Plan your visit with this Samarkand travel guide. Discover top sights, Silk Road history, tips, and what to see in Uzbekistan’s ancient city.
The historic town of Samarkand is a crossroad and melting pot of the world's cultures. Founded in the 7th century B.C. as ancient Afrasiab, Samarkand had its most significant development in the Timurid period from the 14th to the 15th centuries.
Home to some of the world’s most intricate and exquisite architecture, Samarkand in Uzbekistan has been rising in popularity to become a real tourism hotspot. Famous for its mind-blowing Silk Road buildings, this large city is best known amongst historians for being the base for Timur’s empire.