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Tashkent
Capital and largest city of Uzbekistan

Tashkent

Tashkent, also known as Toshkent, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Tashkent

  1. 01
    Tashkent International Airport
  2. 02
    Tashkent Railway Station
  3. 03
    South Station

    This has slow overnight trains from Khiva, Olot, Kungrad, Termez, Sarasya and Shabat, which all run via Samarkand.

  4. 04
    Tashkent Bus Terminal
See

Worth seeing

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.

  1. 01
    Kukeldash Madrasah

    This yellow-brick madrasah was built in 1570 by the vizier, scientist and poet Kulbobo Kukeldash - Kukeldash means "the Khan's foster brother'.

  2. 02
    Shayhantaur
  3. 03
    Abdulkasim Madrassa

    This madrassa was erected in 1850 in honour of the scholar Abdulkhasim Khan.

  4. 04
    Kukcha Mosque
  5. 05
    Holy Assumption Cathedral

    Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1871.

Do

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.

  1. 01
    Alisher Navoiy Park

    Large popular park with fairground and artificial lake.

  2. 02
    Do’stlik Recreation Park

    Bobur (corner with Shota Rustaveli).

  3. 03
    Aqua Park

    Water park 500 m south of TV tower with several pools, wave machine, water chutes and slides.

  4. 04
    Mirzo Ulugbek Recreation Park

    Hamidulla Oripov 21 (Metro Khamid Alimjan),.

  5. 05
    FC Bunyodkor

    They play in Super League at Milliy Stadium (capacity 34,000), 5 km southwest of city centre.

  6. 06
    FC Pakhtakor

    They too play in Super League, and often win it.

Eat

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.

  1. 01
    Ariston Park

    Gandhi (north end of Mirzo Ulug'bek Recreation Park),.

  2. 02
    Caravan

    Abdulla Khalkat 22,.

  3. 03
    Jumanji

    Big portions of high quality central Asian, Chinese and European food.

  4. 04
    Khangan

    Urikzor 153,.

  5. 05
    Bella Napoli

    Cosy chain pizzeria serving the usual Italian staples.

How locals move

Getting around Tashkent the local way

  • 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.

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

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