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Shopping Tour In Urgut Bazaar

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Samarkand
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Smarkand- Urgut Breakfast. Pick-up from hotel and transfer to Urgut. Situated only 40 kilometers from Samarkand at the foot of Zarafshan Mountains at a height of 1000 metres, the traditional Central Asian handicrafts and market town . .
Country: Uzbekistan
City: Samarkand
Duration: 1 Day(s) - 0 Night(s)
Tour Category: Shopping
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Smarkand- Urgut
Breakfast. Pick-up from hotel and transfer to Urgut.
Situated only 40 kilometers from Samarkand at the foot of Zarafshan Mountains at a height of 1000 metres, the traditional Central Asian handicrafts and market town of Urgut makes for a very interesting excursion for the visitor, particularly on Saturday and Sunday, which are the main market-days.
Urgut has the largest market in the Samarkand region selling traditional handicrafts, both old and new, particularly suzanne, carpets, jewels, metalwork and ceramics. The market also has smithies, tin workshops and stalls selling locally produced tea sets, clothes and traditional leather boots.
There are also food stalls serving plov and manti. The secrets of the production of traditional Urgut ceramics, with their characteristic streaky glazes of mustard-gold, brown, green and pale-citric colours, have been transmitted through seventeen generations by the Oblakulov family.
It is possible to see and buy these attractive traditional wares at the workshop and house of the Oblakulov family, who also produce traditional suzani embroideries with natural dyes.
LUNCH.
Back to Samarkand.
Day 2 Samarkand.
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