Check the weather city by city, starting with Tashkent.
Uzbekistan is the heart of the Silk Road. Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are open-air museum cities, with their turquoise tile mosaics, minarets and 14th-century madrasas. A destination that borders on the sublime.
A jewel of the Silk Road, with the Registan (three monumental madrasas), Tamerlane's mausoleum (Gur-e-Amir) and the observatories of astronomer Ulugh Beg.
Highlights : Registan — 3 monumental madrasas, Gur-e-Amir — Tamerlane's tomb, Shah-i-Zinda — avenue of mausoleums, Bibi-Khanym — great mosque.
Holy Bukhara preserves its medieval historic centre almost intact, with its 140 listed monuments, the Ark fortress and its domed covered market.
Highlights : Ark Fortress (4th century), Kalon Minaret and mosque, Toqi-Zargaron Bazaar, Samanid Mausoleum.
Khiva is the best-preserved city on the Silk Road: its historic centre, Itchan Kala, is an open-air museum, with its earthen lanes and tiled towers.
Highlights : Itchan Kala (UNESCO old town), Islam Khodja Minaret, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum.
A cosmopolitan capital rebuilt after the 1966 earthquake, with its imposing Soviet monuments, colourful bazaars and rising culinary scene.
Highlights : Chorsu Bazaar, State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Khast Imam Complex.
Uzbekistan is very affordable. Food, accommodation and transport are inexpensive. Monument entry fees are modest.