Mosque · Bukhara city
Bolo Hauz Mosque
Wooden columns mirrored in a pool
city · Bukhara Region
Bukhara city
The regional capital, Bukhara, is a city with 2,500 years of history, once capital of the Samanids and the Bukharan khans, whose old town is on the UNESCO list.
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About the city
Bukhara is one of Uzbekistan's oldest cities, and its 2,500th anniversary was celebrated in 1997. In the 9th and 10th centuries it was the Samanid capital, later the capital of the Bukhara Khanate and Emirate, and in 1920–1924 the centre of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. It was the birthplace of Imam al-Bukhari and the city where Ibn Sina spent his youth.
The Historic Centre of Bukhara was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993. The Ark, Po-i-Kalyan, Lyab-i Hauz, the Samanid Mausoleum, the trading domes, Chor Minor and hundreds of other monuments survive among neighbourhoods of narrow lanes. On 1 January 2026 the city had 304,700 residents; it is divided into the Fayzulla Khodjaev and Textile districts. The city lies on the lower Zarafshan at about 225 m above sea level.
Bukhara city
Places here
Fortress · Bukhara city
Ark of Bukhara
Seat of Bukhara's rulers for over a thousand years
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Central Asia's most complete medieval city
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Chor Minor
A four-towered gatehouse — Bukhara's most photogenic building
Minaret · Bukhara city
Kalyan Minaret
The tower Genghis Khan left standing
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble
The square by the pool — old Bukhara's beating heart
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Po-i-Kalyan Ensemble
Bukhara's great square: minaret, mosque and madrasa
Mausoleum · Bukhara city
Samanid Mausoleum
A brick masterpiece more than a thousand years old
Museum · Bukhara city
Sitorai Mohi-Khosa Palace
The last emir's summer retreat outside the city
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Abdulaziz Khan Madrasa
The last of Bukhara's great madrasas
Museum · Bukhara city
Bukhara Zindan (Prison)
The emir's jail and its notorious pit
Pilgrimage site · Bukhara city
Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
A mysterious building over the Prophet Job's spring
Museum · Bukhara city
Fayzulla Khodjaev House Museum
The home of a wealthy Bukharan merchant
Mosque · Bukhara city
Kalyan Mosque
A Friday mosque for 12,000 worshippers
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Kukeldash Madrasa
Central Asia's largest madrasa
Mosque · Bukhara city
Magok-i-Attari Mosque
Bukhara's oldest mosque, sunk below the street
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Mir-i-Arab Madrasa
The madrasa that stayed open under Soviet rule
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Nadir Divan-Begi Madrasa
The caravanserai that became a madrasa
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Kosh Madrasa (Abdullah Khan and Modari Khan)
Two madrasas — for a khan and his mother — face to face
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Toqi Sarrafon
The money-changers' dome — a Silk Road bureau de change
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Toqi Telpak Furushon
The hat-sellers' dome over a five-way junction
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Toqi Zargaron
The jewellers' dome — Bukhara's largest trading dome
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Ulugh Beg Madrasa
The oldest of Ulugh Beg's three madrasas
Mausoleum · Bukhara city
Saif ad-Din Bokharzi and Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums
A Sufi sheikh and a Chagatai khan side by side
Mosque · Bukhara city
Baland Mosque
A small neighbourhood mosque with gilded paintwork
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Khoja Gaukushan Ensemble
A madrasa and minaret on the site of an old slaughterhouse
Mosque · Bukhara city
Nadir Divan-Begi Khanqah
A Sufi lodge on the edge of the pool
Fortress · Bukhara city
Talipach Gate
A surviving gate in Bukhara's city wall
Bazaar · Bukhara city
Tim of Abdullah Khan
A gated covered market for silk and carpets
Mosque · Bukhara city
Khoja Zaynuddin Complex
A mosque-khanqah painted in the kundal technique
Mosque · Bukhara city
Fayzabad Khanqah
A Sufi lodge on the edge of Bukhara
Mosque · Bukhara city
Namazgoh of Bukhara
A Qarakhanid prayer wall for the great festivals
Modern · Bukhara city
Shukhov Tower (Bukhara Tower)
A steel hyperboloid facing the Ark
Bukhara city
Getting there
Airport, railway station and bus stations — addresses, timetables and the live board.
All transportBukhara city
From Bukhara to other cities
Road distance, the fastest train and whether there is a direct flight.
All distances| City | Road, km | By car | By train | Flight | Bus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gijduvan Bukhara Region |
48 | 48 min | — | — | — |
| Navoi Navoiy Region |
114 | 1 h 55 min | 34 min Jaloliddin Manguberdi 777М |
— | 1 route |
| Nurata Navoiy Region |
168 | 2 h 38 min | — | — | — |
| Karshi Kashkadarya Region |
169 | 2 h 17 min | — | — | — |
| Kattakurgan Samarkand Region |
194 | 3 h 6 min | 1 h 9 min Afrosiyob 765Ф |
— | — |
| Shahrisabz Kashkadarya Region |
294 | 3 h 45 min | — | — | — |
| Samarkand Samarkand Region |
305 | 4 h 9 min | 1 h 31 min Jaloliddin Manguberdi 753М |
— | — |
| Tashkent Tashkent (city) |
629 | 8 h 53 min | 4 h 1 min Jaloliddin Manguberdi 753М |
9 flights | 1 route |
Bukhara regional capital
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Bukhara city
Where to stay and eat
Checked hotels and places to eat — with addresses, phone numbers, opening hours and price levels.
