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The Mausoleum of Abdulkhaliq Gijduvani: A Sufi Shrine near Bukhara
Gijduvan is a pilgrimage site for one of the masters of the Khwajagan Sufi tradition. What to see in the complex, how to behave and what else the town offers.
Tamerlane's Gate near Jizzakh: A Gorge with Inscriptions in the Rock
A narrow pass between two ridges on the road to Samarkand, where Ulugbek and Abdullah Khan carved records of their campaigns. History, how to find it, where to stop.
Rabati Malik and the Sardoba: A Caravanserai on the Silk Road
An 11th-century caravanserai gate and a domed water cistern right by the Navoi to Bukhara highway. Why a 30-minute stop is worth it and what to see.
The Parkent Solar Furnace: How the Giant Solar Complex Works
A wall of mirrors in the Tian Shan foothills where sunlight melts materials: what you see on a tour, how to get there from Tashkent and what to stop for on the way.
Tashkent City, the Capital's New Centre: Park and Evening Lights
What replaced the old neighbourhoods in central Tashkent, how Tashkent City Park is laid out, and how to spend an evening here if you are just passing through.
Mustakillik Square and the Memorial Complexes of Tashkent
The country's main square, the stork arch, the Mourning Mother and Shahidlar Khotirasi: how to walk Tashkent's route of memory in half a day.
Ak-Saray in Shahrisabz: What Remains of Timur's Palace
The "White Palace" took nearly a quarter of a century to build, and today two giant pylons of its portal remain. What it was like, what you can see and how the square around it has changed.
Dalverzintepa: A Kushan City in Surkhandarya
The ancient city where archaeologists found a famous gold hoard: what you can see on the mounds today, how to read the ruins without a guide and how to combine the trip with Denau and Termez.
Kampyr Tepa, Zurmala and Kirk Kiz: Ancient Sites Around Termez
An ancient fortress at a crossing of the Amu Darya, a Kushan-era brick stupa and the mysterious "Castle of Forty Maidens" — a ready-made half-day route around Termez.
Termez Archaeological Museum: What to See and How to Plan Your Visit
Kushan sculpture, Buddhist murals, coins of Greco-Bactrian kings and finds from Dalverzintepa — a guide to one of the best archaeological museums in Uzbekistan.
Sultan Saodat and the Mausoleum of Al-Hakim al-Termezi
An ensemble of the Termez sayyids built over seven centuries and the shrine of a Sufi scholar by the Amu Darya — the two main Islamic monuments of Termez and how to visit them.
Fayaz Tepa and Kara Tepa: Buddhist Termez
Two thousand years ago Buddhist monasteries of the Kushan Empire stood on the banks of the Amu Darya. Here is what survives, how to enter the border zone and why pilgrims come here.