Tashkent city sightseeing tour by local guide

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1. Amir Timur Square is surrounded with the buildings of the “Uzbekistan” Hotel, University of Law (former Women’s Gymnasium), the Amir Timur Museum, well-known Tashkent Chimes and the Forums Palace - one of the most grandiose architectural structures in Tashkent.

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2. Khast-Imam Square (Hazrati Imam) is the religious center of the capital and one of the most beautiful sights of Tashkent . Khast Imam is located in the old city, inside residential areas with old adobe houses that survived the 1966 earthquake.

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3. Bazaar is the heart of every oriental city, the center of public life, breadwinner of the whole city. Since the dawn of time bazaars appeared on the intersections of trade roads, on big squares of cities. They played role of main places of the city, where merchants, traders and common people gathered to discuss important news, to know prices, to have a rest in cozy choykhana (Uzbek café) eating pilaf and drinking green tea. Also bazaars were the places of main entertaining events of the city – theatrical performances.

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4. Independence Square is located in the center of Tashkent city. It is a favorite resting place for the Tashkent residents. The fact that the most beautiful fountains of the city are located in the square contributed considerably to it.

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5. The centre for pilaf in Tashkent (‘Osh Markazi’) can be mentioned among the city’s most unusual attractions. No doubt, every tourist would think it essential to visit the place and taste the most delicious pilaf in the Uzbek capital. Actually, there are quite a few places in Tashkent offering pilaf of a similar quality, but you can hardly find one comparable to the pilaf centre close to the Tashkent television tower in terms of cooking scale. Uzbek cuisine. At the centre pilaf is cooked in 5 enormous cauldrons (kazans), each with a capacity of 50 kg of rice, in the yard, with wood as fuel. The cooking begins early in the morning, by 11 a.m. the pilaf is ready, and three hours later you can hardly find anything but empty cauldrons.

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6. History of Museum of Applied Art of Uzbekistan dates back to 1927, when the first exhibition of artworks by artists of Uzbekistan was held here. Initially, the museum was called the Museum of Handicrafts, and in 1997 it was granted the state status and acquired its present name. The Museum of Applied Art fund lists over 7,000 samples of applied arts: handmade embroidery, skull-caps (tyubeteyka), jewelry, carpets and other examples of craftsmanship of the beginning of the 19th century to present day.

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취소 규정

체험 시작 24시간 전까지 무료로 취소하고 전액 환불받을 수 있습니다.

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How it compares in Tashkent

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 49 시티 투어 we list in Tashkent.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan, an ancient Silk Road city of wide Soviet-era avenues, decorated metro stations, old madrasas and big bazaars.

Tashkent has been a trading city on the Silk Road for over two thousand years, but a major earthquake in 1966 destroyed much of it, and the modern capital was rebuilt with broad avenues, big squares and Soviet-era buildings. The old city, Eski Shahar, survives in pockets, with narrow lanes and mud-brick houses. The Khast Imam complex has madrasas and mosques, and its library holds the Uthman Quran, one of the oldest copies of the Quran.

Top-ranked sights in Tashkent: Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art, Broadway Alley.

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