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Samarkand

Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets. It's one of the twin pillars of the Samarkand through Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, and a must-see destination. Wikivoyage

Population 546,303 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Uzbekistan

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Uzbekistan

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 25 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Samarkand 4.4 km

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