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Planning to visit Uzbekistan this year? Don’t forget to order my guidebook from @BradtGuides! 2025 edition, colour photos & maps, plus detailed history, culture, nature, & lots of tips.
Uzbekistan Brand Ambassador
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Uzbekistan Brand Ambassador
@UZAmbassador
Tourism, Ecology & Culture Consultant.
Ambassador for @ecogov_uz & UZ Airways.
Author of @bradtguides’ Uzbekistan.
Joined April 2019
- The mesmerising beauty of Samarkand, jewel of the Silk Road.
- Did you know that the 10th century Ismail Samani Mausoleum in Bukhara, Uzbekistan is the architectural model for the Mazar-e-Qaid in Karachi, Pakistan, the final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah?
- Happy birthday, Samarkand! 18 October is the official Day of Samarkand, the Pearl of the East. The @UNESCO World Heritage Sites are the highlight not only of a trip to Uzbekistan but of any journey along the Silk Road.
- Two of my favourite buildings, one inspired by the other, and built more than 1,000 years apart. The Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, and the Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi. They’re the final resting places of two important historical figures, Ismail Samani & Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- Believe it or not, this is a real animal. It’s a critically endangered saiga antelope, and there’s a population of 500 on Vozrozhdeniye Island in Karakalpakstan.
- The new Mercure Old Town Bukhara is now open & I’m so impressed with the design of the hotel, inside & out. 1/
- Did you know that there are now more than 2,350 family run guesthouses in Uzbekistan? These are my favourite places to stay because you get to experience warm hospitality and your money goes straight into the local economy.
- This is a very cool infographic: the tallest minarets in Uzbekistan, in height order. #ad
- The Buddhist monastery of Fayaz Tepe near Termez, excavated by Uzbek and Japanese archaeologists. The dome protects the fragile original stupa, which you can see inside.
00:00 - In the final week of #GCABO I joked about making a gingerbread Registan. Well, I found out that Sam Bowker, a genius art historian from Australia, actually made a gingerbread Shah i Zinda. It is everything I hoped it would be 🥰 Happy Christmas!
- This Sunday I’m dreaming of crossing Uzbekistan on the Afrosiyob, the high speed train which connects Tashkent with Samarkand, Bukhara, and Navoi, and will soon reach Khiva, too. It’s a cheap, comfortable, and environmentally friendly way to explore the heart of the Silk Road.
