On the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List
Uzbekistan, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List; It stands out with its cultural tourism towards the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Shahrisabz. Every year, many tourists visit Uzbekistan to see historical and cultural assets from the Middle Ages.
Rome of the East: Samarkand
Samarkand, the second largest city of Uzbekistan, welcomes its visitors with its blue-domed mosques and madrassas built in the Middle Ages, caravanserais decorated with tiles and minarets reaching to the sky. The city, where ancient traces of Turkish history can be found and was once known as a center of science, hosts more than a thousand cultural structures reflecting its deep-rooted history of approximately 30 centuries. The symbol of Samarkand is known as the historical Registan Square. Uluğbey Madrasah, Şirdar Madrasah and Tillakari Madrasah, Bibi Hatun Mosque, Ahrar Mosque, Hz. Hızır Mosque, Emir and Timur Tomb are among the important buildings of Registan Square, where the best examples of tile art are exhibited.
Silk road city on the UNESCO List: Bukhara
Bukhara hosts many madrassas, mosques, tombs and caravanserais that are examples of Turkish-Islamic architecture; It fascinates its visitors with nearly 700 historical and cultural heritage works. The city, which has a history of 2,500 years and has hosted deep-rooted states, draws attention with the sky-coloured tiled structures inherited by these states. Ark Castle, Chor-Minor Madrasa, Ismail Samani Tomb and Ulugbek Madrasa; It is one of the top places to visit in Bukhara, which is an important center for Islam with its scholars, mosques and madrassas.
3 thousand years of history: Khiva
The 3,000-year-old Khiva, the heart of the Khwarezm region in the west of Uzbekistan, takes its visitors on a journey through history with thousands of historical artifacts. The city, which resembles an open-air museum with its works in dozens of shades of blue, turquoise and green, hosts tourists from many parts of the world.