Things to Do
Samarkand at Night: Light Shows and Evening Walks
The Registan light show, which monuments are lit after dark, where to walk in the evening, and how to photograph Samarkand once the coaches have gone.
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Food & Drink
Where to Eat in Tashkent
Plov centres, bazaar stalls, Korean salads and proper restaurants: how to eat well in Tashkent at every budget, with the timing that matters.
Destinations
Karshi (Qarshi) Travel Guide
A working provincial capital between Samarkand and Termez, with a 16th-century blue dome, a ten-arched brick bridge and almost no visitors.
Things to Do
Siab Bazaar: Samarkand's Main Market
What to buy at Samarkand's big market next to Bibi-Khanym: the bread, the halva, the dried fruit and nuts, plus prices, timing and how to bargain.
Food & Drink
Vegetarian and Vegan Food in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is hard for vegetarians and manageable with a plan: what to order, the phrases that work, the hidden meat to watch for, and where to eat in each city.
Destinations
Fergana City: The Valley's Leafy Base
A Russian-built garden city with wide avenues and little to see, and the most practical place to sleep while you visit Margilan, Rishtan and Kokand.
Things to Do
Hazrat Khizr Mosque, Samarkand
The mosque on the edge of Afrasiyab: a painted wooden verandah, the best free view of Bibi-Khanym, and the tomb of Uzbekistan's first president.
Food & Drink
Uzbek Melons and the Fruit Season
A month-by-month guide to Uzbekistan's fruit: which melons to buy, when apricots, cherries, grapes and pomegranates arrive, and how to shop for them at a bazaar.
Destinations
Namangan Travel Guide
The Fergana Valley's largest city: the Mullah Kyrgyz madrasah, Babur park, the flower festival, and how to use Namangan as a base for Chust and Chartak.
Things to Do
Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum and Bukhara's Water Museum
A conical dome that belongs 600 km away, a spring said to have been struck from the ground by Job, and a small museum about the thing Bukhara never had enough of.