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 environmental disasters. Rusting ships now lie stranded in the desert, far from the water.
The local museum tells the story. Nukus, the gateway, has the remarkable Savitsky Museum of banned Soviet avant-garde art.
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.
A holy Silk Road city with more than 140 monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The great public square of Samarkand, framed by three monumental madrasas from the 15th to 17th centuries, covered in blue and turquoise tilework, on…
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…
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…
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