Tashkent Walking Tour: Hazrati Imam, Bazaar & Metro

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Three hours on foot through Tashkent's layers—sacred sites, living markets, and underground art.

A guided walking tour of Tashkent's city highlights takes you through the Hazrati Imam Complex, the centuries-old Chorsu Bazaar, the Tashkent Metro's ornate stations, and Amir Temur Square, with a professional English-speaking guide and all entrance fees included. The tour runs three hours and suits all fitness levels; you walk at a steady pace through old town streets, bazaar stalls, and metro corridors, stopping to explore Islamic architecture, sample local food, and photograph Soviet-era mosaics and tilework.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Tashkent's cultural highlights

Visit Hazrati Imam Complex
See 16th-century theological school
Explore Tillya Sheikh Mosque
View ancient manuscripts including Uthman Quran
Walk through Chorsu Bazaar
Ride and explore Tashkent Metro stations
Visit Amir Temur Square

The Experience

Your first stop is the Hazrati Imam Complex, the spiritual heart of Tashkent and home to some of Central Asia's most significant Islamic sites. You'll walk through a 16th-century theological school with intricately designed facades, visit the Tillya Sheikh Mosque as a symbol of the city's historical grandeur, and see the Center for Islamic Civilization—the largest cultural and educational complex in Uzbekistan, housing museums, libraries, and centers of traditional crafts. The complex also holds the Uthman Quran, the oldest known Quran in the world, kept in a treasure house of ancient manuscripts.

From there, the tour moves into Chorsu Bazaar, a centuries-old marketplace at the heart of old Tashkent. You'll wander under a massive turquoise dome through vibrant stalls filled with fresh spices, dried fruits, and sizzling street food—plov, shashlik, non (Uzbek flatbread), and halva. The guide helps you engage with vendors, and you'll have time to sample local delicacies and browse ceramics and textiles. The bazaar is sensory immersion: colors, sounds, and the aromas of spice and cooking oil make it feel like the living center of the city.

The tour then takes you underground into the Tashkent Metro, one of Central Asia's most stunning subway systems. You'll visit iconic stations like Kosmonavtlar, adorned with cosmic-themed mosaics honoring Soviet cosmonauts, and Alisher Navoi, featuring intricate Islamic-inspired designs. Each station is a work of art—chandeliers, marble columns, vibrant tilework—and you're free to photograph them (permitted since 2018). The guide explains the metro's history as a Soviet-era masterpiece and former bomb shelter. The tour concludes at Amir Temur Square, where you stand beneath the imposing statue of the 14th-century conqueror astride his horse, surrounded by lush gardens, the State Museum of the Timurids, and the grand Palace of Forums.

What’s included

Professional and licensed English-speaking guide.
entrance fees to the Hazrati Imam Complex, Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent Metro stations, and Amir Temur Square.
all taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

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Is this one for you?Choose the group tour for a shared afternoon walk hitting the main sites in set sequence; pick the private option if you're traveling with family or want to linger at any stop without moving on with the group.