Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Half day trip to Hissar

Country forums / Central Asia / Tajikistan

We have only a half day (early afternoon till late evening) to visit Hissar from Dushanbe City.
How can we get there from Dushanbe city (by local shared transport)? Is there bus service? When is the last bus back to Dushanbe?

Is an half day enough to visit Hissar and neighborhood? Any suggestions? Thanks

You can take trolley bus 11 to Zarnisor or several marshutka (minibuses) go there including no.22
From Zarnisor go the marshutka to Hissar (XИCOP written on the front) they take about 20-30mins and cost 2TJS each way they run until evening and they depart when they are full.

Afternoon is enough time to visit the fortress (where there is usually a wedding photoshoot in progress) and accross the road the madrassa has been converted into a very sweet little museum. Small town centre and bazaar.

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