Regions of Uzbekistan

All regions

• 115 places

  Main city: Tashkent

  Tashkent

  The capital and the usual first stop: an old town around Khast Imam and Chorsu, wide Soviet-era avenues, a metro worth riding for its stations, and the country's main museums.

• 43 places

  Main city: Nurafshon

  Tashkent Region

  The mountains and valleys around the capital: the Chimgan and Beldersay slopes, Charvak reservoir and the Ugam-Chatkal park, all within a couple of hours' drive of Tashkent.

• 17 places

  Main city: Andijan

  Andijan Region

  The eastern end of the Fergana Valley, home town of Babur and a busy farming region close to the Kyrgyz border.

• 101 places

  Main city: Bukhara

  Bukhara Region

  A walkable old city of domed bazaars, madrasas and a thousand-year-old mausoleum, with the emir's summer palace, Sufi shrines and desert-edge ruins within a short drive.

• 30 places

  Main city: Fergana

  Fergana Region

  The southern half of the Fergana Valley: the old khans' capital of Kokand, the silk town of Margilan, the potters of Rishtan and the regional centre, Fergana city.

• 17 places

  Main city: Jizzakh

  Jizzakh Region

  The corridor between Tashkent and Samarkand, with the Zaamin mountains and juniper forest in the south and Aydarkul lake and the Nuratau ridge in the north.

• 24 places

  Main city: Nukus

  Karakalpakstan

  An autonomous republic in the north-west, covering the Amu Darya delta, desert fortresses, the Savitsky art museum in Nukus and the former Aral Sea shore at Moynaq.

• 30 places

  Main city: Karshi

  Kashkadarya

  Amir Timur's home ground: Shahrisabz with the ruins of his White Palace, the old trading city of Karshi, and the Hisar mountains with juniper forests and quiet villages.

• 48 places

  Main city: Urgench

  Khorezm

  An old oasis on the lower Amu Darya, home to the walled inner town of Khiva and the regional capital Urgench, with desert fortresses a short drive away.

• 21 places

  Main city: Namangan

  Namangan Region

  The northern side of the Fergana Valley, with a garden city at its centre, the ruins of medieval Akhsikath and the knife-makers of Chust.

• 18 places

  Main city: Navoi

  Navoi Region

  A large, thinly settled region between Samarkand and Bukhara: a caravanserai ruin on the old road, the Karmana mausoleums, the spring town of Nurata and the Nuratau mountains above the Kyzylkum.

• 96 places

  Main city: Samarkand

  Samarkand Region

  The Zarafshan valley around Samarkand: Timurid domes and tilework in the city, the Bukhari memorial to the north, and the bazaar town of Urgut in the foothills to the south.

• 34 places

  Main city: Termez

  Surkhandarya

  Uzbekistan's far south, on the Amu Darya: Buddhist monasteries and Kushan cities around Termez, the shrines of Sufi scholars, and the mountain villages of Boysun.

• 7 places

  Main city: Gulistan

  Syrdarya Region

  A flat, irrigated farming region on the left bank of the Syr Darya, crossed on the way from Tashkent to Samarkand or the Fergana Valley.