Women-Friendly Travel in Tashkent
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Grand Mir Hotel
A luxury hotel for people on business trips. Wireless internet connection is available. Rates include the free use of a fitness centre services and a healthy breakfast. Address: 2 Kunaeva Street, Tashkent Tel: +998 71 140 20 00 Fax: +998 71 140 20 40.
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Dedeman Silk Road Hotel
A new hotel in the city centre with free Internet connection provided in rooms. Rack rates from $160/night but booking through an agent will get a double for $105 with breakfast. The deluxe double rooms are relatively the best and will cost $130 with breakfast. Address: Amir Temur St Tel: +998 71 23401 Fax: 234242
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Markaziy Hotel
Markaziy Hotel was opened in 1999 by Sheraton and was run by them until a few years ago, when they left having lost money after some alleged financial irregularities. The hotel is one of Tashkent's tallest buildings. The rooms are still very good, but service and maintenance are not quite up to Sheraton standards. Standard Single room 85$. President 1000$. Bar/restaurant bills must be paid in cash. Address: Amir Temur St Tel: +998 71 2383000.
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Tashkent Palace Hotel
Traditionally styled and visually impressive hotel. Address: 56, Buyuk Turon Street. Tel: 1205800, fax 1204401
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Le Grande Plaza Hotel
Formerly BUMI. Single/double US$150/200. Executive floor with lounge, outdoor pool, South Indian restaurant. 10 km from airport. Address: 2 Uzbekiston Ovozi Street.
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Radisson SAS
Location: Amir Temur St. About 2km from the city center just opposite Intercontinental. Yunusabad Region - Amir Temur Street, 88 - 700084 Tashkent - Uzbekistan Phone: +99 871 1204 900
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InterContinental Hotel
The only five-star hotel in Uzbekistan. Standard Room - Single 181$. Standard Room - Double 200$. Executive Deluxe Suite 900$. Presidential Suite 2200$. Address: Amir Temur St. Next to Tashkent Funland, Japanese Garden. phone: 1207000 Fax: 1206459
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Malika Hotel
Probably the best you can get for a reasonable price in Tashkent. Well-equipped and nicely outfitted, with room rates from 35-45 USD including breakfast makes Malika a good value for money. The Hotel is part of a local chain, with branches in Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Tel: +998 71 1730203
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Expo Tashkent Hotel
Built in 2004, this moderately priced hotel is located just next to the Uzbek Exhibition Center. The hotel offers the standard ammenties and guests can choose to stay in the single, double or apartment suites. Address: Hotel EXPO 107, Amir Temir Street 100080, Tashkent Uzbekistan
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Rovshan Hotel
This older hotel provides you with the basics and adds to your experience with courteous staff. The hotel is centrally located and neighbours the Turkmen embassy. Hotel Rovshan was founded in 1999, it was one of first private hotels in Tashkent. Cozy location, reasonable prices, good conditions of stay, pleasant and polite staff attract many tourists and businessmen. Address: 118, Mirabad St., Tashkent - 100015 Uzbekistan Reservation Number: (998-71) 120 0050 (9.00am-18.00pm) Reception: (998-71) 1207747 (24 Hours) Fax: (998-71) 1207747
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Gulnara Bed & Breakfast
Very friendly, clean, and comfortable. It is a short walk to Chorsu Bazaar and to the Metro Station. Rooms are approx $12-15.00 per person. Rides from the airport can be arranged for a reasonable price. Tel: 402816/1447766
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Human House
The shopping destination features huge quantiesy of the most beautiful carpets, caps, drapes and fabrics of the region along with a host of stylish boutiques stocking contemporary fashions merged with local patterns and designs. It also stages many fashion shows. Location: Usmon Nosir 30/9 (not far from the Grand Mir hotel), Tel: 3613838 Opening Time: Mon to Sat 10AM until 7PM
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Tezykovka
Tezykovka is the most popular flea market in the city and sells almost everything you can think of. It has the feel of a typical old style bazaar where merchants and customers fight for space and bargain fiercely while negotiating prices. Carpets, artificial jewelry, ceramic figurines, scarves, traditional footwear and bags as well as a whole lot of other local artifacts and souvenirs are sold here. The market is housed in the Khanza district and can be accessed by bus from the Mustaqikkil metro stop.
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Turkuaz Hypermart
Turkuaz Hypermart is the largest hypermarket located in the heart of Tashkent. Western style clothing and accessories can be found here. Location: Akhunbabaev Square (at the west end of Navoi, across the street from Hotel Chorsu). Opening Time: 9AM until 8.30PM.
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Chorsu (Eski Juva) Bazaar
Eski Juva bazaar is the biggest and oldest bazaar in Central Asia, and has been in the same place for over 2000 years. It was reconstructed in the 1980s.The stalls of the bazaar stand under seven huge domes covered with colored glazed tiles. The biggest dome contains cooking herbs and spices. It is famous for peanuts boiled in sugar or honey, covered with sesame seeds. Under the small domes, craftsmen make and sell jewelry, painted cradles, Uzbek chests with metal decorations, embroidered tapestries and jiyak (lace for trimming the lower edges of women's trousers), quilted men's (chapan) and women's (yashmak) caftans; kurpacha quilts and pichok knives in leather or brass sheaths and national musical instruments. You will also find carpets from Khiva, Samarkand, Bukhara, Afghanistan and Turkey.
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Souvenir Shopping
There are souvenir shops in the Grand Mir, Intercontinental, Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent, Tashkent Palace and Uzbekistan Hotels.
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What to do with Children in Tow
• Aqua Park Pool and Recreational Area is a good way to relax with kids during a hot summers afternoon. Let the kids slide around in the water while you soak in the sun. Other places that are child friendly include: • Tashkent Land • Japanese Garden • Tashkent Zoo • Amir Temur Park
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Chorsu Bazaar
Chorsu Bazaar is a farmers market located on the southern edge of Old Town. Spices, grain, fruits and dairy products are sold here and tourists can experience a typical Central Asian day since all sorts of people can be seen as hurrying about in the market doing their work.
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Kukuldash Madrassa
Kukuldash Madrassa is a Quran school built by the poet and scientist Kulbobo Kukeldash during the reign of Abdulla-Khan in the 16th Century. It is one the largest and best preserved Quran schools in Central Asia.
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Ensemble Khazret Imam
Ensemble Khazret Imam is the tomb of one of the first Imams of Tashkent. It has a library which displays some of the remaining pieces of the world’s first Quran, which was written 19 years after the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) death.
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Tellya Sheikh Mosque
Tellya Sheikh Mosque is a beautifully designed mosque with an Islamic library containing ancient manuscripts and the Osman Quran, which is one of the early copies of the Quran stained with the blood of Hazrat Osman (R.A).