Archaeology · Samarkand
Afrasiyab
The ruins of pre-Mongol Samarkand
Places
Places to visit
Monuments, museums, parks and nature across the whole of Uzbekistan.
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Museum · Samarkand
Afrasiyab Museum
Home of the Hall of Ambassadors
Mosque · Samarkand
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Timur's colossal Friday mosque
Mausoleum · Samarkand
Gur-e-Amir
Tomb of Timur and his dynasty
Pilgrimage site · Payariq District
Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex
Resting place of Islam's foremost hadith scholar
Pilgrimage site · Samarkand
Khoja Doniyor (Tomb of Daniel)
A shrine revered by three faiths
Culture & arts · Samarkand District
Konigil Meros Paper Mill
Samarkand paper, reborn
Ensemble · Samarkand
Registan
The great square of three madrasas
Ensemble · Samarkand
Shah-i-Zinda
The avenue of mausoleums
Madrasa · Samarkand
Sher-Dor Madrasa
The portal of the sun-lions
Bazaar · Samarkand
Siyob Bazaar
Samarkand's biggest and oldest market
Madrasa · Samarkand
Tilya-Kori Madrasa
The gilded mosque-madrasa
Madrasa · Samarkand
Ulugh Beg Madrasa
The astronomer-king's university
Museum · Samarkand
Ulugh Beg Observatory
The greatest astronomical instrument of the Middle Ages
Nature · Samarkand District
Agalyk Mountains
Mountain air and waterfalls on the city's doorstep
Mausoleum · Samarkand
Ak-Saray Mausoleum
Plain outside, golden within
Park & garden · Samarkand
Alisher Navoi Central Park
The 1886 city garden at the green heart of the centre
Nature · Urgut District
Aman-Kutan
A Stone Age cave in a wooded mountain valley
Modern · Samarkand
Amir Temur Monument
The conqueror enthroned
Mausoleum · Nurobod District
Arab-Ata Mausoleum
One of the oldest dated tombs in Transoxiana
Mausoleum · Samarkand
Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum
Tomb of Timur's senior wife
Park & garden · Urgut District
Chor-Chinor Garden
A shrine in the shade of ancient plane trees
Entertainment · Samarkand District
Eternal City (Boqiy Shahar)
All of Uzbekistan in one ethno-park
Temple & church · Samarkand
Gumbaz Synagogue
A Bukharan Jewish synagogue that never closed