Afrasiyab

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kolya cwa

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Kamoliddin

skd

Level 13 Local Expert

The settlement, which was bustling with life 10 centuries ago, and now there are excavations here. You just walk along and you have the history of an entire city-state under your feet. A very large number of pieces of ceramics are everywhere and all this is not younger than the 12th century. All the unique artifacts are kept in the museum nearby. And here is an incredible view of the old and new city. Such silence and tranquility. Unfortunately, visitors leave trash behind. And nobody cleans up this garbage. Foxes, ground squirrels and sheep graze here. Please don't leave any trash behind if you're here!

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Реальный папа

Level 30 Local Expert

Samarkand. The memorial, tombs and mausoleums, magical oriental architecture, it is better to visit in the evening, with beautiful lighting and always with a guide.

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Полина Кудрявцева

Level 11 Local Expert

A paradise for mountain climbers)) It's also quite difficult to find ruins (I never found them or found them but didn't notice them) and not melt in the sun. The wind blows away all hats/umbrellas instantly, so it's better to come prepared. It's nice that it's free, plus the scenery is very unusual. A lot of garbage, unfortunately

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Дмитрий Гагарин

Level 17 Local Expert

Just 100 out of 10. The place is amazing. The main thing is to find the entrance. At the end of a small path, you will find a beautiful hilly regiment on which cows, goats, sheep graze ... a historical (real) building. Unforgettable views of the untouched desert in the city center. Here you can stretch for a couple of hours and not even notice. If you want a place where there are no tourists and there is history, then this is it.

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Andrew Girniak

Level 24 Local Expert

It's a great open-air museum, and it's a pleasure to walk. There is also a museum with an exhibition, which I also enjoyed visiting. You can meet a herd of sheep and walk through.

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Дарья Г

Level 12 Local Expert

You don't have to go to the museum to enter the territory, as the museum will tell you) and you shouldn't take a tour, everything can be read. But the fact that we were not taken to the second floor because the museum was closing, referring to the reconstruction (it did not happen, we were told at the beginning that there was a second floor with halls) is a shame. If it hadn't been for the tour, we would have gone through everything quickly ourselves and would have made it to the second floor. The entrance is to the left of the museum, a gray gate.

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Бу Ка

Level 11 Local Expert

There's nothing to see except a couple of landscapes. Wasted time. What are called ruins are in fact nothing but pits and piles of garbage! Fields, hills, thorns, and more trash. I don't recommend it. We haven't been to the museum.

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ольга ...

Level 20 Local Expert

In fact, there is nothing here: scorched grass, hills, crevices and paths, we just crossed this area after walking +- 2.5 km, you will not see any ruins of the ancient settlement, they have not remained over time. It's just a kind of small cross-country hike. But we enjoyed the walk, even though there's nothing to see.

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Петр

Level 16 Local Expert

I can't recommend the museum itself because I didn't go into it, I went straight to the reserve. Unfortunately, almost nothing remains of the ancient city. This hilly place is quite simple, but at the same time amazing, here you can spend several hours walking along the hills, admiring the scenery, watching running jerboa, hares, birds, grazing sheep and cows. There were no tourists in the morning, which makes this place even more beautiful, complete privacy with nature. P.S. small animals (jerboa, hares) are very timid, at the slightest sound they run into their burrows, try not to disturb their peace.

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Виталий Беляев

Level 9 Local Expert

A gorgeous place, hills with excellent views of the city, there are practically no people. A lot of gophers. You can enter from the territory of the Afrosiab Museum (the history of Samarkand), or walk a little beyond it along Islam Karimov Street towards the Ulugbek Observatory and you can freely enter there.

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Юрий Загоскин

Level 7 Local Expert

Let's be honest. There's just nothing here. If you mentally remove the "stories", "legends-fairy tales", the guide, then in fact there is nothing here. Pits are like on any construction site. This is a historic place, no doubt about it, probably. But the whole story is just in the stories.… It is better to spend time on other attractions. The museum is nearby. Admission is 80,000 per person. August 2025

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178376 Иванов

Level 11 Local Expert

This place will be interesting exclusively for those who are deeply interested in antiquity! There is, in fact, nothing left of the former mighty ancient city, alas... A hilly area that does not in any way indicate that there was once a lot of life here.. Everything has been erased by time. And there was absolutely no building material at that time...

