Uzbekistan · CITY TOURS

The 15 Best City Tours in Uzbekistan

35 tours  ·  from $7

Every town on the line runs a half-day orientation and they are not equal. The 15 below compare what each one actually reaches, whether entry tickets are included and how much of it is on foot.

City Tours, Guided Tours, Historical Tours, Khiva Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours, Walking Tours, Walking Tours in Khiva

Khiva: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

1.Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 156 reviews · 4 hours · from $19Our pick

Spend four hours walking through Khiva’s walled Itchan Kala with an English, Uzbek, or Russian-speaking guide. You’ll visit the Allakuli Khan Madrasah, Islam Khoja Minaret, Pakhlavon Makhmud Mausoleum, Juma Mosque, and other old-city sights. Guides such as Iroda and Bonu are known for clear storytelling, local advice, and flexible pacing. Entry tickets cost extra.

“Iroda was amazing. her english is very good, she was very patient and we received a lot of explanations and we learned a lot of new things. the tour was perfect.”

Check availability →Read our full review

Private Samarkand City Tour With Transportation - The real value of the $54.40 price
City Tours, City Tours in Samarkand, Private Tours, Private Tours in Samarkand, Samarkand Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Private Samarkand City Tour With Transportation

2.Private Samarkand City Tour With Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 149 reviews · from $54Top rated

Spend five to six hours exploring Samarkand with a private guide and air-conditioned transport. Visit Gur Emir, Registan, Bibi-Khanym, Siyob Bazaar, and Shah-i-Zinda, with hotel pickup, bottled water, dried-fruit tasting, and a flexible route. Guides such as Amin, Shoh, Zarina, and Mohiddin have received especially strong praise for warmth, history, and local advice.

“I usually skip tour guides, but with Samarkand’s incredible history and monuments, my mom and I decided to splurge on a private day tour. Unfortunately, it was a complete letdown. We wanted a strong start to our trip, but instead, it left us frustrated. First, communication was poor from the start. Amin, our guide, never reached out the night before or the morning of the tour to confirm details or his arrival time. We were left scrambling to find his contact information through our hotel and had to call him ourselves to ensure he was still coming. The tour began at Timur’s mausoleum, where Amin provided an overview of Timur’s…”

Check availability →Read our full review

A City Tour Of Samarkand: The Pearl Of The East - Bibi Khanym: A Monument to Ambition
City Tours, City Tours in Samarkand, Samarkand Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

A City Tour Of Samarkand: The Pearl Of The East

3.A City Tour Of Samarkand: The Pearl Of The East

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 133 reviews · from $16Best value

Walk through Samarkand with guides such as Fayoziddin or Sitora, visiting Gur Emir, Registan, Bibi Khanym, Hazrat Khizr, and Shah-i-Zinda. Expect clear historical stories, photo time, practical city tips, and a small-group pace. Monument entrance fees are extra, and the tour ends at Shah-i-Zinda.

“Our guide was very friendly and knowledgable. He gave us lots of information on our whistle stop tour and then we were able to go back and spend more time at the sights most important to us-i would recommend and use again in the future”

Check availability →Read our full review

Tashkent City Tour - Amir Temur Square and Tashkent’s grand civic center
City Tours, City Tours in Tashkent, Tashkent Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Tashkent City Tour

4.Tashkent City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 121 reviews · from $69

Spend six to seven hours seeing Tashkent with hotel pickup, an air-conditioned vehicle, a local guide, and lunch at the famous Plov Center. The route covers Amir Temur Square, Chorsu Bazaar, Hazrati Imam, Minor Mosque, memorials, and the Applied Art Museum. Guides such as Dildora, Ibrahim, Lucky, Ali, and Abror have been praised for clear explanations and friendly help.

“Didn’t turn up so not sure this is a real company. Hotel tried phoning and messaging multiple times but nothing. No response on the app.”

Check availability →Read our full review

Bukhara Tours, City Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Tours in Bukhara, Historical Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours, Walking Tours, Walking Tours in Bukhara

Bukhara: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

5.Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 102 reviews · 4 hours · from $19

Spend four hours walking through Bukhara with an English-, Uzbek-, or Russian-speaking guide such as Ruby, Dildora, or Makhbuba. See Lyabi Khauz, Nadir Divan Begi Khanaka, Magok-i-Attari Mosque, the Kalyan Complex, and the Ark Fortress. The small-group format allows time for questions, photos, and local context.

“My guides was professional with very good and polite manner. She was knowledgeable and answered questions I highly recommended her for anyone who wish to explore Bukhara”

Check availability →Read our full review

City Tours, City Tours in Tashkent, Guided Tours, Guided Tours in Tashkent, Historical Tours, Tashkent Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours, Walking Tours, Walking Tours in Tashkent

Tashkent: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

6.Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 71 reviews · 4 hours · from $19

Spend four hours with an English or Uzbek-speaking guide such as Makhzuna or Bunyad, moving from the Hazrati Imam Complex and its ancient Quran to Chorsu Bazaar, a metro ride, Independence Square, Sailgokh Street, and Amir Timur Square. Expect plenty of walking, local context, and entrance fees paid separately.

