Backpacking Uzbekistan: 10 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Uzbekistan, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Samarkand
Samarqand
Registan's blue-tiled madrasas.
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Bukhara
Bukhara
Living Silk Road old town.
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Khiva
Xorazm
Walled desert museum city.
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Tashkent
Tashkent
Metro-mosaic capital.
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Nurata
Navoiy
Yurt stays by the desert.
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Aral Sea
Karakalpakstan
Ship graveyard of a lost sea.
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Fergana Valley
Fergana
Silk, ceramics, orchards.
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Chimgan
Tashkent
Mountains near the capital.
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Shakhrisabz
Qashqadaryo
Timur's hometown ruins.
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Aydarkul Lake
Jizzakh
Desert lake and steppe.
Backpacking routes through Uzbekistan
Real trips through Uzbekistan, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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