Shopping in Tashkent
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Oloy Bazaar
This heavily policed market lacks the character of Chorsu, but will serve you well if your hotel is in the Amir Timur maydoni area.
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Human House
Human House not only has a good selection of carpets, skull caps, suzani and other textiles from various Uzbek provinces, but also doubles as one of Tashkent's most fashionable boutiques, featuring modern clothing infused with Uzbek styles and designs. They also stage quarterly fashion shows to exhibit the work of their hand-picked designers. Human House's Unesco-supported latest project, dubbed Human Made, is a silk-making and weaving school/factory on the outskirts of town.
'We are going to build our own generation of weavers to help revive the craft of textiles in Tashkent', says commercial director Dina Malkova. The factory will offer tours similar to those given by…
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Abulkasim Medressa
The Abulkasim Medressa, close to the Oliy Majlis in Navoi Park, has been turned into an artisans' school and workshop where local painters, lacquer workers and potters ply and teach their craft. It's a great place to buy the fruits of their labour, plus souvenirs like rugs, suzani and ceramics brought in from the regions.
Up on the 2nd floor, Andijon native Madraimov Abdumalik Abduraimovich fashions fine traditional Uzbek musical instruments and can wax eloquent in English about the nuances of the dutar (two-stringed guitar), tanbur (long-necked string instruments) and rubab (six-stringed mandolin).
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Tezykovka
Tezykovka is the local name for this vast 'flea market'. Also known as Yangiobod Market, this sombre sea of junk - 'anything from nails to nukes' as one resident put it - is located in the Khamza district, and reached by bus 30 from the Mustaqillik metro. Keep a close watch on your purse or wallet in this or any bazaar.
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Turkuaz Hypermart
The biggest supermarket in downtown Tashkent is on the ground floor of Turkuaz Hypermart, at the west end of Navoi across the street from the mothballed Hotel Chorsu. This is also probably your best bet for Western brand-name clothing and travel accessories like money belts and rucksacks.
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TsUM
They don't have the atmosphere of the bazaars, but for the best prices and a surprisingly good selection of silk by the metre, try the big department stores (univermag) - TsUM in the centre and Turkuaz Hypermart.
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Ippodrom
In warm weather, a big goods bazaar sprawls by the Ippodrom. The biggest day by far is on Sunday. The Ippodrom is 2km southwest from Sobir Rahimov metro.
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Mir supermarket
Around Broadway, you can get Western-brand food and toiletries at the large and modern Mir supermarket .
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Mirobod Bazaar
A fiesta of fruit bathing in the teal-green glow of its giant, octagonal flying saucer of a roof.
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Knizhny Mir
Has Tashkent's best map selection along with a smattering of English-language classics.
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Rakhimov Ceramics Studio
Rakhimov Ceramics Studio is as much museum as a ceramics shop.
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