Caucasus & Central Asia
Uzbekistan.
Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva — the tiled cities of the Silk Road, linked by fast trains.
Best months April–May and September–October
Samarkand
The Registan
Three tiled madrasas around one square.
Samarkand
Shah-i-Zinda
An avenue of blue-tiled mausoleums.
Bukhara
The Kalyan minaret and the old trading domes.
Khiva
Itchan Kala
A walled city of minarets.
Tashkent
Metro stations like palaces, and the Chorsu bazaar.
Samarkand
Gur-e-Amir
Timur's ribbed-dome mausoleum.
Afrosiyob train
High-speed rail between Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara.
Chimgan
A day in the mountains outside Tashkent.
Designed for you
Tell us how you want Uzbekistan to feel. We'll design it.
We don't have a ready-made Uzbekistan package on the site yet, and we won't invent one to fill the page. Tell us the month, who's travelling and what the trip is for — a specialist builds the itinerary by hand and comes back with a real price, not a “from” number with conditions attached.
Why people go
- The Registan and Shah-i-Zinda are among the most beautiful sights in Asia
- High-speed trains make a week feel unhurried
- Bazaars, plov and old caravanserais — unlike anywhere else we plan
What we'll ask you first
- How many cities — three is right for a first trip
- Train or road between them
- Spring or autumn, because the summers are very hot
Planning Uzbekistan?
Tell us roughly when and who's going. A specialist replies within 4 working hours.