Registan
The great square of three madrasas
Places
Places to visit
Monuments, museums, parks and natural wonders of Samarkand city and region.
61 places
Ulugh Beg Madrasa
The astronomer-king's university
Sher-Dor Madrasa
The portal of the sun-lions
Tilya-Kori Madrasa
The gilded mosque-madrasa
Gur-e-Amir
Tomb of Timur and his dynasty
Ak-Saray Mausoleum
Plain outside, golden within
Rukhabad Mausoleum
The "abode of the spirit", a saint Timur revered
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Timur's colossal Friday mosque
Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum
Tomb of Timur's senior wife
Shah-i-Zinda
The avenue of mausoleums
Ulugh Beg Observatory
The greatest astronomical instrument of the Middle Ages
Ishratkhana Mausoleum
The roofless tomb of Timurid princesses
Chorsu
From trading dome to art gallery
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
A hilltop mosque at the old gate of Afrasiyab
Khoja Doniyor (Tomb of Daniel)
A shrine revered by three faiths
Imam al-Maturidi Memorial Complex
A memorial to the 'Imam of Guidance'
Khoja Abdi Darun Complex
An ancient shrine around a plane-shaded pool
Khoja Ahrar Complex
A Sufi master's shrine and the 'mirror of Sher-Dor'
Chupan-Ata Hill and Mausoleum
A Timurid dome on the city's highest point
Afrasiyab
The ruins of pre-Mongol Samarkand
Kafir-Kala
The burnt castle of Sogdian kings
St Alexius Cathedral
Samarkand's principal Orthodox church
Church of St John the Baptist
Samarkand's only Catholic church
Gumbaz Synagogue
A Bukharan Jewish synagogue that never closed
Afrasiyab Museum
Home of the Hall of Ambassadors
State Museum of the History of Culture of Uzbekistan
From the Neolithic to the present
Sadriddin Ayni House Museum
The courtyard where “Slaves” was written
Konigil Meros Paper Mill
Samarkand paper, reborn
Khovrenko Winery and Museum of Winemaking
Making wine since 1868
Samarkand Bukhara Silk Carpets
A family carpet workshop on Hujum Street
Registan Evening Show
Three madrasas as a stage for light and music
Eternal City (Boqiy Shahar)
All of Uzbekistan in one ethno-park
Silk Road Samarkand
Summits, UNESCO and a rowing canal
Amir Temur Monument
The conqueror enthroned
Hamid Olimjon Musical Drama Theatre
A stage that began with “The Patricide”
Samarkand Regional Russian Drama Theatre
Still the “Chekhov Theatre” to locals
Samarkand Regional Puppet Theatre
A children's stage in the 1895 Assembly House
Siyob Bazaar
Samarkand's biggest and oldest market
University Boulevard
The shady avenue between the old city and Russian Samarkand
Islam Karimov Street (formerly Tashkent Street)
The pedestrian street from the Registan to Bibi-Khanym
Alisher Navoi Central Park
The 1886 city garden at the green heart of the centre
Neo Park (Vatanparvar Park)
A new amusement park with a 92-metre Ferris wheel
Family Park
A shopping and leisure centre with an ice arena
Makon Mall (former GUM)
A shopping hub in the heart of Russian Samarkand
Dinamo Stadium
The home of Samarkand football
Yoshlik Park
An amusement park with a Soviet past
Youth Creative Park
A youth hub on the grounds of a former military hospital
Bog'i Baland Tourism Neighbourhood
The fig-garden quarter — Uzbekistan's first tourism mahalla
Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex
Resting place of Islam's foremost hadith scholar
Makhdumi Azam Complex
Shrine of a Naqshbandi master in Dahbed
Chor-Chinor Garden
A shrine in the shade of ancient plane trees
Urgut Bazaar
A craft-filled weekend market
Aman-Kutan
A Stone Age cave in a wooded mountain valley
Takhtakaracha Pass
A mountain pass on a regional border
Kattakurgan Reservoir
Known locally as the “Uzbek Sea”
Zarafshan National Nature Park
The last riverside forests of the Zarafshan
Hazrati Dovud Cave
A mountain cave at the top of 1,303 steps
Arab-Ata Mausoleum
One of the oldest dated tombs in Transoxiana
Agalyk Mountains
Mountain air and waterfalls on the city's doorstep
Koktepa
One of the oldest cities of Sogdiana
Sheikh Khudoydod Vali Shrine
Shrine of a Yasawi sheikh and wrestler
Nothing matches this filter.