Travel toolkit
Suggested routes
Five ways to see the country — the classic Silk Road cities, the craft towns of the Fergana Valley, the mountains, the Aral Sea and the far south.
The classic Silk Road
Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva — the four great cities, mostly by high-speed train.
Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva → Back to Tashkent
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Crafts of the Fergana Valley
Silk, ceramics and palaces in the green heart of the country.
Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Margilan → Back to Tashkent
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Mountains and lakes near Tashkent
Snowy peaks, a turquoise reservoir and cool air, an hour and a half from the capital.
Tashkent → Chimgan and Amirsoy → Charvak Reservoir → Back to Tashkent
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Karakalpakstan and the Aral Sea
A world-class art museum, a sea that vanished, and desert fortresses two thousand years old.
Tashkent → Nukus → Moynaq → Ayaz-Kala and Toprak-Kala → Khiva → Back to Tashkent
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The far south: Shahrisabz and Termez
Timur’s home town, the mountains of Boysun and the Buddhist ruins of ancient Termez.
Samarkand → Shahrisabz → Boysun → Termez → Back to Tashkent
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