“We had a lovely tour and covered a lot of ground. The Tour was well paced and interesting, thank you.”

Check availability →Read our full review

City Tour Around Bukhara - Starting at Ismail Samani Mausoleum
Bukhara Tours, City Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

City Tour Around Bukhara

7.City Tour Around Bukhara

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 55 reviews

Spend 4 to 6 hours exploring Bukhara with private guide Kamilla Yu. Visit major monuments, see puppet makers, blacksmiths, embroiderers, and wood carvers at work, and learn about Uzbek customs without a heavy lecture. The tour starts at Ismail Samani Mausoleum and ends at Lyabi Hauz.

“A wonderful experience with a professional and knowledgeable guide, Kamilla, who introduced us to the culture, history, and many interesting and fun facts about the city of Bukhara and its surrounding region. All of this was supported by cusRead more”

Check availability →Read our full review

City Tours, City Tours in Tashkent, Evening Experiences, Tashkent Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Tashkent : Classic City Tour. (Day & Night Shift)

8.Classic City Tour. (Day & Night Shift)

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 52 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $25

See Tashkent’s main sights in four to five hours with hotel pickup, an air-conditioned car, and an English, Russian, Persian, or Uzbek-speaking guide. Visit Amir Timur Square, Independence Square, Khast Imam, Chorsu Bazaar, the Temurids Museum, and decorated metro stations. Private tours can be adjusted to your interests and schedule.

“Fabulous guide, personal tour, perfect fast pace to see all the best sights efficiently. Very good.”

Check availability →Read our full review

Tashkent City Tour - Amir Temur Square and Tashkent’s grand civic center
City Tours, City Tours in Tashkent, Tashkent Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Tashkent city tour

9.Tashkent city tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · from $90

Spend 7 to 8 hours exploring Tashkent by private air-conditioned vehicle, with hotel or hostel pickup. Guides such as Mehroj, Samandar, and Diyor explain the city’s history at Amir Timur Museum, Hazrati Imam, Chorsu Bazaar, and the Soviet-era metro. Flexible timing also makes this useful for a long layover.

“I enjoyed the Tashkent city tour today 9 June. My tour guide Diyor was punctual he was professional and he explained the historic side of the all the sites we visited. He also answered all my curious history questions about the country. He wRead more”

Check availability →Read our full review

Bukhara Full Day Old City Private Tour - Starting at the Kalon Minaret and Poi Kalyan
Bukhara Tours, City Tours, Full-Day Tours, Private Tours, Private Tours in Bukhara, Tour Reviews, Tours

Bukhara Full Day Old City Private Tour

10.Bukhara Full Day Old City Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · from $85

Spend five to seven hours exploring Bukhara with a private licensed guide. Walk from the Kalon Minaret and Ark fortress to old trading domes, madrasas, Lyab-i-Hauz, and the historic synagogue. Guides such as Shakhnoza, Maksad, Sunny, and Bekhruz are praised for local insight, flexible pacing, and strong language skills.

“Our guide met us on time & our tour began. We learned alot about the Uzi people & culture as well as history. We visited many sites throughout the day , at the end our guide left us in a square area ( instead of taking us back to our hotel as per tour guidelines) it's not that we were lost - this situation ended the tour abruptly- not good.”

Check availability →Read our full review

Tashkent: Private Full-Day City Tour on a Premium Car - Hast Imam Complex and the Uthman Quran
City Tours, City Tours in Tashkent, Full-Day Tours, Private Tours, Private Tours in Tashkent, Tashkent Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Tashkent: Private Full-Day City Tour on a Premium Car

11.Private Full-Day City Tour on a Premium Car

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 38 reviews · 7 hours · from $125

Spend seven hours touring Tashkent by premium car and on foot with an English or Uzbek-speaking guide. Visit Hast Imam, Chorsu Bazaar, the decorated metro, Besh Qozon Pilaf Center, Amir Temur Museum, Amir Temur Square, and the TV Tower. Guides such as Makhzuna and Bunyod bring local history to life, while lunch and entry fees cost extra.

“Mukhzana was a great guide, very polite, she spoke good English and was knowledgeable about her city Mohi in the back office was also very helpful”

Check availability →Read our full review

Khiva Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour - Entering Itchan Kala, Khiva’s walled center
City Tours, Guided Tours, Historical Tours, Khiva Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours, Walking Tours, Walking Tours in Khiva

Khiva Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

12.Khiva Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 30 reviews · from $25

Walk through Khiva’s Itchan Kala with a professional guide, visiting the Islam Khoja Minaret, Pakhlavon Makhmud Mausoleum, Juma Mosque, and Allakuli Khan Madrasah. The tour costs $25, lasts about four hours, and keeps groups to 15. If you are paired with Iroda, expect clear explanations, good humor, and plenty of time for questions.

