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Ancient cities of Uzbekistan - Samarkand, Bukhara and
Khiva, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List delight tourists with
historical architectural monuments that inhaled spirit of the Great Silk
Road caravans. Though sights of Uzbekistan are not only about monumental
madrasas and minarets, mausoleums of rulers and spiritual leaders.
Nature of Uzbekistan, its traditions, culture, cuisine and handicrafts
are amazingly diverse.
National crafts of Uzbekistan deserve a separate story: silk fabrics and
carpets, bright ceramics and oriental knives, wood carving and metal
coinage, lacquered miniatures and golden embroidery, famous suzanes and
old styles of embroidery ‘basma’ and ‘iroqi’, paper production according
to an ancient technology and construction of seismic-stable houses from
clay.
Uzbek cuisine that at the behast of destiny turned out to be at the
crossroads of the culinary preferences of civilizations and absorbed the
best of centuries in itself. Talk about the sights of Uzbekistan is
impossible without touching gastronomic attractions. Plov (also known as
polo, pollo, pilav, pilau, plov, pulao, polu and palaw), bread, sweets -
the list is endless. Besides, there is a specialization in dishes: there
are centres of plov, or lagman (homemade noodle soup with seasonal
vegetable topping) places, shashlik (local barbeque) spots and samsa
(also known as samosa) stalls. Each city has many chayhanas (tea-houses),
every chayhana has quails singing in it, canals with honey melons cooling
in them, and gardens are there with ripe peaches, pomegranate and grapes.
Natural landmarks of Uzbekistan are so that in winter one can do
mountains sports; in summer eco tours on camels in the desert and swim in
a mountain lake; and in autumn practice some paragliding in Chimgan
mountains or have a walk on the shrinking Aral sea bed in Karakalpakstan.
You should definitely find some time to visit museums: Savitsky Museum in
Nukus, Local History Museum in Kokand, “Afrosiyab” Museum in Samarkand,
House-Museum of Fayzula Khodjaev in Bukhara and Locomotive Museum in
Tashkent. There are dozens of them - choose to your interests.
Uzbekistan Travel &
Tourism Guide
 Why
Visit Uzbekistan?
Practical
tips for Traveling to Uzbekistan
Top Tourist Attractions of Uzbekistan
10 things to do in Uzbekistan
General Information of
Uzbekistan
History of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan and the Great Silk Road
Art Galleries, Craft Centers and Museums
of Uzbekistan
Festivals of Uzbekistan
Uzbek Food Festival of Taste
People of
Uzbekistan
Culture of
Uzbekistan
Weather & Climate of
Uzbekistan
Traditional Uzbek Souvenirs
Uzbekistan Visa Requirements
Uzbekistan Visa Information
Uzbekistan Satellite View & Map
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