Where caravans once rested, the old ways still hold

Uzbekistan, Between Domes and Looms

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The Silk Road passed through Uzbekistan for a reason. This was a place that knew how to make things, and to make them last. Silk stitched into suzani. Clay fired into blue that still catches the light.

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In Gijduvan, ceramic families still work by hand, glazing in deep cobalt. In Samarkand, plov is a meal you sit with, served on a dastarkhan, shared slowly, with tea and conversation.

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Bukhara’s old city keeps going around you, blacksmiths near the Ark, weavers in covered bazaars where daylight falls through wooden lattices. Then come the monuments: Registan’s geometry, Shahi Zinda’s turquoise.

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Come in autumn when markets are full and the domes glow warm. Or in spring when the mountains above Tashkent still hold snow.

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Uzbekistan rewards a human pace. Craft that still matters. Meals that take their time.

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SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES

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Six Generations of Ceramic Craft in Gijduvan

Meet a family that has shaped clay here for generations. Watch the glazing and firing process, and learn why Gijduvan’s blues became famous far beyond Central Asia.

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Plov in a Samarkand Home

Share a home-cooked meal with a local family, served the traditional way on a dastarkhan. It’s less about “trying a dish” and more about being welcomed in.

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The Silk Paper Makers of Samarkand

Visit artisans keeping an old craft alive, making paper from mulberry bark. You see the full process, from pulp to pressed sheets.

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Tashkent’s Underground Palaces

Ride the metro and stop station by station. Each one has its own mood, mosaics, chandeliers, marble columns, Soviet-era design at its most theatrical.

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Evening at Lyabi Hauz

Bukhara’s heart, a 17th-century pond framed by madrasahs and mulberry trees. Sit with tea as the evening settles and the square softens.

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Shahi Zinda’s Avenue of Tombs

Walk through a corridor of mausoleums where the tilework changes with every few steps. Pilgrims still come, and the place still feels alive.

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