A week in Uzbekistan
Seven days across Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Tashkent, Namangan, Shahrisabz, Bukhara and Xiva. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Samarkand
One day in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Gur-e AmirMonument · On the map
- RegistanSquare · 0.9 km on from Gur-e Amir · On the map
- Bibi-Khanym MosqueMosque · 0.7 km on from Registan · On the map
- Shah-i-ZindaArchaeological site · 0.7 km on from Bibi-Khanym Mosque · On the map
- Afrasiab Museum of SamarkandMuseum · 0.9 km on from Shah-i-Zinda · On the map
- AfrasiyabArchaeological site · 0.5 km on from Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand · On the map
6 stops, about 3.8 km between them in straight lines.
Day 2: Samarkand
One day in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
- Khodja Doniyor MausoleumMonument · On the map
- Mausoleum Qassim-ibn-AbbasMonument · 1.3 km on from Khodja Doniyor Mausoleum · On the map
- Hazrat-Hyzr MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Mausoleum Qassim-ibn-Abbas · On the map
- Bibi-Khanym MausoleumMonument · 0.4 km on from Hazrat-Hyzr Mosque · On the map
- Sadriddin-Aini-MuseumMuseum · 0.9 km on from Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum · On the map
- Rukhabad MausoleumMonument · 0.8 km on from Sadriddin-Aini-Museum · On the map
6 stops, about 3.7 km between them in straight lines.
Day 3: Tashkent
One day in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Kukeldash MadrasahLandmark · On the map
- Dzhuma MosqueMosque · 0.1 km on from Kukeldash Madrasah · On the map
- Tashkent PlanetariumMuseum · 0.5 km on from Dzhuma Mosque · On the map
- Barakhan MadrasahLandmark · 1.2 km on from Tashkent Planetarium · On the map
- Qaffol Shoshiy MausoleumMonument · 0.2 km on from Barakhan Madrasah · On the map
- Tomb of Muin Khalfa BabaMonument · 0.7 km on from Qaffol Shoshiy Mausoleum · On the map
6 stops, about 2.7 km between them in straight lines.
Day 4: Namangan
One day in Namangan, Uzbekistan
- Mavlonbuva MausoleumMonument · On the map
- Sirli MosqueMosque · 0.2 km on from Mavlonbuva Mausoleum · On the map
- Afsonalar Vodiysi ParkPark · 1.3 km on from Sirli Mosque · On the map
3 stops, about 1.5 km between them in straight lines.
Day 5: Shahrisabz
One day in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
- Ak-Saray PalacePalace · On the map
- Kok Gumbaz mosque in ShahrisabzMosque · 1.2 km on from Ak-Saray Palace · On the map
- Dorut TilavatMosque · Next to Kok Gumbaz mosque in Shahrisabz · On the map
- Shamseddin Kulal mausoleum in ShahrisabzMonument · Next to Dorut Tilavat · On the map
4 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines.
Day 6: Bukhara
One day in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
- Samanid MausoleumMonument · On the map
- Chashma-Ayub MausoleumMonument · 0.2 km on from Samanid Mausoleum · On the map
- Kalyan MinaretTower · 1.1 km on from Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum · On the map
- Ulugh beg MadrassahLandmark · 0.2 km on from Kalyan Minaret · On the map
- Magok-i-Attari MosqueMosque · 0.4 km on from Ulugh beg Madrassah · On the map
- Lab-i HauzMonument · 0.2 km on from Magok-i-Attari Mosque · On the map
6 stops, about 2.1 km between them in straight lines.
Day 7: Xiva
- Ak MosqueMosque · On the map
- Pakhlavan Mahmoud MausoleumMonument · 0.2 km on from Ak Mosque · On the map
- Khiva Friday MosqueMosque · 0.1 km on from Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum · On the map
- Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasaMosque · 0.1 km on from Khiva Friday Mosque · On the map
- Kalta MinorTower · 0.1 km on from Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasa · On the map
- Nurullabay's palacePalace · 0.5 km on from Kalta Minor · On the map
6 stops, about 0.9 km between them in straight lines.
More for Uzbekistan
- Things to do in Uzbekistan · 40 places to see, led by Registan and Gur-e Amir
Photo credits
- Gur-e Amir: Arina Pan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Registan: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Bibi-Khanym Mosque: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0
- Shah-i-Zinda: Vaurien, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand: Bgag, CC0
- Afrasiyab: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- Khodja Doniyor Mausoleum: Alexandronikos, Public domain
- Hazrat-Hyzr Mosque: Akhemen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum: Arina Pan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sadriddin-Aini-Museum: Bobyrr, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rukhabad Mausoleum: Alaexis, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Kukeldash Madrasah: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dzhuma Mosque: F.Higer, CC BY 3.0
- Barakhan Madrasah: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Qaffol Shoshiy Mausoleum: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tomb of Muin Khalfa Baba: Carpodacus, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Afsonalar Vodiysi Park: Komilkhuja, CC BY 4.0
- Ak-Saray Palace: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kok Gumbaz mosque in Shahrisabz: Marat Nadjibaev, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dorut Tilavat: Marat Nadjibaev, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Shamseddin Kulal mausoleum in Shahrisabz: Faqscl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Samanid Mausoleum: Hylgeriak / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum: Faqscl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kalyan Minaret: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ulugh beg Madrassah: Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Magok-i-Attari Mosque: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lab-i Hauz: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ak Mosque: upyernoz, CC BY 2.0
- Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum: Post of Uzbekistan, Public domain
- Khiva Friday Mosque: Carpodacus, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mohammed Rahim Khan madrasa: Faqscl, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kalta Minor: pastaitaken, CC BY 3.0
- Nurullabay's palace: upyernoz, CC BY 2.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.