Samarkand Region

Excursions to Uzbekistan do not ignore this building in Samarkand, as it is one of the first buildings in the city, erected under Tamerlane. Its architecture and exterior design are ascetic - you won't find bright colors and traditional mosaics here. The relics of a famous saint of Islam rest in the mausoleum, which spent its entire life in constant asceticism and pilgrimage. We are talking about Sheikh Burkhanaddin Sagaraji, who for some time even acted as a spiritual mentor to Tamerlane himself.

The Djartepa (Sarazm) border opens again in May 2018 between Tajikistan and Ouzbekistan. This link permit to travel from Samarkand directly to the Tajik old city of Pendjikent. This border is open to all nations and 24h. Penjikent-Samarqand

Around 1400, the Turkish-Mongol emperor Tamerlane brought back from Persia to Samarkand a supposed relic (an arm, or the whole body, according to the versions) of Daniel, who is called Doniyor in Uzbek. So we also find, near a pistachio tree and a reputed miraculous source, a tomb of Daniel in Samarkand: the mausoleum of Khodja Daniyar. It is contained in a long and low building topped with five domes, on the banks of the Sieb Aryk River, it contains an 18 m long sarcophagus, the longest in the world.

 Shah-i-Zinda is a medieval cemetery in Samarkand and a place of pilgrimage, a collection of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The set consists of eleven mausoleums, successively joined to each other during the 14th-15th centuries. In 2001, the entire Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum, along with other ancient buildings in Samarkand, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Mirankul mountains are 40 kilometers from Samarkand.

Place Registan, which has existed for more than 6 centuries. Some of the buildings that are in the square have been kept here in their original form from the time they were built. Special attention deserves a complex of three medersas - schools built in the Middle Ages, lined with mosaics in the traditional national style. The square itself was paved with baked bricks at the end of the 19th century.

The Ulugbek Madrasah is a muslim spiritual, educational and religious building of the XV century in Samarkand. The oldest madrasa is a part of architectural ensemble of The Registan Square.

The SherDor madrasa- Islamic educational, spiritual, educational and memorial religious building of the XVII century in Registan Square of Samarkand.