Uzbekistan Travel Guides: Routes, Cities and Practical Advice

Choose an Uzbekistan route, compare cities and prepare train tickets, entry documents, money and mobile data.

Choose cities and trip length

For a first visit, compare what fits into five, seven or ten days in the first-trip guide. If your dates and cities are already chosen, work through the booking, arrival and departure checklists.

Compare Tashkent for markets and museums, Samarkand for Registan and the mausoleums, and Bukhara for Old Town walks. Add Khiva or Nukus when the onward and return journeys fit your dates.

Arrange the journeys and first arrival

Choose intercity departures in the Afrosiyob and train-ticket guide. Allow for station transfers as well as the train journey. For arrival in the capital, compare the Tashkent transport options and prepare Yandex Go if you intend to use the app.

Check entry requirements for your passport and dates before paying. Compare money and payment options and roaming, SIM and eSIM; keep tickets, addresses and contacts accessible offline.

Choose food, shopping and time away from the main sights

Use the Uzbek food guide to identify dishes and ingredients before ordering. For purchases, choose a category in what to buy, then find a suitable shop or workshop in Tashkent.

For an overnight outside the cities, compare Nurata and Aydarkul with a separate Zomin mountain stay. Check event dates against your trip before arranging an evening around one.

All Guides