is preserved almost whole: palaces, minarets and caravanserais inside clay walls.

Itchan Kala · Kalta Minor · Tash-Hauli · Juma mosque

Eastern Uzbekistan

The fertile valley ringed by mountains, home to Uzbekistan’s silk weavers, potters and its most generous bazaars.

Margilan silk · Rishtan ceramics · Kokand palace

Kashkadarya region

Temur’s birthplace, over a mountain pass from Samarkand, with the vast ruined gateway of the Ak-Saray palace.

Ak-Saray · Dorut Tilovat · Kok Gumbaz

Karakalpakstan

The Savitsky museum’s avant-garde collection, desert fortresses, and the former shoreline of the Aral Sea at Moynaq.

Savitsky museum · Moynaq ship cemetery · Mizdakhan

Tashkent region

The western Tian Shan two hours from the capital: hiking, skiing in winter and summer days at the turquoise reservoir.

Beldersay · Gulkam canyon · Charvak reservoir