Fortress · Bukhara city
Ark of Bukhara
Seat of Bukhara's rulers for over a thousand years
Places
Places to visit
Monuments, museums, parks and nature across the whole of Uzbekistan.
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Pilgrimage site · Kogon District
Bahauddin Naqshband Complex
Shrine of the founder of the Naqshbandi order
Mosque · Bukhara city
Bolo Hauz Mosque
Wooden columns mirrored in a pool
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Chor Minor
A four-towered gatehouse — Bukhara's most photogenic building
Ensemble · Bukhara city
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Central Asia's most complete medieval city
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
Pilgrimage site · Gijduvan District
Abdulkhaliq Gijduvani Complex
Tomb of the Khwajagan founder and Ulugh Beg's last madrasa
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
Ensemble · Bukhara District
Chor-Bakr Necropolis
The 'City of the Dead' of the Juybari sheikhs
Museum · Bukhara city
Fayzulla Khodjaev House Museum
The home of a wealthy Bukharan merchant
Culture & arts · Gijduvan District
Gijduvan Ceramics Museum (Narzullaev workshop)
Six generations of potters in one family
Nature · Bukhara District
Jeyran Ecocentre
A breeding centre bringing back desert wildlife
Mosque · Bukhara city
Kalyan Mosque
A Friday mosque for 12,000 worshippers
Madrasa · Bukhara city
Kosh Madrasa (Abdullah Khan and Modari Khan)
Two madrasas — for a khan and his mother — face to face
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