Samarkand Heritage and Bazaar Highlights
Embark on a sightseeing tour with your Samarkand guide.
Visit Registan Square (XV-XVII c), which consists of the grand madrasahs of Ulugbek, Sher Dor, and Tillya Kari.
Go to Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV c), built over the course of 5 years by Timur.
Explore Siab Bazaar, one of the oldest markets in Central Asia.
See a complex of more than 20 unique buildings at the Shahi-Zinda mausoleum (XIV-XV c.).
Move to Guri Amir mausoleum (XV c.), the Timurid dynastic burial vault.
Visit Ulugbek Observatory, the first observatory in the Orient, with a 30 m sextant built by Ulugbek to create an exact astronomical catalogue of stars.
Make your way to the Mausoleum of St. Daniel. It is believed to be the mausoleum of the prophet Daniel and is worshipped by Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
Continue to Museum Afrosiob, the museum of ancient Samarkand, which existed from the 8th century B.C. until the 13th century.
Pay obeisance at Khazraty Khyzr Mosque.
Stroll through Dalniy Lager bazaar, a local market with second-hand, animal, and antique sections.
