Osh
Osh is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country.
Osh is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country. It is often referred to as the "capital of the south". It is the oldest city in the country and has served as the administrative center of Osh Region since 1939. The city has an ethnically mixed population of 322,164 in 2021, comprising Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Koreans, and other smaller ethnic groups.
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Worth seeing in and around Osh
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sulaiman-Too
The Sulayman Mountain is the only World Heritage Site located entirely in the country of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the city of Osh and was once a major place of pre-Muslim pilgrimage.
1.4 km · mountain in Osh city, Kyrgyzstan · Wikipedia - 02Osh State Academic Uzbek Music and Drama Theater named after Babur
Osh State Academic Uzbek Music and Drama Theater named after Babur – Osh city theatre, the oldest professional theater in Kyrgyzstan, the second oldest theater in Central Asia.
1 km · theatre in Kyrgyzstan · Wikipedia - 03Osh State University
The Osh State University is a public university in Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan. The university was originally established by the Kirghiz SSR in 1939 as a teacher training institute and was upgraded to a comprehensive pedagogical institute in 1951.
500 m · public university in Osh, Kyrgyzstan · Wikipedia - 04National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman
The National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex Sulayman is a museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1949 as Osh Regional Museum.
1.4 km · historical and archeological museum in Osh, Kyrgyzstan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The city has several monuments, including one to the and one of the few remaining statues of Vladimir Lenin, and the largest mosque in the country.
- 01Sulayman Mountain
A mountain looming over the city full of ancient sites of worship, some still in use, dating back several millennia.
- 02Mechet' Ravvat Abdullakhana
- 03Mausoleum of Asaf ibn Burkhiy
- 04Sulaiman-Too Mosque
A mosque of notable statue with blue mosaic tiles that you can see before going up Mt Sulaiman.
- 05Russian Orthodox Church
Blue and white church with a stone gate in front stemming from the early 20th century that is supposedly the only Russian church left in Osh after the demise of Soviet Union and events that followed.
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Things to do
CBT Osh, Ergesh Alieva Street 190, oshtours@gmail.com. If you want to go trekking, CBT Osh is the closest thing you'll find to a tourism office. It is a private company, but they do offer free information (up to 10 minutes) if you go to their office (which is also a guesthouse). Their main activity is offering guided trekking tours throughout the country.
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Where to eat
Nirvana Restaurant. Short taxi ride outside of city center; European and local cuisine; good shashlyk, steak, chicken and beef burritos. Indoor and outdoor dining areas, with toys for children. Good service, clean. They brew their own beer, the vats are visible from the dining room in a large area next door. Kafe "Zhyz-Byz", 226 Kurmanjan-Datka St. (in the centre, road parallel to Lenin Avenue),.
- 01NAVAT
Chaikhana chain also found in Bishkek, wide choice of regional food and drinks.
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Getting to Osh
- Airports
- Osh (OSS), 9 km · Namangan (NMA), 116 km · Khujand (LBD), 265 km
- Stations
- Osh Airport, 8.8 km
- Bishkek → Osh292 km · quickest by air, 4h 39m · $160–240
- Tamchy → Osh388 km · quickest by air, 3h 46m · $120–180
- Namangan → Osh104 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · $10–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Osh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Osh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMarshrutka 107 heads to the city centre parallel to Prospektesi Lenina.
- Get inThe following airlines operate at the airport: Aeroflot - St Petersburg Turkish Airlines - Istanbul Pegasus - Istanbul, Bishkek (from €20) China Southern Airlines - Ürümqi Kyrgyzstan Airlines - Bishkek, Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg S7 Airlines - Moscow Uzbekistan Airways - Tashkent Avia Trafik - Bishkek (around 40€) SCAT Airlines - Bishkek (around 40€) Bishkek – Marshrutkas are 500-700 som per person.
- Get inThey are actually much more comfortable than a shared taxi, because they have sleeping bunks.
- Get inIt takes some time to get to the centre—in Osh marshrutkas start from KaraSu market (30 som from the center); in Bishkek from DorDoi market (12 som from the center).
- Get inThese vans take just 2-3 hr more than shared taxis and always run overnight, starting at 15:00-18:00.
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Next door to Osh
Osh is 47 km from Andijon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Madaniyatvillage in Shark rural community, Kara-Suu District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan8.4 km
- Alim-Töbösettlement in Kyrgyzstan9.5 km
- Dyykan-Kyshtaksuburb of the Kyrgyz city of Osh in Kara-Suu District2.8 km
- Kyzyl-Bayrakvillage in Kara-Suu District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan7.3 km
- Sharkvillage in Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan3.7 km
- Tashtakvillage in Kara-Suu District, Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan2 km