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Osh
City in southern Kyrgyzstan

Osh

Osh is the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in the south of the country.

Plan a trip to Osh→From Bishkek

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.

Get in

Getting to Osh

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    Osh International Airport
See

Worth seeing

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.

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    Sulayman Mountain

    A mountain looming over the city full of ancient sites of worship, some still in use, dating back several millennia.

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    Mechet' Ravvat Abdullakhana
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    Mausoleum of Asaf ibn Burkhiy
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    Sulaiman-Too Mosque

    A mosque of notable statue with blue mosaic tiles that you can see before going up Mt Sulaiman.

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    Russian 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.

Do

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.

Eat

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),.

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    NAVAT

    Chaikhana chain also found in Bishkek, wide choice of regional food and drinks.

How locals move

Getting around Osh the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inSary-Tash – Reportedly, marshrutkas go between Osh and Sary-Tash, 300 som (August 2019).
  • Get inBishkek – Prices of shared taxis from Bishkek vary quite a lot.
  • Get inThe price of a shared taxi Bishkek-Osh was 1,000-1,500 som per person as of May 2012.

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

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