Discover Uzbekistan

On the Silk Road · 2,500 years

Walk the Silk Road,
sleep beneath turquoise domes

Ancient madrasahs, hand-cut suzani, mountain trails and bazaars heavy with spice — explore the heart of Central Asia and plan a route worth remembering.

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7
UNESCO sites
12
Regions
2,500
Years of history
300+
Sunny days a year

Maskanlar

Hand-picked places to visit

Ancient cities, blue-domed mosques, mountain landscapes and bazaars. Six destinations to begin with — click any to open its full story and directions.

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By city

Milliy taomlar

National foods

Plov, samsa, lagman, halva — every region has a flavour. Click any dish to read its history.

Fasl

When to visit

Spring and autumn are the sweet spots — cool nights, warm days, monuments without the crowds.

Mar — May

BahorSpring

Almond blossom, Navruz festival, perfect light on every dome. The country wakes up.

15 — 26°C

Jun — Aug

YozSummer

Bright and dry. Escape to the mountains around Chimgan or the lakes of Nuratau.

28 — 40°C

Sep — Nov

KuzAutumn

Grape harvest, golden light, the kindest temperatures of the year. Many say this is the best time.

14 — 27°C

Dec — Feb

QishWinter

Quiet old towns, snow on the minarets, ski season in Chimgan. Bundle up for Bukhara.

-2 — 8°C

Yangiliklar

What's new

Visa changes, restored monuments, new train routes — recent updates worth knowing before you go.

A camel caravan crossing the Kyzylkum desert at dusk — the route that built nations.

A short history

Where worlds met

At the heart of the historic Silk Road, Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country whose cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva were once the most dazzling on Earth — vast caravanserais where merchants from China and Persia, scholars from Baghdad and Damascus, all crossed paths.

Three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, soaring tiled minarets, snow-capped mountains and one of the world's most welcoming cultures await. Whether you're chasing centuries-old architecture, mountain air, or the perfect plate of plov, the country opens up like a turquoise mosaic.

2nd c. BCEThe Silk Road begins to thread East and West
14th c.Timur makes Samarkand his capital
1991Independence — modern Uzbekistan

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