Tashkent
Tashkent, also known as Toshkent, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.
Tashkent, also known as Toshkent, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3.1 million people as of July 1, 2025. It is located in northeastern Uzbekistan. Tashkent's history stretches back centuries as part of the ancient Silk Road, the network of trade routes that connected the Eastern world and the Western world. The city has long been a crossroads of cultures, goods and ideas.
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Worth seeing in and around Tashkent
10 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.
- 01National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek, commonly referred to as National University of Uzbekistan, is a public research university in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Established in 1918 as Turkestan People's University, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Uzbekistan.
7.7 km · private university in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 02Bunyodkor Stadium
The Milliy Stadium, formerly known as the Bunyodkor Stadium, is a football stadium in the city of Tashkent — the capital of Uzbekistan. Located in Chilanzar District of Tashkent, on Bunyodkor Avenue.
6.6 km · stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 03Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium
The Pakhtakor Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is one of the main stadiums in Uzbekistan, located in the center of Tashkent, in Shaykhantahur District.
1.7 km · Football stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 04Amir Timur Museum
The Amir Timur Museum is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It opened in 1996, and is dedicated to the Turco-Mongol warlord Amir Timur.
300 m · museum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 05Chorsu Bazaar
Chorsu Bazaar, also called Charsu Bazaar, is the traditional bazaar located in the center of the old town of Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Under its blue-colored domed building and the adjacent areas, all daily necessities are sold.
4.1 km · bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 06Navoi Theater
The Navoi Theater, officially the Alisher Navoi State Academic Grand Theatre, is a national opera theater in central Tashkent, built as one of the first modern theaters in the region.
700 m · opera house in Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 07Senate of Uzbekistan
The Senate is the upper house of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
1.3 km · upper house of the Supreme Assembly or National Assembly of Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 08State Art Museum of Uzbekistan
The Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan is the largest national art museum in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan. Its permanent collection contains more than several thousands works, divided among four curatorial departments.
900 m · art museum, Uzbek art, Western art, Russian art in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan · Wikipedia - 09State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
The State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, previously known as the National Museum of Turkestan, was founded in 1876. It is located in Tashkent.
900 m · museum in Tashkent · Wikipedia - 10Mustaqillik Maydoni
Independence Square. is a central square of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
1.2 km · square in Tashkent · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Ten modernist buildings in and near Tashkent were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2026: Zhemchug Residential Building, State Museum of History, Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts, Kosmonavtlar Metro Station, Big Solar Furnace (Sun Heliocomplex) a bit east of the city, Peoples' Friendship Palace, State Museum of Arts, State Circus, Chorsu Bazaar, and the Alisher Navoi Cinema Palace.
- 01Kukeldash Madrasah
This yellow-brick madrasah was built in 1570 by the vizier, scientist and poet Kulbobo Kukeldash - Kukeldash means "the Khan's foster brother'.
- 02Shayhantaur
- 03Abdulkasim Madrassa
This madrassa was erected in 1850 in honour of the scholar Abdulkhasim Khan.
- 04Kukcha Mosque
- 05Holy Assumption Cathedral
Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1871.
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Things to do
National Library of Uzbekistan is a pseudo-classical building at Navoi 1 in the government quarter (Metro Mustakillik maydoni). It has a comprehensive stock, but you have to register (in Uzbek) to get in.
- 01Alisher Navoiy Park
Large popular park with fairground and artificial lake.
- 02Do’stlik Recreation Park
Bobur (corner with Shota Rustaveli).
- 03Aqua Park
Water park 500 m south of TV tower with several pools, wave machine, water chutes and slides.
- 04Mirzo Ulugbek Recreation Park
Hamidulla Oripov 21 (Metro Khamid Alimjan),.
- 05FC Bunyodkor
They play in Super League at Milliy Stadium (capacity 34,000), 5 km southwest of city centre.
- 06FC Pakhtakor
They too play in Super League, and often win it.
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Where to eat
Bravissimo (Junction of Shahrisabz & Movarounnakhr),. Daily 10:30-22:30. Coffee shop with cakes and local food. Cafe Bukhara, Abdulla Kadiry 18 (Metro: Abdulla Kadiry),. Daily 10:30-22:30. Relaxed cafe near the concert hall and government quarter. Besh Qozon, Guards Colonel Khodjaev 1 (100 m north of TV tower),. Daily 09:00-23:00. Busy, somewhat chaotic place but it serves great plov.
- 01Ariston Park
Gandhi (north end of Mirzo Ulug'bek Recreation Park),.
- 02Caravan
Abdulla Khalkat 22,.
- 03Jumanji
Big portions of high quality central Asian, Chinese and European food.
- 04Khangan
Urikzor 153,.
- 05Bella Napoli
Cosy chain pizzeria serving the usual Italian staples.
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Getting to Tashkent
- Airports
- Tashkent (TAS), 6 km · Shymkent (CIT), 118 km · Khujand (LBD), 127 km
- Stations
- Tashkent International Airport, 5.9 km · Kosmonavtlar, 1.4 km · Beruniy, 7.2 km · Oybek, 1.5 km
- Namangan → Tashkent208 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · $23–32
- Samarkand → Tashkent261 km · quickest by air, 3h 35m · $120–180
- Bukhara → Tashkent437 km · quickest by air, 3h 49m · $130–200
- 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 Tashkent
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 Tashkent. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSince covid, no trains cross the Kazakh-Chinese border; you have to trek away north via Petropavl or Novosibirsk to join the Trans-Siberian railway.
- Get inShared taxis supplement the buses for inter-city journeys.
- Get aroundMarshrutkas also ply around the city but are more expensive, around 3000 som is standard.
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Next door to Tashkent
Tashkent is 7 km from Yunusobod, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chilanzardistrict of Tashkent, Uzbekistan6.1 km
- Sergeli Districtdistrict of Tashkent, Uzbekistan7.1 km
- Mirzo Ulugbek districtdistrict of Tashkent, Uzbekistan6 km
- Yunusabad Districtdistrict of Tashkent, Uzbekistan4.8 km
- Olmazardistrict of Tashkent in Uzbekistan7.3 km
- Miroboddistrict of Tashkent, Uzbekistan4.1 km