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Karakalpakstan Guide: Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan's autonomous republic: its size and status, the July 2022 Nukus unrest, whether you need a permit, and what travellers see.
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City and regional guides, from the big three Silk Road cities to the Fergana Valley, Karakalpakstan and the far south.
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Urgench: The City You Fly Into
Urgench, the gateway to Khiva: the airport, the trains, the trolleybus, what there is to see, and the honest case for staying a night rather than leaving.
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Uzbekistan's National Parks and Nature Reserves
Uzbekistan's national parks and nature reserves: the two parks most visitors use, the reserves with open ecotourism zones, and the ones you can't enter.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Boysun: A UNESCO Culture Space in the Mountains
A mountain district in southern Uzbekistan where pre-Islamic custom survives, recognised by UNESCO in 2001. The spring festival, the villages, and how to get there.
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Mizdakhan Necropolis near Nukus
Hills of graves outside Khodjeyli, a half-buried 14th-century mausoleum, the world clock legend, and the ruined city across the road. How to visit from Nukus.
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The Ustyurt Plateau: Uzbekistan's Last Wilderness
Cliffs above a vanished sea, salt flats, flamingos and a night in a yurt: what an Ustyurt expedition from Nukus actually involves, and who should book one.
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Tashkent's Old City: A Walking Guide
A half-day walk through Tashkent's surviving old quarters: Hazrati Imam, the mahalla lanes, Chorsu bazaar and the Kukeldash madrasah, with timings and etiquette.