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The real Silk Road: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and their turquoise domes.
Uzbekistan is among the destinations a French passport reaches without a visa. The real Silk Road: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and their turquoise domes. Here: visa, real budget, best seasons and what to do — departing from France.
In pictures
The visa, step by step
How to apply
No visa for a short tourist stay: show a valid passport and a return ticket on arrival.
Required documents
- Passport valid 6 months
- Return ticket
- Yellow fever certificate
Good to know
- •Visa-free tourist stay; confirm the exact allowed duration before departure.
A one-week budget
Round-trip flight from Douala / Yaoundé
510 000 FCFA–900 000 FCFAFlights from Paris (Air France, Turkish Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Brussels Airlines…), depending on the destination.
Indicative round-trip price: it varies widely by season, layover and how early you book.
Where the money goes (backpacker estimate)
Budget simulator
What to do there
Registan, Samarkand
The iconic ensemble of three madrasahs, a jewel of Islamic architecture and the heart of the city.
Bibi-Khanym & Gur-e-Amir (Samarkand)
A vast 15th-century mosque and Timur's mausoleum with blue domes.
Old Bukhara
Poi Kalon, the Ark Fortress, Lyab-i-Hauz and Central Asia's oldest madrasah (1417).
Khiva (Itchan Kala)
A walled desert city, an 'open-air museum' of 50+ monuments, the best-preserved on the Silk Road.
Tashkent
A 2,000-year-old capital: Chorsu Bazaar, the Khast Imam complex and ornate Soviet-era metro stations.
Silk Road by high-speed train
The Afrosiyob train links the caravan cities; historic bazaars and trading heritage to explore.
One week, day by day
- D1
Arrival in Tashkent: Chorsu Bazaar, Khast Imam, metro.
- D2
High-speed train to Samarkand; Registan at sunset.
- D3
Samarkand: Bibi-Khanym, Gur-e-Amir, Shah-i-Zinda, Siyob Bazaar.
- D4
Train to Bukhara; Lyab-i-Hauz and old town in the evening.
- D5
Bukhara: Poi Kalon, Ark Fortress, Ulugbek Madrasah, trading domes.
- D6
Domestic flight to Khiva; stroll through Itchan Kala at dusk.
- D7
Tour Khiva (Kalta Minor, Kunya Ark) then return flight via Tashkent.
Travel checklist
A printable list (or save as PDF) so you forget nothing.
Travel checklist — Ouzbékistan
Before you leave
What to pack
Indicative data (June 2026), reliability moyenne. Visa rules, prices and timelines change: always confirm with official sources before booking.
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