Samarkand is an amazing city. It has many interesting places and significant monuments. Almost all his sights are sheaven legends and secrets. And it causes tourists an even greater desire to visit not only local bazaars, but also the unique monuments of the East. I will say honestly, in one day to inspect Samarkand will not work. Therefore, if you want to get acquainted with the architecture and history of the ancient city, it is worth allocating at least two to three days.
So, inspected the main tourist facilities of Samarkand - Mausoleum Gur-Emir, Square Registan and Mosque Bibi-Khanum can be moved further towards the Afrasiab elevation. She is in a pair of tens of steps from the Bibi-Khanum mosque. The hill itself is uninteresting, but located on it Mausoleum complex Shahi-Zinda It may well impress even the most accurate travelers.
This place, despite the fact that is in reality an ancient cemetery, looks very beautiful and elegant. The mystical of the mausoleum complex begins with the first steps to it. In fact, you can get to Shahi-Zinda, you can only overcome the staircase from forty-steps. On the number of these most steps and is based legend. She says that all people who have the number of steps when climbing and the descent will coincide, are cleaned of sins. What to say, I didn't become sinless.
As for the complex, it consists of eleven mausoleums interconnected by arouso-dome passages. The most famous of them is considered the Mausoleum of Kussam Ibn Abbas, the cousin of the Prophet Mohammed. Its gravestone is decorated with bright glazed tiles, and the side surfaces are decorated with gold quotes from the Quran. In addition to mausoleums, there are small mosques decorated with a carvings and a typical mosaic in a complex of Shahi-Zinda.
Inspection of the entire complex will take about two hours and will cost tourists in 10,000 soums. Those who plan to get to the complex for a taxi need to know that Shikhi-Zinda is located on Street Ustara Dzhurakulov.
In addition to the mausoleum complex on the ray of Afrasiab, one more, revered by Muslims place - Tomb Koji Donir . According to the story in the sarcophagus, which is installed inside the tomb, the prophet's hand is stored. The most amazing thing is that the length of the sarcophagus increases with time. She almost reached twenty meters.
Gides on this are talking about different stories. However, the most realistic seems that the one in which the change in the length is associated with the protection of the saints of the relics from the greedy people. This miraculousness of this place does not end. At the foot of the tomb there is a spring, water from which supposedly healed as a body, so soul. People from all over Uzbekistan arrive and score a few healing water. Tourist will have to try water. Since everyone who wants to visit the tomb must be washed outdoor body portion and drink some water.
You will not work on foot to the next attraction. The fact is that Remains Observatory and Ulugbeck Museum Located on the outskirts of Samarkand, more precisely on the Kuhac Hill. Initially, the observatory was built by the Great Ulugbek, grandson of Tamerlan. It was he who was fond of astronomy and created a Samarkand astronomical school. However, in twenty years after his death, the observatory was completely destroyed. And only thanks to the researcher of rare manuscripts Abu Said Makhzumu and the archaeologist Vyatkin on the Kukhak hill appeared a museum with a collection of ancient astronomical instruments, frescoes depicting the episodes of the life of ancient astronomers.
Next to the museum, tourists will be able to see the remnants of the vertical quadrant, which served as part of the original observatory.
Visiting the museum will cost 14,000 soums.
In addition to cultural and historical objects in Samarkand there is one more attraction - East market . So where there are centuries-old traditions can be seen in all its glory. A particularly informative will visit the most ancient and large city market Siabsky, which is between the Bibi Khanum mosque and the Shahi-Zinda complex, a ten minute walk from Registan Square. In this bazaar, it is sold absolutely everything - from traditional spices to craft products. In the bazaar, you can easily find the pellets that SAMARKAND is so famous. It is especially nice to walk between the rows allocated for artisans. They are very beautiful and unusually lay out their goods. But only those who know how to keep themselves can visit the row with sweets. Otherwise, the contents of the wallet will decrease very much, and the size of the waist will change to the biggest side.
Here is such a cozy Samarkand with mystical mosques and the tomb. He just can't like it. You can only come and see everything with your own eyes.