Plan a trip to Uzbekistan

Places to see in Uzbekistan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  ShahrisabzUNESCO

  City · Qashqadaryo Region

  Shahrisabz is a district-level city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) selected Shakhrisabz as its tourism capital for 2024.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  RegistanUNESCO

  Registon maydoni

  Memorial · Samarqand Region

  Registan, officially the Registan Square is a historic public square in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It served as the heart of the Timurid Empire and later as the city's commercial, educational, and ceremonial center.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC0). Map

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  Itchan KalaUNESCO

  Ichan-Qala

  Town · Xorazm Region

  Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva, Uzbekistan. Since 1990, it has been protected as a World Heritage Site.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Doron (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Tashkent TowerUNESCO

  Ташкентская телебашня

  Viewpoint · Tashkent

  The Tashkent Television Tower is a 375-metre-high (1,230 ft) tower, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is the twelfth tallest tower in the world. Construction started in 1978. The tower began operating six years later, on 15 January 1985.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ShNajimova (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Chatkalskiy State Nature ReserveUNESCO

  Chotqol davlat biosfera qo'riqxonasi

  Park & nature · Tashkent Region

  Chatkal State Nature Reserve is a reserve in the Tashkent Province of Uzbekistan comprising about 570 square kilometres of mountain steppes, mountain forests, alpine meadows, river valleys and floodplain forests.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Carpodacus (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Gur-e-AmirUNESCO

  Go'ri Amir

  Memorial · Samarqand Region

  The Gur-e-Amir, also transcribed Gūr-i Amīr or Guri Amir is a mausoleum of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Arina Pan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Shah-i-ZindaUNESCO

  Shohizinda

  Memorial · Samarqand Region

  Shah-i-Zinda is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vaurien (CC BY-SA 3.0 de). Map

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  AfrasiyabUNESCO

  Afrosiyob

  Ruins · Samarqand Region

  Afrasiyab is an ancient site in northern Samarkand, present-day Uzbekistan, that was occupied from c. 500 BC to 1220 AD prior to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. The oldest layers date from the middle of the first millennium BC.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Afrasiab - details from The Ambassadors' Painting.JPG (Public domain). Map

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  Chorsu BazaarUNESCO

  Chorsu bozor

  Market · Tashkent

  Chorsu Bazaar, also called Charsu Bazaar, is the traditional bazaar located in the center of the old town of Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Under its blue-colored domed building and the adjacent areas, all daily necessities are sold.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Theklan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Saigachiy Complex (landscape) reserveUNESCO

  "Sayǵaqlı" mámleketlik buyırtpa qorıqxanası

  Park & nature · Karakalpakstan

  Photo: Xurmet Jalimbetov (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Tashkent

  Toshkent shahri

  City · Tashkent

  Tashkent, also spelled Toshkent, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3.1 million people as of July 1, 2025. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ssr (Public domain). Map

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  Samarkand

  Samarqand shahri

  City · Samarqand Region

  Samarkand is a major city in south-eastern Uzbekistan. Among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia, it had a population of 882,000 inhabitants as of 2026, making it the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Adam Harangozó (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map