Bukhara Train Station - Bukhara was a very important stop on the Silk Road trade route between the East & the West
Our boutique hotel
First floor room in the corner
Nice courtyard for relaxing
Streets of the city - all types of vendors selling their hand made crafts
We visited a puppet maker - beautiful work & enjoyed a puppet show
We enjoyed lunch by the pond in the center of Bukhara
Beautiful handcraft works
Dinner & a fashion show
Kalon Mosque & Madrasah - 15th century
Crescent represents Islam, number of balls underneath indicate if there is praying, ablution & teaching at the madrasah
Walkway leading to a number of study rooms in the madrasah
Mir Arab Madrasah 1530 -1536
Summer Palace of the last emirs of Bukhara, Sitora-Mohi-Sossa Dynasty (1826) - now a State Museum of Applied Arts & Crafts
Harem building on the grounds of the Palace
Call to prayer tower at the Palace
Masjid Mosque
Bek, our guide on the far right, with his sister & brother. We had a delicious lunch at their restaurant.
They make bread the traditional way - in a tandoor oven
Chor Minor Madrasah
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