Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Samarkand
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Sights
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Eating
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Ak-Saray Mausoleum............................. D5
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Alt Stadt Laghman Centre .....................B4
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Bibi-KhanymMausoleum ...................... G2
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Art Cafe Norgis ........................................ F2
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Bibi-KhanymMosque.............................. F2
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Besh Chinor..............................................C2
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Gumbaz Synagogue ............................... G2
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Cafe Labig'or ............................................ E3
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Gur-E-Amir Mausoleum & Around ....... D5
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Cafe Magistr.............................................C4
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Hazrat-Hizr Mosque ................................G1
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Kyzyl Chaixona ........................................ G1
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Hoja-Nisbatdor Mosque..........................E5
No Name Café.................................(see 41)
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HovrenkoWine Factory ..........................A3
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Old City .....................................................B5
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Imon Mosque............................................ F4
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Platan ........................................................ B2
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Koroboy Oksokol Mosque ..................... G2
45
Supermarket Aziz....................................B3
11
Makhdumi KhorezmMosque................. F3
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Mausoleum of Imam-al-Matrudiy......... G3
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Drinking & Nightlife
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Mubarak Mosque .................................... G2
46
Blues Cafe ................................................A4
14
Regional Studies Museum......................B3
15
Registan: Sher Dor Medressa ................ F3
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Shopping
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Registan: Tilla-Kari Medressa ................E3
Samarkand Ceramics Workshop .(see 16)
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Registan: Ulugbek Medressa .................E3
Samarkand-Bukhara Silk Carpets
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Rukhobod Mausoleum ........................... D4
Showroom....................................(see 15)
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Shah-i-Zinda.............................................H1
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Siob Bazaar ............................................... F1
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Sleeping
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Information
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Antica ....................................................... D4
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Abask Travel ............................................ F2
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B&B Davr ..................................................E5
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Asaka Bank...............................................D2
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B&B Najiba .............................................. G3
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Foreign Language Institute ....................C4
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Bahodir B&B............................................. F3
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Internet Tim .............................................A4
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Dilshoda ................................................... D4
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Main Post & Telegraph Office ................C3
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Diyor Hotel ................................................ F3
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National Bank of Uzbekistan .................C3
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Emir B&B ................................................. D4
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OVIR.......................................................... A2
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Furkat ....................................................... G3
Paynet Internet...............................(see 41)
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Hotel Abdurahmon ................................. G3
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Post Office................................................ F2
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Hotel Arba.................................................B5
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Sogda Tour............................................... E3
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Hotel Ark Samarkand.............................. F3
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Tourist Information Centre .................... F2
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Hotel Légende ......................................... G2
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Jahongir B&B ........................................... F4
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Transport
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Malika Prime............................................ D4
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Bulvar Marshrutka Stop I .......................C4
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Registan Plaza Hotel .............................. C4
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Bulvar Marshrutka Stop II ......................C4
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Registon Hotel ..........................................B3
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Registon Ko'chasi Marshrutka
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Timur the Great....................................... G3
Stop ....................................................... E4
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Shahizinda Bus Station .......................... H1
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Shakhrisabz Taxi Stand.......................... E3
of the 20th century, check out the excellent
photo exhibit inside the Tilla-Kari Medressa.
Ulugbek¨Medressa
, on the west side,
is the original medressa, finished in 1420
under Ulugbek (who is said to have taught
mathematics here; other subjects taught
here included theology, astronomy and phi-
losophy). Beneath the little corner domes
were lecture halls, and at the rear a large
mosque with a beautiful interior and an aus-
tere teaching room to one side.
The other buildings are rough imita-
tions by the Shaybanid Emir Yalangtush.
The entrance portal of the
Sher¨Dor¨(Lion)¨¨
Medressa
, opposite Ulugbek's and finished
in 1636, is decorated with roaring felines
that look like tigers but are meant to be li-
ons, flouting Islamic prohibitions against
the depiction of live animals. It took 17 years
to build but hasn't held up as well as the
Ulugbek Medressa, built in just three years.
In between them is the
Tilla-Kari¨(Gold-
Covered)¨Medressa
, completed in 1660,
with a pleasant, gardenlike courtyard. The
highlight here is the mosque, which is on
the left-hand side of the courtyard and is
intricately decorated with gold to symbol-
ise Samarkand's wealth at the time it was
built. The mosque's delicate ceiling, ooz-
ing gold leaf, is flat but its tapered design
makes it look domed from the inside. Inside
the mosque is a magnificent picture gallery
featuring blown-up black-and-white photos
of old Samarkand.
