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Tourism 30/04/2015 National Geographic includes Samarkand and Bukhara to Top-10 travel destinations
National Geographic includes Samarkand and Bukhara to Top-10 travel destinations
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- National Geographic Traveler magazine selected the best ten travel destinations in the territory of the former USSR.

The list includes Samarkand, Bukhara, Tuva and Altai, Southern coast of Cremea, Caucasus monuntains, Pamir, Minerniyi Vodi, Petigorsk, Zapolyariye, Issik Kul lake, Zakavkazye, Kamchatka, Saint Petersburg and Vibor, Uzbektourism said.

National Geographiс Traveler wrote that route of each travel via Central Asia passes via Samarkand. The magazine noted that medresahs like Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillya Kari are located in Samarkand.

The magazine recommended to travel to Bukhara, which was part of the Great Silk Road and the travelers can find karvan-sarais, mausoleums and mosques.

The list was published in National Geographic Traveler’s April-May edition.

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