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Татьяна Паничкина

Level 8 Local Expert

The museum is very small. Almost the 1st floor. There is no excursion service for independent tourists, only if they are with organized groups. They did not find the entrance to the excavation site, there are no signs

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Константин Сазонов

Level 16 Local Expert

Mahal Afrosiab is super. The only place where there was no restoration at all. The capital of the former Sogda. From a historical point of view, untouched antiquity is simply the best gift for a traveler.

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Alexander

Level 12 Local Expert

There's not much to see. The remains of the wall and foundation. But, the place is colorful, it makes sense to visit once.

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Катерина Дунаева

Level 8 Local Expert

The museum of one video recording. There is not much to see, the exposition is not very large. The main sites of the excavations are moving around the world. But the video is really informative, it gives an understanding of what was found during the excavations. Unfortunately, only a field with hills remains from the excavations themselves. It is a pity for the labors of people.

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Иван

Level 20 Local Expert

The place is specific, the spirit of great history has been preserved, but visually there is little difference from the steppe. Nevertheless, it's worth a walk, as well as a look at the museum, which will help you understand the significance of the historical place.

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Анжелика S

Level 10 Local Expert

It is impossible not to visit this magical place with incredible energy!!! The greatest attraction with a deep history!

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Виктория Бегунова

Level 11 Local Expert

The museum is quite poor in exhibits, more was expected from a city with such a rich history. The exposition does not represent anything remarkable, the design is mediocre. Of interest, perhaps, is a separate large hall on the ground floor with ancient frescoes from the Ikhshid palace. We were unlucky with the guide, whom we asked to take to a nearby settlement. It was obvious that this trip was a burden to him and he wanted to get rid of us faster. 100 thousand soums is too much money to show the location of the excavated palace (we would have found it ourselves -there is a plaque) and several suggestions about the history of Samarkand.

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Игорь Б.

Level 14 Local Expert

A huge nature reserve. There are many well-maintained walking paths near the reserve. You can spend the whole day to get around it. The only negative is that I searched for an entrance for a long time.

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Алексей Че

Level 8 Local Expert

The most interesting historical museum of Samarkand and maybe the whole of Uzbekistan. I strongly recommend you to visit. Interestingly, there is no toilet inside, it is paid and there is a separate building behind the museum

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Анна Биркина

Level 14 Local Expert

Maybe we didn't find something, but in the end we just walked through the hills. There is only one sign, nothing is written in Russian.

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Vladimir

Level 10 Local Expert

A beautiful place to walk, feel yourself in an unusual nature, if you look after them with children, there are prickly plants, just in case it's very hot, take a spray from the sun and something to eat + water

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Гульфия Файрузова

Level 6 Local Expert

We expected to see excavations, there were only museum exhibits. There was no guide in Russian. We were able to use the video room service. Thanks to the museum staff for this. We learned a lot of interesting things from the video.

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Матвей

Level 20 Local Expert

I agree with one of the reviews that there is not much to see on the territory of the reserve itself - the types of excavations carried out in the past, as well as an overview of a small part of the city. The museum deserves special attention.

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Людмила

Level 21 Local Expert

A field of hills behind a low fence. But the history of this place gives it charm. And the hills are unusual, clay, rounded shape, very strange relief.

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Александр Титов

Level 22 Local Expert

The place is nice, but unkempt. Let's go for a walk, the museum worker warned us not to approach the sheep (!!). And then the shepherd dogs can bite! It's a monument to history....

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Дарья С.

Level 20 Local Expert

It's good that the entrance to the reserve is free! Scorched earth, desert, dust, thorns, hills, sheep poop and squawking jerboa somewhere underground!

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Николай С.