Places to stay31
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Hotel★★★★
Sahid Zarafshon
A four-star hotel with pools and a spa
7 Muhammad Iqbol St
+8
Asia Bukhara
A large old-town hotel with a pool
55 Mekhtar Anbar St
+8
Asl Hotel
A twelve-room hotel by Lyab-i Hauz
100 Bahouddin Naqshband St
+5
Hotel Khurjin
A hotel with rooms in a historic building by Lyab-i Hauz
20 Khoja Porso St
+5
Hotel
$$$$
Ark Hotel
A hotel with a pool near the Ark fortress
1 Afrosiyob St
+8
Hotel
Komil Bukhara Boutique Hotel
A family boutique hotel in a 19th-century house
40 Barakiyon St
+3
Hotel
Wyndham Bukhara
A large modern hotel from an international chain
8 Alisher Navoi Ave
+8
Hotel
Amulet Hotel
A hotel in a 19th-century madrasah
73 Bahouddin Naqshband St
+4
Hotel★★★
Ramada Encore by Wyndham Bukhara
A new chain hotel away from the centre
47 Gijduvan St
+7
Hotel
Shahriston Hotel
A hotel with a roof terrace on a pedestrian street
53 Haqiqat St
+4
Hotel
Minzifa Boutique Hotel
A boutique hotel by the Eshoni Pir Madrasah
63 Eshoni Pir St
+6
Hotel
Salom Inn
A courtyard mini-hotel by Lyab-i Hauz
3 Sarrafon St
+4
Places to eat26
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Restaurant
$$$$
Minzifa Restaurant
A restaurant with a terrace near Lyab-i Hauz
1 Bahouddin Naqshband St
+2
Chinar
A traditional-style restaurant known for its shashlik
4/5 Bahouddin Naqshband St
Restaurant
$$$$
Old Bukhara
A courtyard-and-balcony restaurant by Lyab-i Hauz
3 Mustaqillik St
+1
Restaurant
$$$$
Zolotaya Bukhara
A spacious restaurant near the Kalyan Minaret
171 Haqiqat St
+1
Restaurant
Zaytoon
A modern Mediterranean-style restaurant
11/1 Zulfiya St
+2
Restaurant
$$$$
Ayvan
A restaurant set in a 19th-century ayvan
7 N. Husainov St (Lyabi House Hotel)
Restaurant
$$$$
Bella Italia
An Italian restaurant near Chor Minor
125 Bahouddin Naqshband St
+1
Café
$$$$
Bon Bon
A three-room café and patisserie
2 Islam Karimov St
Restaurant
$$$$
Kukaldosh Garden
A garden restaurant by Lyab-i Hauz
8 Khoja Porso St
Restaurant
$$$$
Labi Hovuz
A big restaurant on the edge of the Lyab-i Hauz pool
100 Mekhtar Anbar St (Lyab-i Hauz)
Fast food
$$$$
Darxan Burger
A local 24-hour burger joint
Abu Ali ibn Sino Ave
Restaurant
Minorai Kalon Restaurant & Terrace
A terrace restaurant facing the Kalyan Minaret
11 Halim Ibodov St
Bukhara city
Government offices
Khokimiyat, public service centre and other offices: addresses, phones, hours.
All offices (15)Khokimiyat
Bukhara City Khokimiyat
3B Islam Karimov St, Bukhara
Read morePublic Service Centre
Bukhara City Public Services Centre
168 Bahouddin Naqshband St, Bukhara
Read more- Khokimiyat · Bukhara Region Bukhara Region Khokimiyat 1 Yangi Bukhara St, Gulchorbog Mahalla, Bukhara
- Police · Bukhara Region Bukhara Region Department of Internal Affairs 10 Bahouddin Naqshband St, Bukhara
- Court · Bukhara Region Bukhara Regional Administrative Court 29 Yangiobod St, Bukhara
- Court · Bukhara Region Bukhara Regional Court 13 Hafiz Tanish Bukhari St, Bukhara
- Justice · Bukhara Region Bukhara Region Department of Justice 28 I. Muminov St, Bukhara
- Tax office · Bukhara Region Bukhara Region Tax Department 14 M. Iqbol St, Bukhara
Kogon city
city · 'New Bukhara', born of the railway
Bukhara District
district · The oasis around the city
Gijduvan District
district · Land of potters and Sufis
Jondor District
district · Home of Varakhsha and Qizbibi
Kogon District
district · Home of the Bahauddin Naqshband shrine
Olot District
district · A border district on the Amu Darya
Peshku District
district · Avicenna's homeland
Qorakoʻl District
district · Home of Paykend and karakul sheep
Qorovulbozor District
district · Oilmen's district with old cisterns
Romitan District
district · A fortress older than Bukhara, and the Gazli gas field
Shofirkon District
district · Home of Vardanze and Khoja Arif Revgari
Vobkent District
district · An old town with a 12th-century minaret