Today is all about Uzbek street food and the ancient heart of Tashkent. Morning at Chorsu with a light breakfast, madrasas and mosques, a “wow” at the Centre of Islamic Civilization, then an audio-guided walk to the legendary shashlik of Chigatai. The evening ends in a teahouse.
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🌅Morning
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08:30
Breakfast at Chorsu
Hot flatbread, khanum, samsa and kaymak — the market’s morning flavour.
🚶 3 min walk
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10:00
Kukeldash Madrasa
Sixteenth-century walls rising above the bustle of the bazaar.
🚕 5 min by taxi or 🚶 20 min walk
☀️Day
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11:00
Hazrati Imam Complex
The spiritual heart of Tashkent, home to one of the oldest Qurans in the world.
🚶 3 min walk
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12:00
Centre of Islamic Civilization
Walk in and you’ll say “wow”. A thousand years of science, art and culture under one roof.
🎧 ~25 min walk with the audio guide
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14:00
Audio guide: through the old mahallas
Put your headphones on — the city will tell you its story.
🚶 This walk ends at Chigatai
🔥Midday heat
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15:00
Chigatai: legendary shashlik
Chorsu is the light bite, Chigatai is the feast: smoke, coals and that famous shashlik.
🚕 10–15 min by taxi
🌆Evening
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19:30
Dinner in a teahouse
Plov, green tea and tapchan platforms — end the day the Uzbek way.