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Bukhara

Bukhara

Bukhara is the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 305,500 residents as of 2026.

Plan a trip to Bukhara From Samarkand

It is the capital of Bukhara Region. Since ancient times, Bukhara was one of the most prosperous cities in Transoxiana alongside neighbouring Samarkand owing to its location on Silk Road. Today its historic core is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Get in

Getting to Bukhara

  1. 01
    Bukhara International Airport

    This has several flights a day from Tashkent, and daily from Urgench, Moscow and Istanbul.

  2. 02
    Bukhara Railway Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Synagogue

    There's been a substantial Jewish community in Bukhara since the 8th century.

  2. 02
    Magok-i-Attari Mosque

    The oldest surviving mosque building in Central Asia, dating back to the 800s, reconstructed in the 1500s and now a carpet museum.

  3. 03
    Khoja Gaukushan

    A complex similar to Lyab-i Hauz built in 1570, with a mosque, medressah and hauz.

  4. 04
    Toqi Telpak Furushon

    This one was the bazaar of the cap-makers.

Do

Things to do

Hammam Borzi Kord, Mehtar Ambar 55 (within Toqi Telpak Furushon),. Daily 06:00-23:00. Traditional bath house, mornings only for local men then after 14:00 for tourists of mixed gender. Hammom Kunjak, Nurobobod (100 m west of Kalan Mosque),. Daily 09:00-21:00. The women's bathhouse. Most reckon it's an overpriced tourist trap.

Eat

Where to eat

Sometimes local people invite for dinner to their home (i.e. near Kalyan mosque). Consider this authentic experience and leave locals some money after. Bolo Khauz Teahouse, Afrosiab St (next to Bolo Khauz Mosque). Atmospheric restaurant but touristy prices. Doston House, Kokill Kalon 5 (100 m east of Lyab-i Hauz bus stop),. Daily 12:00-15:00, 18:00-21:00.

How locals move

Getting around Bukhara the local way

  • Get inShared taxis also arrive here, covering the route in half the time for twice the fare.
  • Get inShared taxis run from Qarshi (90 min), Shakhrisabz (4 hours), Termiz on the Afghan border (6 hours) and Denau (6 hours).
  • Get aroundThey're sometimes described as marshrutkas or dolmuşes but they have fixed stops and run to a fixed timetable, though its details are known only unto Allah.

From Wikivoyage: Bukhara, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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