🇺🇿Uzbekistan

The turquoise-tiled heart of the Silk Road, with three ancient cities barely changed in centuries.

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Registan Square

Samarkand

Three monumental madrasas covered in turquoise and gold tilework face each other across the square that was once the ceremonial heart of the Silk Road.

Hotels from ~$25-70/night

Bukhara Old City

Bukhara

A UNESCO-listed old city of minarets, domed bazaars, and madrasas dating back over a thousand years, still lived in rather than preserved as a museum piece.

Hotels from ~$20-60/night

Itchan Kala (Khiva)

Khiva

The walled inner town of Khiva, a remarkably intact museum-city of mosques and minarets that once marked the edge of the Silk Road's great oasis cities.

Hotels from ~$20-60/night

Tashkent Old City

Tashkent

Uzbekistan's capital blends Soviet-era architecture with pockets of old city that survived a devastating 1966 earthquake, plus one of the world's most ornate metro systems.

Hotels from ~$25-70/night