Uzbekistan Complete Guide 2026: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Tashkent and the Fergana Valley
Browse more guides: Uzbekistan travel | Asia destinations Uzbekistan Complete Guide 2026: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Tashkent and the Fergana Valley TL;DR I spent close to three weeks in Uzbekistan in spring 2026, riding the Afrosiyob high-speed train between Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara, then flying to Urgench for Khiva. As an Indian passport holder I walked through immigration on the visa-free 30-day scheme and ate plov twice a day. April to June and September to November are the sensible windows. Budget 60 to 80 USD per day for comfortable mid-range travel. Why Visit Uzbekistan in 2026 I had been putting off Central Asia for years, mostly because the old Karimov-era paperwork sounded exhausting. That changed after 2018, when the country rolled out an electronic visa at 20 USD for 30 days, and in February 2021 when Indian passport holders were granted visa-free entry for 30 days. The Afrosiyob high-speed train, a Spanish Talgo 250 in service since 2011, runs the full Tashk...