region
Tashkent Region
Sleep in Tashkent; do the Old City and the metro on foot and by train, and treat the Chimgan mountains as a day trip in good weather.
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Rules in force · 3
- Uzbekistan ↗Check entry rules on the official e-visa portal only; many nationalities enter without a visa for a limited stay, others need an e-visa. Lookalike sites charge extra.
- Uzbekistan ↗Foreign visitors are registered by hotels; keep any registration slip you are given and ask for one if you stay in a private home.
- Uzbekistan ↗Carry Uzbek soʻm in small notes; bazaars, taxis and small cafés are cash-first, and cards are accepted mainly in hotels and larger shops.
The region is one base and one excursion. Tashkent spreads over a wide grid of avenues, so the mistake is to change hotels between the Old City and the modern centre; keep one room, use the metro and short car rides, and go to the mountains only on a clear day.
Where to sleep
Tashkentsleep base
Central hotels for first-timers; the Old City for bazaar mornings.
Chimgan and Charvakday trip
Mountains and a reservoir; about 2 h each way by road.
Night sequences
- 3 nights
- Tashkent 3, mountains as a day trip if the weather is clear
- Tashkent + Chimgan + Samarkand in 3 days is mostly road and train time.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimgan and Charvak | Tashkent | 120 min | unknown | Road traffic on weekends can add an hour; snow closes the road at times in winter. |
Bags between cities
No luggage forwarding culture: leave the big bag at the Tashkent hotel and take a day pack.