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UzbekistanGuided Tours
Destinations

Where an Uzbekistan trip actually goes

Silk Road cities, craft villages, desert edges and the vanished sea. Each destination pairs with one or more of our guided tours.

Region
The three madrasas of the Registan in Samarkand at dusk
SamarkandUNESCO

Zeravshan Valley

Samarkand

The turquoise crossroads of empires

The Kalon Minaret and Mir-i-Arab Madrasa ensemble in Bukhara
BukharaUNESCO

Zeravshan oasis

Bukhara

A living museum of the Silk Road

Rooftops of Khiva's walled inner city Ichan Kala, seen from the ramparts
KhivaUNESCO

Ichan Kala, Khorezm

Khiva

The only fully preserved walled Silk Road city

The blue-domed Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent
Tashkent

Chirchiq Valley

Tashkent

Central Asia's most cosmopolitan capital

The old town of Shakhrisabz seen from the top of the Ak-Saray palace
KashkadaryaUNESCO

Kashkadarya · Timur's birthplace

Shakhrisabz

The 'Green City' where Timur was born

Blue and turquoise Rishton ceramics on display in the Fergana Valley
Fergana Valley

Rishton · Margilan · Kokand

Fergana Valley

Silk, ceramics, hand-forged knives, and a quarter of Central Asia's people

Rusting Soviet fishing vessels in the dry seabed at Muynak, Uzbekistan
Karakalpakstan

Karakalpakstan · Kyzylkum edge

Muynak & the Aral Sea

Rusting Soviet ships in a desert that used to be a sea

Aydarkul lake in the Kyzylkum desert, Uzbekistan
Nurata & Aydarkul

Kyzylkum · Navoi

Nurata & Aydarkul

A Soviet-mistake lake, an Alexander-era fortress, and a night in the dunes

The Charvak reservoir with the Chatkal mountains behind, Uzbekistan
Tashkent

Western Tien Shan

Chimgan & Charvak

Snow, spruce and turquoise water an hour from Tashkent