UZBEKISTAN · SILK ROAD
Navoi & Sarmyshsay Gorge
Best time
Apr–May · Sep–Oct
Getting there
Train / car from Samarkand · 2 h
UNESCO
Tentative List candidate
What to see
4
A first look
A true open-air museum of rock art. Thousands of ancient drawings depicting hunts, wild animals and rituals survive here among the mountain canyons.
What to see
Sarmyshsay Gorge
More than 10,000 petroglyphs from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages.
Rabat-i Malik Caravanserai
Ruins of a fortified 12th-century way station on the Silk Road.
Malik Sardoba
An ancient giant underground water reservoir with a dome.
Kasym-Sheikh Mosque
A memorial architectural ensemble of the 16th century in Karmana.
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