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Toshkent
Tashkent
The capital and your gateway. Most international flights land here, so this is where the route begins. Soviet-era boulevards, a metro that doubles as a gallery, and the busiest bazaar in the country.
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Stamp point
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Show your passport to the staff. They stamp the Tashkent page and you add the date.
Don't miss
Top places in Tashkent
- 01
Hazrati Imam complex
Old-city religious centre, home to one of the oldest surviving Qur'an manuscripts.
- 02
Chorsu Bazaar
Blue domed market. Come in the morning for bread, dried fruit and spices.
- 03
Tashkent Metro
Every station is decorated differently. Kosmonavtlar and Alisher Navoiy are the stand-outs.
- 04
Amir Timur Square
The modern centre of the city, next to the Hotel Uzbekistan and the Timurid Museum.
- 05
Minor Mosque
White marble mosque on the Ankhor canal, especially photogenic at sunset.
- 06
Museum of Applied Arts
A merchant's mansion filled with carved wood, ganch plaster and suzani embroidery.
Eat & try
Local flavours
- Plov at lunchtime: it is traditionally served until early afternoon
- Samsa from a tandir oven
- Green tea everywhere, served in a piala bowl
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Next stop
Samarqand →
Afrosiyob high-speed train · about 2 h 15 min