Info Shymkent - Unique front of Hotel Uzbekistan
Arts & Culture Travel Uzbekistan

From Tashkent to Samarkand

Info Shymkent

Join Info Shymkent on a two-day trip from Tashkent to Samarkand and discover the old cities of the Silkroad.

Info Shymkent - Inside of Amyr Temur Mausoleum.
We went to Uzbekistan to see nice places of Tashkent and Samarkand. The first drive was from Shymkent to Tashkent. It’s around 130 km and took around 2 hours (without time at border control). So let’s have a look on our photo Gallery of “From Tashkent To Samarkand”.
Info Shymkent - Amyr Temur statue in Taschkent
In Tashkent one of the nice sights of this city is Amir Temur Park. And close to this park you can visit the Amir Temur Museum.
Info Shymkent - Panorama of Hotel Uzbekistan.
And when we wanted to go to the hotel, all internet apps and taxis recommended Uzbekistan Hotel in Tashkent. What about quality of this hotel – it’s just Ok. We would like to give to this hotel a 5 out of 10 as a customer. But as a soviet architectural building – it’s worth to see it.
Info Shymkent - View from Tashkents TV tower.
We liked Uzbekistan TV tower very much. And we recommend it to visit. Watching above Tashkent.
Info Shymkent - Taschkent Arbat
It was 2 days trip. We could enjoy the nice places of Tashkent and Samarkand. This one is one of the nice place of Tashkent, park Tashkent Arbat.
Info Shymkent - Skyline of Samarkand.
After Tashkent we went to Samarkand. The distance between Tashkent and Samarkand is around 310 kilometers and needs about 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Info Shymkent - Skyline of Samarkand.
When we came from Tashkent to Samarkand, we decided to visit some historical places such as: Amur Temur, Doniar ata, Imam Al Bukhari mausoleums.
Info Shymkent - Skyline of Samarkand.
We enjoyed this view from the Garden around the tomb of the former president of Uzbekistan – Islam Karimov. You can see in the center of the Skyline of Samarkand the old mosque of Bibi Khanym.
Info Shymkent - Khidr Mosque of Samarkand and home of the tomb of Uzbekistan´s former president Islam Karimov
Khidr Mosque of Samarkand and home of the tomb of Islam Karimov.
Info Shymkent - Panorama of Shah-i-Zinda at the main court in Samarkand.
Panorama of Shah-i-Zinda at the main court. This is a main sight of Samarkand.
Info Shymkent - Main road of Shah-i-Zinda with beautiful mausoleums.
Main path of Shah-i-Zinda. Enjoying the view of the historic buildings to the left and right of the walking path.
Info Shymkent - A mausoleum at Shah-i-Zinda with beautiful cyan and yellow oriental ornaments.
A mausoleum at Shah-i-Zinda with beautiful cyan and yellow oriental ornaments.
Nice view of the mausoleum of Amir Temur.
The front side of Amir Temur’s Mausoleum.
Info Shymkent - Amyr Temur's Mausoleum
Many tourists coming to Uzbekistan to see historic sights of country, for example, to visit Amir Temur’s Mausoleum.
To visit the Mausoleum of Imam Al Bukhari we took another drive because the Mausoleum is located in the suburbs of Samarkand.
Info Shymkent - White & Blue Mausoleum of Imam Al Bukhari near Samarkand
It was interesting to go to Imam Al Bukhari’s Mausoleum. Because here is not only a tomb, there is also a nice green garden and mosque next to the tomb.
Info Shymkent - Garden at the Imam Al Bukhari's Mausoleum near Samarkand
Nice view of the garden at the Imam Al Bukhari’s Mausoleum near Samarkand.
Outside of Samarkand. Hazrati David cave.
After the long trip we decided to go to a restaurant in Taschkent.
Enjoyed the meal like manti and plov.
Mmm…Delicious!
And we wathced on TV nice advertising video about Uzbekistan.
Here we drinked warm tea, talking about our trip to Tashkent and Samarkand.
We hope that you enjoyed the nice photos from our trip.