Samarkand - Samarkand, a legendary city on the Great Silk Road, capital of mighty warlords and romantic home for renowned poets, still shines as the brightest star among historical and cultural centers of the present world. Samarkand' ...
Khiva - Khiva may be a small city -- its population barely tops 40,000 -- but its history as the best preserved stop on the old Silk Road gives it a broad appeal for tourists tracing the historic trading route. In the Khorezm oasis of the Kara-Kum Desert, Khiva was the capit ...
Ferghana - Just as Uzbekistan is the heart of Central Asia, the Fergana Valley is the heart of Uzbekistan. Over seven million people, about a third of the population, live in this fertile flood plain of the Syr Darya. The river sweeps down from the Pamirs into a valley approximately 30 ...
Termez - Termez is the capital of Surkhandarya region, a port on the Amu Darya River, near the Afghanistan border. This is the kingdom of trade routes and brave warriors. This is the land famous worldwide for its richness in gold and lazurite. Archeolog ...
Bukhara - Bukhara is the magnet that has been attracting curious minds of millions of people. A major part of the human history is linked to this name. For centuries camel caravans from China to Europe and Arabian world along the Great Silk Road were carrying goods and, more important ...
Shakhrisabz - Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of Tamerlane, 160 km from Samarkand, is located in a small valley, surrounded by the foothills of the Pamir mountains. It was only a small town at the time of Tamerlane, but at his behest, his descendants continued the development of Shakhr ...
Tashkent - Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital shows its shimmering roots as a Silk Road city even today. During 2000 year of it history this city was known as a crossroads ofancient trade routes. Tashkent was major exporter to Eastern Europe of silk, cotton and textiles, as we ...
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