Things to Do
Skiing at Amirsoy and Chimgan
Uzbekistan has real skiing two hours from Tashkent. Amirsoy and Chimgan compared, the season, lift prices, rental, and how to get there.
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Travel Tips
Drone Rules in Uzbekistan: Leave It at Home
Bringing a drone to Uzbekistan means confiscation and a fine, not paperwork. What the law says, what happens at customs, and what to do instead.
Food & Drink
Where to Eat in Samarkand
Where to eat in Samarkand: the plov centre and its two-hour window, Siyob Bazaar, and why the restaurants around the Registan are the wrong choice.
Getting Around
Buses and Marshrutkas in Uzbekistan
City buses, intercity coaches and marshrutkas in Uzbekistan: fares, where the stations are, and the handful of routes where buses beat the train.
Travel Tips
Public Holidays in Uzbekistan and What Closes
Uzbekistan's public holidays, which dates move each year, what actually shuts, and the two weeks travellers should either target or avoid.
Travel Tips
Uzbekistan for Travellers Over 60
Uzbekistan suits older travellers well. The steps and surfaces to know about, how to pace a day around the heat, and which season to choose.
Travel Tips
Uzbekistan With a Guide or Independently?
Do you need a guide in Uzbekistan? What one costs, where independent travel is genuinely easy, and the three situations where hiring is worth it.
Where to Stay
Where to Stay in Nukus
Where to stay in Nukus: why proximity to the Savitsky Museum is the only criterion that matters, named hotels, and what to expect from the rooms.
Where to Stay
Where to Stay in the Fergana Valley
Which Fergana Valley town to base yourself in, named hotels and guesthouses in Fergana city and Margilan, and when Kokand makes more sense.
Getting Around
Dushanbe to Samarkand via the Panjakent Border
Dushanbe to Samarkand overland: shared taxi to Panjakent, the Jartepa border on foot, and the last 46 km into Samarkand, with fares for each leg.