Hakloot

Uzbekistan – The Silk Road

Tashkent

From March 5 through 14 I traveled through Uzbekistan with my wife and youngest son. We spent 9 days discovering the treasures of the ancient Silk Route and the remnants of the empire Tamerlane (Amir Timur) built in the 14th and early 15th century. Our first stop was Tashkent the capital of Uzbekistan. Overall we had a great holiday thanks the excellent organization by the tour company we used, Novotours. We ended up having great guides in each city we visited, our hotels were located in the center of the tourist sites and we enjoyed traveling the country in a comfortable car with a local driver.

There is not much “historic” left in Tashkent as the city was rebuilt after a devastating 7.5 earthquake in the early morning of April 26, 1966.


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