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We are delighted to have the opportunity to help you plan a tailor made trip in Uzbekistan. Please choose one of the tours on our website or just get in touch with us with more information on what you expect or would like to see in order to enable us to tailor a tour in line with your preferences. The more details you provide the better. And do not hesitate to ask, we are here to help and all queiries however small or big are dealt with care and maximum attention. Give us a chance to introduce you Uzbekistan and you will never regret. 

Good news
The history of Uzbek national dance art presented in London

The presentation of the first English-language book on the history of Uzbek national dance art was held in London.

31 October 2024
Exhibition dedicated Uzbekistan's cultural heritage kicks off in Berlin, Germany

An illustrated exhibition dedicated to cultural and hisorical heritage of Uzbekistan has launched in Berlin, Germany. 

27 October 2024
Uzbekistan's tourism achievement are highlighted by Chinese media - Daily Economics

According to the article, Uzbekistan has set a goal of attracting 15 million foreign tourists by 2030. 

24 October 2024
Uzbekistan’s Bukhara highlighted by Polish Tourism Portal

The article was published under the title "Uzbekistan: Bukhara - what is worth seeing and visiting in two days? Sights of Bukhara".

21 October 2024
About Uzbekistan
Uzbek hospitality

At the heart of Uzbek culture is its wonderful hospitality, renowned for centuries. From the days when Uzbekistan stood at the crossroads of the Great Silk Road its grand cities hosted thousands of road-weary tradesmen who sought refuge from the desert and the perils of the open road.

Nurata and its sacred fishes

Nurata is a small town with a holy spring of Chashma, which, according to legend, was formed 40 thousand years old by fallen meteorite and now inhabited by sacred fish-marinka, and above it - clay ruins of the fortress, the founder of which is not Tamerlane or even Genghis Khan, but Alexander the Great himself.

Nurata and its sacred fishes

Nurata is a small town with a holy spring of Chashma, which, according to legend, was formed 40 thousand years old by fallen meteorite and now inhabited by sacred fish-marinka, and above it - clay ruins of the fortress, the founder of which is not Tamerlane or even Genghis Khan, but Alexander the Great himself.

Your best time in Uzbekistan

Located in Central Asia, Uzbekistan is at a unique crossroad of people and cultures. A crossroads of civilizations, as a former centre of great empires: from Alexandre Le Grand to the age of the Tsars, through Gengis Khan and Tamerlan. Crossroads of lifestyles, between nomadic tribes and some of the oldest cities in the world. Crossroads of religions, with Buddhist, Christian and Muslim influences. Cultural crossroads, as Uzbekistan used to be at the center of the mythical silk road, linking China to Europe before the development of the big sea routes.

You will discover Uzbekistan’s glorious past by visiting cities like Samarkand and Bukhara. Samarkand is 2750 years old, which makes it one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and it is the former center of the Silk road in central Asia. The Bibi-Khanym mosque, Shahi-Zinda, the Mausoleum of Gur-E-Amir (Amir Timur); these are all is a key places in the history of Islamic architecture (It is said that the Timur’s mausoleum was the major influence of the architect of the Taj Mahal in India) and probably the most awesome wonders of Central Asia. Bukhara is an amazing city: there are more than 150 buildings protected by the Unesco!

Uzbekistan is one of the few amazing destinations in the world that is not crowded with tourists and western influence, so enjoy it while it is like this!

Did you know?

Uzbekistan is one of only two countries in the world to be ‘double landlocked’ (landlocked and totally surrounded by other landlocked countries). Liechtenstein is double landlocked by 2 countries whilst Uzbekistan is surrounded by 5!

Did you know that Uzbekistan lies in the very heart of Eurasia, the coordinates for Uzbekistan are 41.0000° N, 69.0000°

Uzbekistan is home to the Muruntan gold mine, one of the largest open pit gold mines in the world! The country has 4th largest reserves of gold in the world after South Africa, USA and Russia

Uzbekistan is the world capital of melons. They have in excess of 150 different varieties, which form a staple part of the local diet, served fresh in the summer and eaten dried through the winter.

