There are the famous cultural sites we’ve been told we have to visit, and then there are the iconic sites we never knew we had to see, like the glittering turquoise domes of Registan Square in Samarkand or the breathtaking Kalon Mosque and Minaret in the ancient Silk Road city of Bukhara. And outside of the cities, Uzbekistan is just as full of surprises—like the traditional villages of the Nuratau Mountains or a desert-bound yurt camp. This is Uzbekistan in all its charming glory.
