Asia
Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, every corner tells the story of an empire that crossed East and West, leaving the scent of spices and legends in the wind.
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Places
- Bukhara
One of the seven noble cities of Islam, 2,500 years of scholarship, trade, and craft, with madrassahs, mausoleums, and an old city that sti…
- Khiva
A walled old city, mudbrick lanes, blue mosaic domes, climbable minarets, and dungeons the city was infamous for in the tenth century.
- Koshkuduk
A yurt stop on the edge of Aydarkul Lake in the Kyzylkum, dunes on all sides, a dark sky, and a camp where the night does the work.
- Nurota
A pilgrimage town in the Kyzylkum where pre-Islamic and Islamic layers of history resist easy separation, a holy spring, sacred fish, and a…
- Samarkand
The Silk Road city that lives up to the name, Timurid domes and madrassas, Shah-i-Zinda, Bibi-Khanum, Karimov's mausoleum, Ulugh Beg's obse…
- Tashkent
The capital where Soviet architecture meets modern Uzbekistan. Skyscrapers, mosaic mausoleums, a tower with an observation deck, and a baza…