UZ · Tashkent City · 41.31°N 69.28°E

tashkent

Ornate metro stations, a giant covered bazaar and plov cooked in huge cauldrons.

Best time
April–May and September–October are the best months to be outdoors. July–August is hot; winter is cold, better for museums and metro rides than park walks.
How long
2 days
Getting there
About 8 hours direct from KL on Uzbekistan Airways. The airport is about 20–30 minutes from the centre by taxi. Uzbekistan is 3 hours behind KL, and Malaysians can stay 30 days without a visa.
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UZ · Tashkent Citytashkent41.31°N 69.28°Egowherelah.com
Dear group chat,Ornate metro stations, a giant covered bazaar and plov cooked in huge cauldrons.— gowherelahTo: whoever’s drivingTashkentUZ, Tashkent City
KLtashkent
≈ 5,335 km from KL, as the crow flies
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Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each.

Uzbekistan's capital is a city of wide Soviet-era avenues and parks, with an older quarter of bazaars and mosques. Give it a day or two before the train to Samarkand, mainly for the metro, the markets and very big lunches.

Makan

  1. Tashkent plovRice cooked with carrots, chickpeas and meat in huge cauldrons, often topped with a quail egg and slices of kazy, horse-meat sausage.Map ↗
  2. LagmanHand-pulled noodles in a meat and vegetable sauce, or in broth.Map ↗
  3. SamsaFlaky pastries filled with lamb and onion, straight from the tandoor.Map ↗

Things to do

  1. Chorsu BazaarA giant blue dome over the meat and dairy halls, with bread, spices and dried fruit in the lanes around it.Map ↗
  2. Tashkent MetroChandeliers, carved plaster and mosaics underground. Kosmonavtlar and Alisher Navoi are two of the best stations.Map ↗
  3. Khast ImamThe old religious quarter, where a small library holds the Uthman Quran, one of the oldest in the world.Map ↗
  4. Museum of Applied ArtsSuzani embroidery, ceramics and carved wood in a tsarist-era diplomat's house decorated by Uzbek craftsmen.Map ↗

Good to know

  • Meat in Uzbek restaurants is halal as a rule; pork turns up mainly in Russian and Korean places, and alcohol is widely sold.
  • The big plov centres cook from the morning and often run out by mid-afternoon, so go for lunch.
  • Photos in the metro are allowed now, but the stations are easier to enjoy outside rush hour.

Last checked October 2026. Things change, so check opening times, fees and transport before you go.