For nature lovers, Uzbekistan is a great place to spend your holidays, because the beauty of the area is fascinating at first sight: an incredible combination of mountain and plain landscapes, fast flowing and clear rivers, the largest of which are the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, the exotic fauna and the rich flora.
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Interesting facts about Uzbekistan
Located in the heart of the Central Asia, the Republic of Uzbekistan is famous for its numerous architectural monuments, incredible natural landscapes, magnificent palaces, and ruins of fortresses of past civilizations, outstanding cultural events, gastronomic delights and famous craft workshops. From the first visit, our country evokes extraordinary feelings that prompt us to come here repeatedly.
The Republic of Uzbekistan includes 12 regions and the autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan.
Each corner of Uzbekistan attracts with its features. In Tashkent, you can take a walk in the most beautiful metro in the world or see the most ancient manuscript – the Koran of Usman. In the historical cities included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List – Samarkand, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz and Khiva, you can visit the most ancient architectural monuments that have preserved echoes of past eras. In the southernmost part of the country – Surkhandarya, you can travel through mountain gorges or see the ruins of the ancient cities near Termez.
Depending on the time of year, you can go skiing in the foothills of the Tien Shan or climb the highest point of Big Chimgan.
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Leisure
Uzbekistan presents a huge number of the recreation areas, camps, tourist bases located in the picturesque foothills with healing air, near large lakes and rivers.
Accommodation
You will be surprised by the variety of accommodation types in Uzbekistan – hotels, national guesthouses, boutique hotels, hostels, yurt camps. Here you will find the most convenient accommodation option for you at an affordable price.
Interesting places
Many interesting routes in this country will astonish you. We will try to show you the most popular of them.
Uzbek cuisine
Uzbek cuisine, probably, is one of the main reasons to visit this amazing country. For many thousands of years, it was absorbing the most diverse recipes of the dishes of the people lived on this territory.
Only in Uzbekistan, you can fully enjoy traditionally prepared dishes that are known all over the world.
We invite you to taste the flavorful pilaf, included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List, hot flatbread and tandoor samsa, oriental pasta – lagman, shashlik – barbeque, manti, different soups – mampar, shurpa and many other. Once tasted, you will definitely want to taste them again.
History of Uzbekistan
The rich history of Uzbekistan goes back thousands of years. According to the archaeologists, this is one of the oldest places of human life. It is known that the territory was inhabited long before our era, even in the early Paleolithic, as shown by the finds, which are represented by the dwellings found in the Baysun-Tau Mountains and the instruments – in Samarkand.
Neanderthals lived here in the late Paleolithic. Their burial found in the Teshik-Tash grotto belongs to the Mousterian culture. Over the thousands of years, the great empires were formed and disintegrated on the territory of our country, which left an undeniable mark in the history and culture of Uzbekistan.
Outstanding people of Uzbekistan
As you know, people make history. People who truly love their country and culture. For many centuries, great heroes, commanders, scientists, philosophers and poets lived here, creating the history of our region and glorifying it for the whole world.
Folk art
The bright and original culture of Uzbekistan is a real fairy-tale box for the sophisticated traveler and explorer.
The entire dynasties of hereditary masters carefully live in Uzbekistan, preserving the traditions of their fathers and grandfathers. Unique talent and skill, preserved for centuries, give the result of those masterpieces of folk architecture that do not allow you to forget about your roots, culture and unique nation.
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