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Fruit stands-Tashkent: Fruit stands-Tashkent

Open air markets on the streets.

What to buy: You can get very good quality fruit for a very cheap price.

Directions: This one of the picture is located on SHota Rostaveli after Babur Park.

Theme: Food and Drink

Street vendors-Tashkent: Street vendors-Tashkent

Little shops in street corners.

What to buy: This should be the best way of getting water and snacks for a small price not as high as in fancy supermarkets.

What to pay: cheap
water 500SUM

Theme: Food and Drink

Carpets-Bukhara: Carpets-Bukhara

This is acarpet market located in the bazaars after the Kalon Mosque right after the jewelery bazaar. From here you can already look to the monument Ark.

What to buy: You can buy traditional carpets from the area. Remeber Uzbekistan was part of Turkmenistan before Russia came, so many patterns are the same as Tukmenistan. Also Tajik culture is very present in Uzbekistan.

Directions: depends of the carpet, if its old or new, small or big.

Theme: Local Craft

Music instruments-Taqi Zargaron-Bukhara: Music instruments-Taqi Zargaron-Bukhara

This man has lots of music intruments. I understood that many are atcually made by him. This small market stool is located in Taqi Zargaron market or covered Bazar before Kalon Mosque and Kalon Minaret.

What to buy: He is a musician and can play a bit for you. He has CDs to sell also with his music.

Theme: Music

Caravanserai Saifuddin-Bukhara: Caravanserai Saifuddin-Bukhara

This is a 2 flight recovered Caravanserai that helds more than 20 shops. In Bukhara there are a couple of very interesting Caravanserais that youll be thrilled to visit and feel your inside the Silk Road (along with 10 tourist by your side he).

What to buy: You can buy many variety of local craft, from carpets to puppets, shoes to scarfs.

What to pay: This will depend of your hability of deling thngs. Don't get the first price.

Directions: This is in front of the Puppet Theater right in Labi-hauz.

Theme: Local Craft

Jewels Market-Bukhara: Jewels Market-Bukhara

This is a place with at least 30 shops for selling gold. The majority of people you'll see here are women so ambiance gets quite different from what you're already getting used to traveling in muslim countries. This feeling is good for a change.

What to buy: Gold and other different jewels.

What to pay: depends on what you get. But Uzbekistan gold is not very strong so prices can get really cheap.

Address: Hoja Nurabad Kuchasi

Directions: This is the market aside the Koja Mosque, almost on the end of it on your right side.

Theme: Jewelry