“I had Iroda in Khiva, and she was a wonderful tour guide. She is very smart and very sweet, and she explained the history of Khiva in a way that was easy for me to understand. I love architecture and history, so she focused a lot on those topicRead more”

Check availability →Read our full review

Samarkand Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour - Gur-i Amir begins the Timurid story
City Tours, City Tours in Samarkand, Guided Tours, Guided Tours in Samarkand, Historical Tours, Samarkand Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours, Walking Tours, Walking Tours in Samarkand

Samarkand Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

13.Samarkand Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $24

Spend about four hours walking through Samarkand with a professional guide, often led by Charos, whose English and knowledge of Uzbek history have earned strong praise. Visit Gur-i Amir, Registan, Bibi Khanym, Siab Bazaar, Hazrat Khizr Mosque, and Shah-i-Zinda. Bring water, prepare for more than 10,000 steps, and budget separately for entrance tickets.

“Ou guide Charos was well prepared and seemed to know a lot about not only Samarcand also about Uzbek history, highly recommended.”

Check availability →Read our full review

Private Guided Tour Samarkand city history and culture - The Registan, Samarkand’s grand central stage
City Tours, City Tours in Samarkand, Guided Tours, Guided Tours in Samarkand, Historical Tours, Private Tours, Private Tours in Samarkand, Samarkand Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Private Guided Tour Samarkand city history and culture

14.Private Guided Tour Samarkand city history and culture

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $65

Spend four to five hours exploring Samarkand with a private guide and air-conditioned transport. Visit Gur Emir, the Registan, and Bibi Khanym Mosque, with context on Amir Temur, the Timurid era, and the Silk Road. Guides including Odil, Ikrom, Fayyaz, and Odi are praised for clear English, warmth, and strong storytelling.

“If you want the most out of Silk Road history and medieval architectural marvels of Samarkand, I cannot recommend this tour enough! My guide, Odil, was a brilliant expert on all subject matters, a terrific storyteller, as well as a kind and attentiRead more”

Check availability →Read our full review

Samarkand City Tour with a Professional Photographer - Gur Emir and the world of Timur
City Tours, City Tours in Samarkand, Photography Sessions, Samarkand Tours, Tour Reviews, Tours

Samarkand City Tour with a Professional Photographer

15.Samarkand City Tour with a Professional Photographer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 18 reviews · from $74

Spend four to five hours touring Samarkand’s main monuments in a private, air-conditioned car with an English-speaking guide who also works as a certified photographer. Expect photo stops at Registan, Gur Emir, Shah-i-Zinda, Bibi-Khanym, and Siab Bazaar, with pickup anywhere in Samarkand and drop-off at Bibi-Khanym.

“The guide didn’t have enough experience nor did she speak English well.. we ended the tour early .. ask for an experienced guide”

Check availability →Read our full review

New in City Tours

★ 5.0Private Tashkent City TourFrom $1103 reviews
★ 4.5Tashkent City Tour with Hotel Pickup and Drop offFrom $664 reviews
★ 4.0The Golden City of Samarkand: A Self-Guided Audio TourFrom $64 reviews
★ 5.0Samarkand City Tour from Silk Paper Factory to Registan SquareFrom $904 reviews
★ 5.0Walking Tour around Old CityFrom $265 reviews
★ 4.7city tourFrom $853 reviews
★ 5.0Samarkand City Tour: Ancient Domes & Timeless StoriesFrom $255 reviews
★ 4.3Samarkan City Tour From TashkentFrom $1995 reviews
★ 5.0Tashkent City Highlights Guided Walking TourFrom $186 reviews
★ 5.0Tashkent Private Full-Day City Tour on a Premium CarFrom $626 reviews
★ 4.5Samarkand Airport / Railway Station – Samarkand City TransferFrom $207 reviews
★ 5.0Tashkent city Night Tour with Dinner & Free Pro PhotographyFrom $707 reviews
★ 5.0Best of Samarkand: City Tour – Inside Visits IncludedFrom $248 reviews
★ 5.0Samarkand Ancient Silk Road City Tour w/ Pickup & Lunch OptionFrom $409 reviews

Keep browsing

Walking Tours26Guided Tours24Historical Tours11
Scroll to Top

Across Uzbekistan

Start with a city, a desert or a kazan.

In the old towns

City ToursWalking ToursHistorical ToursGuided ToursEvening Tours

Out of town

Day TripsShahrisabzDesert FortressesChimgan & AmirsoyFergana Valley

The desert

Aral SeaYurt CampsVillagesWalking & TrekkingLong Transfers

At the table

Cooking ClassesFood ToursPlov in SamarkandBy TrainFull Days