It is Uzbek tradition that the most respected guest be seated farthest from the house’s entrance.

Tashkent’s metro features chandeliers, marble pillars and ceilings, granite, and engraved metal. It has been called one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.

The Uzbek master chef is able to cook in just one caldron enough plov to serve a thousand men.

When you are a host to someone, it is your duty to fill their cups with for the whole time they are with you.  What you must not do, however, is to fill their cup more than half-full.  If you do that as a mistake, say it is a mistake immediately.  Doing it means you want them to leave.  Wow!  Amazing, right?

To Uzbeks, respect means a whole lot.  For this reason they love it if, even as foreigners, you endeavour to add the respectful suffix opa after a woman's name; and aka after a man's.  Example: Linda-opa and David-aka.  You could also use hon and jon respectively.

Having been an historic crossroads for centuries as part of various ancient empires, Uzbekistan’s food is very eclectic. It has its roots in Iranian, Arab, Indian, Russian and Chinese cuisine.

Though identified with the Persia, the Zoroastrism probably originated in Bactria or Sogdiana. Many distinguished scholars share an opinion that Zoroastrianism had originated in the ancient Khorezm. Indeed, today in the world there were found 63 Zoroastrian monuments, including those in Iran, India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thirty-eight of them are in Uzbekistan, whereas 17 of these monuments are located in Khorezm.

One of Islam's most sacred relics - the world's oldest Koran that was compiled in Medina by Othman, the third caliph or Muslim leader, is kept in Tashkent. It was completed in the year 651, only 19 years after Muhammad's death. 

Tashkent is the only megapolis in the world where public transport is totally comprised of Mercedes buses. And due to low urban air polution it is one of the few cities where one can still see the stars in the sky.

You would be surprised to know that modern TV was born in Tashkent. No joke! The picture of moving objects was transmitted by radio first time in the world in Tashkent on 26 of July 1928 by inventors B.P. Grabovsky and I.F. Belansky.

Uzbekistan is the only country in the world all of whose neighbours have their names ending in STAN. This is also the only country in Central Asia that borders all of the countries of this region

Uzbeks are the third populous Turkik ethnicity in the world after Turks and Azeris (leaving both in Azerbaijan and Iran)

Did you know that there was silk money in Khiva? Super interesting right? Of course, but the best part of having silk money was that it could be sewn into your clothing.

Famous Islamic physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna in the Latin world) who was born near Bukhara was the one of the first people to advocate using women’s hair as suture material – about 1400 years ago.

Uzbekistan has a long and bloody history. The most notorious leader of Uzbekistan was Timur (or Tamerlane) who claimed descent from Genghis Khan. His military campaigns have been credited for wiping out some 5% of the world’s population at the time.

If you have thought that some of the Islamic architecture in Uzbekistan resembles that from Northern India, then that is because Timur’s great great great Grandson, Babur Beg, was the founder of the Moghul Empire that ruled much of India for almost four centuries! Babur’s great great Grandson was Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal.

Uzbekistan was once a rum producig country. There is still a real arboretum in Denau (city near Termez on the border with Afghanistan), grown from a selection station that studied the prospects of plant growing in the unusual for the Soviet Union subtropical climate of Surkhandarya region: only here in the whole of the USSR sugar cane was grown and even rum was produced!

Uzbekistan has been ranked one of the safest countries in the world, according to a new global poll. The annual Gallup Global Law and Order asked if people felt safe walking at night and whether they had been victims of crime. The survey placed Uzbekistan 5th out of 135 countries, while the UK was 21st and the US 35th. Top five safest countries:

  • Singapore
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Uzbekistan
Exchange rates
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13166.35 UZS
100 USD
1277433.4 UZS
100 EUR
1389353.95 UZS
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