Samarkand Hotels - Reviews and Rates

(Jim)

Starting out on this trip no other name had evoked images of the Silk Road for me than Samarkand had. This almost mythical city had seemed like the opposite end of the earth when we were planning for this trip, and now we were about to set foot on it's time-worn streets. Samarkand was ideally positioned to profit from the trade movi...

Oh Samarqand, oh Samarqand, how many mausoleums are in your midst?'

Lots, is the answer to that, lots and lots.

Started the day with our first breakfast in two weeks amongst the cherry trees (and the wasps) in the courtyard of our very pleasant hostel. After the obligatory game of Cazzio (a card game taught to Dave by a Russian tru...

Salam, da ich soviele Fotos in Samarqand geschossen habe, ein extra Eintrag fuer den Registan. Registan bedeutet "sandiger Platz" und war das Zentrum des mittelalterlichen Samarkands, vermutlich ein Bazaar... Die drei noch stehenden Gebaeude sind die aeltesten erhaltenen Medressas (aeltere wurden von Dschingis Khan zerstoert). Ulugbek Medressa, ...

Stayed in Sherdor, a nice hotel. Amazingly, booked it via a local travel company Aba Sayyoh with a credit card, an unusual thing for this part of the world. Liked the attitude of the staff, very amicable.

Again we placed our lives in the hands of our somewhat erratic driver in order to get from Bukhara to Samarkand. We've learnt it's common here just to buy a driving licence - after all who wants to go through the hassle of passing a test???!!! To say he nearly killed us would not be over-dramatising things, it was close and we paid him $60 for t...