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Bukhara

Uzbekistan

Central Asia Travel Guide

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Blue domes of the Madressa through open wooden door in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

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Overview

Central Asia’s holiest city, Bukhara (Buxoro) has buildings spanning a thousand years of history, and a thoroughly lived-in and cohesive old centre that hasn’t changed too much in two centuries. It is one of the best places in Central Asia for a glimpse of pre-Russian Turkestan.

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