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Muslim travel guide
Samarkand Islamic Travel Guide
Samarkand's Islamic travel hub brings halal dining, prayer access, Muslim-friendly hotels, and women/family-aware planning into one trust-led guide.
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- Registan
- Bibi-Khanym Mosque
- Shah-i-Zinda
- Gur-e Amir Mausoleum
- Ulugh Beg Observatory
- Afrasiab Museum
- Hazrat Khizr Mosque
- Siab Bazaar
- Qusam ibn Abbas Mausoleum
- Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex
- Sher-Dor Madrasah
- Tilla-Kari Madrasah
- Ulugh Beg Madrasah
- Ancient Afrasiab Settlement
- Sharq Taronalari International Music Festival
- Silk Road by Minyoun Stars of Ulugbek
- Bobur Shashlik
- Savitsky Plaza
- Bibikhanum Hotel Restaurant
- Lia! by Minyoun Stars of Ulugbek
- Labi G‘or
- Wellness Park Hotel Bactria
- Hilton Samarkand Regency
- Old Havuz Art Restaurant
- Hilton Garden Inn Samarkand Afrosiyob
- Art Nargis Restaurant
- Hilton Garden Inn Samarkand Sogd
- Zargaron Restaurant
- Wellness Park Hotel Turon
- Samarkand Osh on Islom Karimov Street
- Registan Street Fast Food Centre
- Ruhabad Mausoleum
- Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum
- Khoja Daniyar Mausoleum
- Chorsu Art Gallery
- Abdi Darun Ensemble
- Ishrat Khana Mausoleum
- Ak-Saray Mausoleum
- Namazgah Mosque
- Imam al-Maturidi Mausoleum
- Emir Han Hotel
- Siab Hotel
- Hotel Asia Samarkand
- AD Bellagio
- Samaria Hotel & Spa
- Grand Samarkand Superior A
- Grand Samarkand Superior B
- Kosh Havuz Hotel
- Royal Hotel Samarkand
- Shahristan Art Boutique Hotel
- Samarkand GUM Trade Center
- Dishes of the East Festival, 2026
- Taste of Samarkand Festival, 2026
- International Embroidery Festival, 2026
- Navruz in Samarkand, 2026
- Khodja Ahrar Mosque
- Panjab Shia Mosque
- Gishtli Ota Mosque
- Khoja Is'haqi Vali Mosque
- Obi Rahmat Mosque
Masjid and prayer guide
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Halal dining intelligence
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Women and family planning
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Muslim travel planner
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Samarkand Muslim travel picks
Registan heritage core
Samarkand
Ulugh Beg Madrasah
Top pick
madrasah
Registan’s fifteenth-century madrasah, associated with Ulugh Beg’s scholarly legacy and marked by astronomy-themed portal decoration.
Registan heritage core
Samarkand
Tilla-Kari Madrasah
Top pick
madrasah
Registan’s central madrasah, completing the ensemble with a balanced exterior and a celebrated gilded interior beneath its blue dome.
Registan heritage core
Samarkand
Sher-Dor Madrasah
Top pick
madrasah
Registan’s eastern madrasah, famous for its early-seventeenth-century façade of felines, deer and rising sun motifs.
Samarkand heritage core
Samarkand
Registan
Top pick
landmark
Samarkand’s great public square, framed by three Timurid madrasas and at its most memorable when given time to explore.
Samarkand
Samarkand
Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex
Top pick
landmark
A memorial at Hartang outside Samarkand, centred on the burial place of Imam al-Bukhari and best visited as a dedicated excursion.
Samarkand
Samarkand
Qusam ibn Abbas Mausoleum
Top pick
landmark
The revered inner mausoleum at Shah-i-Zinda, set within one of Samarkand’s most richly tiled Timurid necropolises.
Samarkand
Samarkand
Siab Bazaar
Top pick
landmark
Samarkand’s working food market beside Bibi-Khanym, best for non bread, dried fruit, nuts, spices and everyday local shopping.
Samarkand
Samarkand
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
Top pick
landmark
A hilltop mosque above the northern heritage route, valued for its veranda, graceful silhouette and broad Samarkand views.
Samarkand
Samarkand
Afrasiab Museum
Top pick
landmark
The essential introduction to ancient Samarkand, centred on the seventh-century Sogdian murals discovered at Afrasiab.
Samarkand heritage core
Samarkand
Ulugh Beg Observatory
Top pick
landmark
The surviving astronomical instrument and museum of Ulugh Beg’s fifteenth-century observatory.
Samarkand heritage core
Samarkand
Gur-e Amir Mausoleum
Top pick
landmark
Gur-e Amir is the Timurid dynastic mausoleum and the resting place of Amir Temur, whose jade tombstone and family crypt anchor one of Samarkand’s most important historical visits.
Samarkand heritage core
Samarkand
Shah-i-Zinda
Top pick
landmark
Shah-i-Zinda is a sacred Samarkand necropolis associated with Qusama ibn Abbas, with mausoleums, mosques and ritual structures spanning the eleventh to nineteenth centuries and richly decorated blue and turquoise tilework.
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