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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Accepts electronic paymentThis tour allows payment by electronic means or credit card
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Born and raised in Tashkent I am passionate about providing the best travel experience to everyone coming to this majestic city ❤️
Welcome to Tashkent. This eclectic city hosts
Russian-speaking cabbies on broad Soviet-built avenues, old
men wearing long traditional chapans (quilted coats) resting
outside of mud-walled houses, and throngs gathering
together before steaming cauldrons for their daily repast of
plov (a popular ethnic rice pilaf dish). With a visit to the
madrasah of Kukeldash we start our explorations of the
historic monuments of the Uzbek capital. This restored Koran
School was built in the 16th century by the grandson of
Timur, an enlightened despot who loved poetry, and today it
is a high school where Islam is taught. Within walking
distance is the Mausoleum of Kaffal Shashi, that together
with the 16th century Barak Khan Madrasah and the Tilya
Shekh Friday mosque (the largest in the city) is part of the
Khast-Imam complex. Today it is the residence of the Mufti,
a high Islamic scholar. Via one of the few authentic Uzbek
districts we finally go to the Chorsu Bazaar. We begin and end our tour by taking a ride in a jewel of Tashkent architecture, local Metro.
Entrance fees to the museum of Quran is 50.000 so'ms. Metro fare is 2.000 so'ms per person.
I will be standing beneath the "Cosmos" monument waving to you
A monument to glorious Space Program that spanned centuries, if not millenia
This is where all the action will be taking place
An opulent Oriental bazaar with its highs and lows
One of the eldest madrasas of Tashkent
Back at it
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).