Given how huge Tashkent is, it does not feel right to jam all the restaurants I visited or got delivery from there into one mega-article. It is best to go over them in two parts, with this first one being dedicated to venues specializing on Mediterranean or Caucasian cuisines. Read on to find out where […]
I was not very fond of the museum scene in Tashkent until one lucky day, the day that I visited the recently opened (in 2023 that is) Museum of Victory near the northern outskirts of the city. From its presentation to the way its exhibitions are placed, and all the way from its innovative use
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Tashkent is home to a plethora of different museums, though most of them are dedicated to more cultural exhibitions. There are a handful of unique ones that are dedicated to the likes of automotive industry and astronomy. This is not to say that the cultural ones are boring, on the contrary, for people like me
As is tradition in any and all fledgling countries, Uzbekistan intends to create and reinforce its newly gained and reinforced identity through sponsoring many national museums. Some of them focus on history, while some others are of a more artistic nature. Read on to find out more about the cultural museums found in the capital
Tashkent is an interesting city, one that changes ever so rapidly these days. Construction is the name of the game here, that and a lot of armed police officers and some other security details running around town to make sure all is running as it should, I guess. It is a tad too much for
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Due to the earthquake of 1966 that truly devastated the city, Tashkent today bears the mark of Soviet architecture ever so visibly, as it was rebuilt post haste by orders from Moscow following the disaster. Though some mosaics and buildings, as well as a few statues did not fare well, either due to passing of
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Tashkent is a city with thousands of years of history behind it. Though its more recent decades are of utmost interest to me, especially its relatively recent Soviet past, one cannot ignore what had happened before that. If it was not for the 1966 earthquake that devastated the city, I am pretty sure this article
To my surprise, Samarkand seemed to be the more touristic of the two when compared to a gem like Bukhara. This automatically translates to it having more visitors, which almost inevitably means having more of a variety when it comes to its dining scene. This is then reinforced by the fact that simply put, this
Despite being told that Samarkand is the true jewel of Uzbekistan, and that I will certainly love it the most, my experience there was soured for two reasons. Firstly, in my mind, it did not really match up to the almost mythical atmosphere one can find in Bukhara, and secondly, it was simply too cold
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For all intents and purposes, one can consider Bukhara to be an oasis in the middle of a desert. Though this is less true today, it used to be the case back when caravans trotted their way along the mighty Silk Road. After an 18-day trip that involved me seeing Turkistan, Shymkent, Tashkent, Samarkand, and