“The stone city”.
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Where is Tashkent?
The city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan capital is situated northeast of the country. It is the largest city in Central Asia.
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Getting there
Our journey from Samarkand to Tashkent
Our accommodation
We chose to stay at- 1-bed apartment in the very city center. Nice and close to Amir Temur Hiyoboni metro station.
Booked through Airbnb. Located in the Oloy district of Tashkent, a lovely little apartment in Block 11 Door 6 of a Soviet housing complex. From the outside, it looked very bleak. However, on entering it was pleasant.
Places to eat
Conveniently close to our accommodation was Just Tasty. Open 24/7 it makes delicious burgers amongst other goodies😋. Another nice place was Cafe 1991, more expensive but very good food, although, the service was extremely slow.
Three days in Tashkent gave us a complete contrast in the weather. Temperatures reaching a pleasant 23 degrees, on our first day. Dropping to a mere 8 degrees on our last day.
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Places of interest
Throughout the city, there are many museums, a mix of modern and Soviet-era architecture. Tashkent is spread out and with plenty of things to see and do, we decided to take a sightseeing bus. This gave us the opportunity to see the whole city.
The bus tour starts outside the Uzbekistan Hotel, a huge ugly Soviet building. With the tour lasting 2 hours and costing 75000 Som per person. It runs every hour on the hour from 1000 hrs until 1700 hrs. Not on Mondays.
Tip 👂
The quality of the sound system was not very good making it difficult for us to understand the translation of the tour. On many occasions, the signal cut out.
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You get to see all of the main sights on the tour including-
Amir Temur Square
A Memorial to the Memory of Victims of Repression. A peaceful garden with the calm water of the canal flowing by.
Opposite you will see the Tashkent Television Tower a 375-metre-high tower.
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Minor Mosque
The tour continues through the narrow streets of the eastern city towards Monument of Courage. In memory of people who survived the 1966 earthquake. Onto Hazrati-Imom mosque and the Madrasah of Barakhan, with its three bright blue domes and the original Ozman’s Quran.
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Onto the Chorsu bazaar, Istiklol Palace, then passing Forum Palace before returning to the Uzbekistan Hotel. Where the tour ends.
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