Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 49 m
Descend 53 m

Explore Bukhara in Uzbekistan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BukharaIndividual Sights in Bukhara

Sight 1: Abdurauf Fitrat

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Abdurauf Fitrat

Abdurauf Fitrat was an Uzbek author, journalist, politician and public intellectual in Central Asia under Russian and Soviet rule.

Wikipedia: Abdurauf Fitrat (EN)

1301 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 2: Chor Minor

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Chor Minor, alternatively known as the Madrasah of Khalif Niyaz-kul, is a historic gatehouse for a now-destroyed madrasa in the historic city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It is located in a lane northeast of the Lyab-i Hauz complex. It is protected as a cultural heritage monument, and also it is a part of the World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara. In Persian, the name of the monument means "four minarets", referring to the building's four towers.

Wikipedia: Chor Minor (EN)

732 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Medrese Nadir Devonbegi

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Nodir-Divan-Begi Madrasah is a madrasah in Bukhara, part of the Lyabi-Hauz architectural ensemble of the XVI-XVII centuries. The madrasah was built in 1622-1623 by the vizier of Imamkuli Khan, Uzbek dignitary Nadir Divan-begi as a caravanserai, but later it was converted into a madrasah. In 1993, the madrasah, along with other monuments of the historical center of Bukhara, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wikipedia: Медресе Диван-Беги (RU)

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: могила Хазрати Ходжа Карим

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Nodir Devonbegi is a historical memorial in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was established by Nodir Devonbegi, the vizier and brother of the ruler of Bukhara, Imamquli Khan, in 1620–1621. The Khanaka has been included in the national list of intangible cultural heritage objects of Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia: Khanqah of Nodir Devonbegi (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Toqi Sarrofon

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Toqi Sarrofon is an architectural monument and one of the main trade centers for money exchange in Bukhara. This architectural monument was built in 1534-1535 by the order of the Shaybanid ruler Ubaydullah Khan. It is currently included in the national register of immovable property of the material and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan.

Wikipedia: Toqi Sarrofon (EN)

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Magʻoki Attori masjidi

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The Temple of Maggie's Temple is a medieval monument to architecture, a historic one in Bucharest, and a pillared expanse dating from the 12th to the 16th centuries. It is located more than 4.5 meters below ground level. Famous for its carving decorations. The bukhara monuments are the oldest of those preserved to this day. It is called the Magkki Attori Temple because it is located in the magnetic field and near the marketplaces.

Wikipedia: Magʻoki Attori masjidi (UZ)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Toqi telpakfurushon

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Toki Telpakfurushon is a traditional covered bazaar in the historical center of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. It was built in the XVI century, more precisely in 1570-1571, during the formal rule of Iskander Khan from the Uzbek dynasty of the Shaybanids. The de facto ruler of the Bukhara Khanate at that time was his son, Abdullah Khan II.

Wikipedia: Тельпак-Фурушон (RU)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Magoki Kurpa Mosque

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The Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque is a historical mosque in the Uzbek city of Bukhara. It was built in 1637. The mosque is located in the historical center of Bukhara, about 250 meters southwest of Po-i-Kalyan and 10 meters west of Toqi Telpak Furushon trading dome. It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Bukhara.

Wikipedia: Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque (EN)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Govkushon majmuasi

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The Khoja-Gaukushan Ensemble is one of the largest architectural complexes in the center of Bukhara. Along with a number of other buildings in central Bukhara, it is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wikipedia: Khoja Gaukushan Ensemble (EN)

769 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Darvozai Sallohhona

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The Salakhkhon Gate (Salokhkhona) is a fortress gate recreated in the same place in Bukhara (Uzbekistan). They were first erected in the second half of the 16th century, under the Uzbek ruler Abdullah Khan II, in the then capital of the Bukhara Khanate. They were installed on the south-eastern part of the Bukhara fortress wall. They connected the city with nearby villages, "the traffic through them was relatively small." They were destroyed, with the adjacent city wall, under Soviet power on May 17, 1939 as "slowing down normal traffic in the city." Recreated in 2012. They are one of the 4 gates of Bukhara recreated in a pre-destroyed form and 11 that have ever existed. They are located on the street named after A. Tukay of the mahalla named after Hamid Alimjan.

Wikipedia: Ворота Саляххона (RU)

1569 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 11: Cathedral Mosque Balyand Mosque

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Baland Mosque, which means the "upper mosque", is a historical mosque in the ancient city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO along with the whole of the historic old town, this small mosque was built at the beginning of the 16th century in the southern part of the city.

Wikipedia: Baland Mosque (EN)

1516 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 12: Khalifa Hudoidod Cathedral Mosque

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The Xalfa Xudoydod Complex is an architectural monument in Bukhara Region, Uzbekistan. The complex was built by Sheikh Xudoydod ibn Toshmuhammad Azizon al-Bukhari in 1777–1855, during the reign of the Manghit dynasty in Bukhara Emirate. The complex consists of a madrasa, a mosque, a house, a cistern and a cemetery.

Wikipedia: Xalfa Xudoydod Complex (EN)

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