Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TOWARDS PENJIKENT
Around 40km east of Penjikent, then 9km
off the main Ayni road,
Mazor-i-Sharif
has a striking setting, ringed by red-green
eroded slopes. It is home to a much-revered
14th-century mausoleum (supposedly mark-
ing the older grave of Mohammad Bashoro),
most interesting for its ossuary, central pil-
lar and hermit-retreat box-room.
border road and customs post, due for com-
pletion by 2015, will encourage Uzbekistan
to re-open the frontier and allow a revival in
visitor numbers from Samarkand.
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¨Sights
Ancient¨Penjikent¨
ARCHAEOlOgICAl SITE
(www.orientarch.uni-halle.de/ca/pandzh.htm)
On a terrace above the banks of the Zeraf-
shan River, 1.5km southeast of today's Pen-
jikent, are the ruins of a major Sogdian
town, which was briefly (5th to 8th cen-
turies) one of the most cosmopolitan cit-
ies on the Silk Road. The palace here was
originally decorated with ornate hunting
scenes and pillars carved in the shape of
Penjikent
Пенжикент
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3475 / POP 50,000
Famous for its millenium-old archaeological
site and as a springboard for Haft-Kul, Pen-
jikent is crossing its fingers that a big new
Penjikent
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4WDs to
Shing &
Haft-Kul
Navabod
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Bazaar
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Minibus
Stand
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Somoni
Statue
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(2km)
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Stadium
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Loik
Sherali
Statue
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Lenin
Statue
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Uzbekistan
Border
(5km)
Ancient Penjikent
(by foot 350m);
Museum (800m)
Ancient Penjikent
(by road 3km)
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B
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D
Penjikent
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Sights
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Eating
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Devastich Statue..................................... A3
9
Café Safina ...............................................C2
2
OlimDodkhokh Complex ....................... D2
10
Dilkusho .................................................... B1
3
Rudaki Museum ...................................... A2
11
Mukhiddin.................................................D2
12
Obod..........................................................C2
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Sleeping
13
Sayokhat...................................................B3
4
Dodo Hotel ............................................... C2
5
Elina Guest House................................... A3
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Information
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Hotel Aziz ..................................................C1
14
Internet Tsentr.........................................A2
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Maqsud Guesthouse .............................. D2
Niyazov Niyozkul ............................. (see 5)
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Zurmich Homestay................................. D2
15
Zerafshan TourismBoard ......................B2
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ZTDA Information Centre ......................B2
