Tajikistan · Monuments

Hisar Fortress, One-day tour

5 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Dushanbe. Easy pace

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The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the historic Hisar Fortress and its museum
02 See the unique melon-shaped Teahouse Kharbuza
03 Learn about the history of the Hissar Valley
04 Explore the Museum of Mirzo Tursunzoda
05 Enjoy a half-day cultural trip from Dushanbe
06 Entrance fees included

Discover one of Tajikistan’s most celebrated historical landmarks on this half-day journey from Dushanbe to Hisar Fortress. Once linked to the routes of the Great Silk Road, this ancient site is now an open-air museum where visitors can explore the remains of a former stronghold and learn about its role as an important administrative, political and economic centre of the Hissar Valley.

Along the way, visit the distinctive Teahouse Kharbuza, built in the shape of a melon, and continue to the Museum of Mirzo Tursunzoda to gain insight into the life of one of Tajikistan’s most important poets and political figures. With hotel pickup and entrance fees included, this tour offers an easy introduction to the history and culture of the region.

Discover one of Tajikistan’s most celebrated historical landmarks on this half-day journey from Dushanbe to Hisar Fortress.

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What this trip includes

Duration 5 Hours

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access No

Languages English, Persian, Russian

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Pick up and welcoming travelers10:00 – visit to the watermelon "Teahouse". Teahouse Kharbuza — is unique in the world, it was built in the form of a melon (the Taj: - kharbuza). The teahouse, with a height of 43 meters, length 100 meters, width of 55 meters, is designed to receive 2.3 thousand visitors at a time.11:00 – visit Hisar Fortress and its museum. Hisar Fortress used to be a palace of one of Bukhara Emirate becks. The fortress with 1 m walls and loopholes for guns and cannons towered on a high hill's slope and was carefully guarded. Inside there was a pool and a garden. Across from the fortress there was a noisy market square with a caravanserai and a variety of shops. Hissar Fortress and the town had been settled from VI BC to mid of XIX. It was the main administrative, political and economical centre of Hissar valley.Lunchfortress square / horse riding16:00 – visit to Museum of Mirzo Tursunzoda. Mirzo Tursunzoda (Tajik: Мирзо Турсунзода, 2 May 1911 — 24 September 1977) was an important Tajikistani poet and a prominent political figure. Today Tursunzoda has been elevated to the level of a national hero of Tajikistan. Tursunzoda's face appears on the front of the one Somoni note.get back to the started pint

The route