Bukhara Bukhara is one of the most ancient cities of Uzbekistan, situated on a sacred hill, the place where sacrifices were made by fire-worshippers in springtime. This city was mentioned in a holy book Avesto”

Bukhara

Bukhara is one of the most ancient cities of Uzbekistan, situated on a sacred hill, the place where sacrifices were made by fire-worshippers in springtime. This city was mentioned in a holy book "Avesto”.

Ancient cities of Uzbekistan
Doniyor Ortiqov

Bukhara with more than 140 architectural monuments is a

Bukhara with more than 140 architectural monuments is a

“town museum” dating back to the Middle Ages. 2,300 years

later, ensembles like the Poi-Kalon, Kos Madras, Ismail Samani

Mausoleum and the Kalian Minaret are attracting a lot of

attention. The city consists of narrow streets, green parks and

gardens, historical and architectural monuments belong to the

different epochs, but locate very close to each other

Khiva

Khiva is a city

from a fairy-tale. The

capital of the Khiva

Khanate in the 17th

century, it still

retained the exotic

flavour of a medical

Oriental town in the

old part of the city -

Ichan-Kala, where all

monuments of

architecture are

located.

Ortiqov Doniyor
Doniyor Ortiqov

The city is most noted for

its central position on the

Silk Road between China

and the West, and for being

an Islamic centre for

scholarly study.

Samarkand from Sogdian:"Stone Fort" оr "Rock Town")is the secondlargest city inUzbekistan and the capitalof Samarqand Prov

In the 14th century, it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), and is the site of hismausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). TheBibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city’s most notablelandmarks.

In the 14th century, it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), and is the site of hismausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). TheBibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city’s most notablelandmarks.