Level 8 Local Expert

A historical place with a long history. The place where Samarkand began. Even though there is almost nothing left of the ancient city. At the southwestern tip of the Afrosiab plateau, the ruins of the fortress wall have been preserved, which offers a fantastic view of the city, the Bibi Khanum complex.

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Иван Сенин 1987

Level 5 Local Expert

I expected more of course. But you come and see only the excavations, it won't be interesting without a guide

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Игорь.А

Level 8 Local Expert

I strongly recommend wandering around the excavations, the place is steeped in history, and very beautiful views from the hills.

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Серикбол Билялов

Level 7 Local Expert

Past Samarkand, a good museum, especially the wall paintings of Turkic warriors

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Ксения Ф.

Level 6 Local Expert

If you've been to the museum, be sure to take a guide. It will tell you a lot of interesting things. There's not much to do without a museum.

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ERDAS

Level 7 Local Expert

I don't understand the good reviews of this place if there's NOTHING in a nutshell. Just hills with a view of the city, but there is not even a hint about the ancient city, there are only commemorative plaques, and fragments of clay vases.

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Марат Гаянов

Level 9 Local Expert

In a nutshell, it's an ordinary dilution. When buying tickets to the complex, they try not to issue tickets, for some reason they demand a toilet fee. And as for the excavations themselves, they are abandoned (not preserved) archaeological ditches and pits. Overgrown with grass and thorn over the years. There is enough of such a landscape in the area... the only thing that gives it away is a granite plaque.

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Михаил К.

Level 8 Local Expert

It's a very atmospheric place. Being there, you are transported back in time hundreds of years ago

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Level 7 Local Expert

It's not a good place. We were with the children. The excavation museum is not about anything at all. We didn't go to the excavations themselves, the entrance is free.

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Дарья

Level 21 Local Expert

The child liked it very much, the ancient ruins were very interesting, but apart from the historical value of the intertaymond there is no.

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Рифат Алибаев

Level 13 Local Expert

They didn 't understand . ) Very small exposure , not informative . It is not clear what the money is being charged for .

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Евгений Морозов

Level 9 Local Expert

Personally, I really liked it. His wife and children wanted to escape as soon as possible.

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Евгений Тюмкин

Level 6 Local Expert

A place where you can learn a lot about the history of Uzbekistan and more! It is very interesting and informative! I recommend visiting this place, with a good guide.

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Дарья Р.

Level 8 Local Expert

Be sure to take a guided tour! It is a very interesting museum, the guides are excellent, it is clear that they love their job!!

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t_me_r_utochkaa

Level 16 Local Expert

The entrance is near the Afrosiaba Museum. I do not recommend the museum itself, I recommend going straight here and just walking around the hills, admiring the scenery. The place is iconic. Videos, as well as stories from my trip to Uzbekistan and beyond, can be found on my channel. The link is in the name and on the profile photo. Put dots instead of _

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Анна Прилепина

Level 14 Local Expert

If time permits, take a walk, imagine that you are walking with a caravan along the Silk Road to Samarkand. The remains of an ancient city in the northeast of the park. It's not worth going on purpose

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-lD-

Level 14 Local Expert

I shouldn't have looked at the photos of this place, trying not to spoil the impression. Of course, my expectations are my problems, but I still expected a lot more from this place. In the end, the walk was pleasant, but I warn you, the place is for highly specialized fans.

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Ольга К-на

Level 15 Local Expert

The museum is located in an interesting historical house. The exposition is not large. But there are interesting exhibits. The building has been in need of repair for a long time. Overall, I liked it. Because I love any kind of museum. But the museum is clearly just for an amateur.

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Alexey Ivanov

Level 19 Local Expert

There's really nothing to see. Hilly field There is also little of interest in the museum.

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gps_track gps

Level 26 Local Expert

It may be valuable from a scientific point of view, but not from a tourist point of view. It's just an area with dirt roads and grass. No variety.

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Евгений Гусев

Level 18 Local Expert

A wonderful place! After the bustling city, you can relax here in peace and quiet. As such, you will not see a settlement here, only hills and lowlands.

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Afrasiyab

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