The great public square of Samarkand, framed by three monumental madrasas from the 15th to 17th centuries, covered in blue and turquoise tilework, one of the finest sights of the Islamic world and of the Silk Road. It's lit up beautifully at night.
Samarkand also has the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum of Tamerlane, the Bibi-Khanym Mosque, and the Shah-i-Zinda avenue of tiled tombs. High-speed Afrosiyob trains link Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara.
An avenue of mausoleums climbing a hillside, built from the 11th to the 19th centuries, with some of the most beautiful glazed tilework in Central As…
A holy Silk Road city with more than 140 monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tashkent's metro, opened in 1977, has some of the most ornate stations in the world, each decorated with chandeliers, marble and mosaics on a differe…
The walled inner town of Khiva, a remarkably complete Silk Road city of mud-brick walls, madrasas, minarets and palaces, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Moynaq was once a fishing port on the Aral Sea, which has shrunk dramatically since Soviet irrigation diverted its rivers, one of the world's worst e…
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