Wide view of Himalayan peaks and ridgelines along the Annapurna trail, Nepal

Asia

Tajikistan

Tajikistan holds the Pamirs like a spine of snow above every valley story.

Place stories in Tajikistan (Asia).

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Dushanbe
Monday's market gave the city its name; Persian, Soviet, and independent layers sit awkwardly atop each other. Wide boulevards, a striking …
Ghazza Village
A Fann Mountains valley village where the guesthouse runs the show, the pace drops after the cities, and Tajik television may film your hik…
Istaravshan
One of the oldest cities in Central Asia — Mug Tepe, the Khazrati Shokh mausoleum complex with its holy spring and pilgrim ties to Samarkan…
Khujand
Tajikistan's second city on the Syr Darya in the Fergana Valley — Alexander's garrison town, a candid regional museum, fortress and mosques…
Sarytag
A small village in the scrubby hills near Iskanderkul — yurt frames, shepherds, canyon roads, rivers heavy with silt, and a string roadbloc…
Voru Village
One of the oldest villages in the Fann Mountains, reached on foot from Ghazza along the river — a working settlement, a blacksmith's worksh…