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Samarkand
No name is as evocative of the Silk Road as Samarkand (Samarqand). For most people it has the mythical resonance of Zanzibar or Timbuktu, fixed in the Western popular imagination by imaginative poets and playwrights, few of whom saw the city in the flesh.
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Top places to visit in Samarkand
Discover the best attractions in Samarkand from must-see sights to unexpected hidden gems.
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Attraction in SamarkandShah-i-Zinda -
Attraction in SamarkandTilla-Kari Medressa -
Attraction in SamarkandGur-e-Amir Mausoleum -
Attraction in SamarkandUlugbek Medressa -
Attraction in SamarkandSher Dor Medressa -
Attraction in SamarkandBibi-Khanym Mosque - Attraction in SamarkandHazrat-Hizr Mosque
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