Tashkent City Tour — Old City, Chorsu, Metro & Modern Capital

Explore the historic religious center of Tashkent. Visit the 16th-century Barak-Khan Madrasa, the Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, and the Muyi Mubarak Library-Museum which guards the priceless 7th-century Uthman (Osman) Quran manuscript, one of the oldest in existence.

Immerse yourself in Central Asia’s most iconic market. Walk beneath the monumental 1980s Soviet-modernist cupola to sample fresh mountain walnuts, dried apricots, curd cheese kurut, and piping-hot samsas straight from clay tandoor ovens.

Observe the mesmerizing culinary spectacle of master oshpaz chefs crafting enormous vats of traditional plov. Watch wood fires crackle beneath colossal kazans brimming with rice, yellow carrots, lamb, quail eggs, and horsemeat kazy. (Lunch optional / arranged by booking preference).

Descend into the Tashkent Metro, opened in 1977 as Central Asia’s first subway. Ride between standout artistic stations such as Alisher Navoi (with blue ribbed cupolas), Kosmonavtlar (tribute to Soviet space exploration), and Mustaqillik Maydoni (pure white marble colonnades).

Stroll through the capital’s most expansive civic plaza, framed by manicured rose gardens, cascading water fountains, modern administrative buildings, and the monument to the Motherland.

Admire the exterior of Tashkent’s premier cultural institution, designed by Soviet academician Alexey Shchusev. The theater features six distinct foyers decorated with traditional stucco ganch carvings executed by master craftsmen from Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva.

Visit the radial epicenter of modern Tashkent centered on the commanding equestrian statue of Amir Timur. Conclude with a brief stop at the Courage Monument, erected to honor the resilience of citizens and the international reconstruction effort following the catastrophic 1966 earthquake.