These are some of our favorite things to do in Uzbekistan. Discuss incorporating some of these ideas into your own travel itinerary.

In Tashkent, explore the remnants of the old city: narrow streets and alleys lined with mudbrick houses and neighborhood mosques…visit the Chorsu Bazaar, a huge open market…take in the artifacts of pre-Russian Turkistan at the Museum of Fine Arts…outside of Tashkent, go on rafting or kayaking expeditions or go trekking in the Angren River Valley or south of the Ferghana Valley…in Samarkand, see the ruins of the huge Bibi-Khanym Mosque, the Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, and the Gur-Emir Mausoleum…see Timur's hometown of Shakhrisabz, filled with the ruins of his summer palace and former seat of government…in Bukhara, admire the former madrasses and fortresses, visit the Djuma Mosque for superb views of the old city center, and see the three-domed bazaar…travel to Khiva for the Kunya Ark palace, the old citadel dating from the 12th century, and the Kalta Minar, an impressive minaret…in Ferghana, shop for silk at the bazaar at Marghlan.