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Your walk at a glance
- Walking distance
- 1.4 km
- Walking time, estimated
- 20 min
- Allow with stops
- 55–85 min
- Ascent / descent, estimated
- ↑ 0 / ↓ 10 m
Start: Toqi Telpak Furushon
Finish: Chor Minor
Paving, narrow residential lanes and kerbs; limited shade between stops.
Open this walking route ↗Follow the domes towards the water
Begin at Toqi Telpak Furushon and observe how the covered passage works: where its branches lead, where people pause and how light changes beneath the dome. Separate shopping from following the route. Otherwise the first stalls can absorb all your spare time and leave the remaining stops feeling unnecessarily rushed.
At Magoki Attori, make an architectural pause and compare the mosque’s scale with the surrounding passages. Toqi Sarrofon then returns your attention to movement through a domed space. Following this repeated idea is a useful way to remember the area without memorising every name. Step aside whenever you stop to look or take a photograph.
Keep time for the final lanes
Make Lyabi-Hauz your main rest point. First look at the pond and the arrangement of buildings around it, then approach the Nadir Divan Begi façade. Use the accessible waterside path rather than treating the middle of the pond as a walking destination. Before settling at a table, decide how much time you want to keep for the finish.
The route continues through residential streets to Chor Minor. Respect that change of setting: keep to public passages and avoid pointing cameras into homes. At the four towers, find an overall view before comparing their decoration. Shade is limited between stops, while paving and kerbs still deserve attention when you begin to tire.
The map and your stops
The outline follows the saved pedestrian track. External navigation may choose another path. The stop marker does not guarantee an open entrance.
Toqi Telpak Furushon
A covered trading junction in the old town.
Check your exit as several passages meet beneath the dome.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗Magoki Attori Mosque
An old mosque retaining decoration on its southern portal.
Look closely at the low portal and watch for steps and changes in level.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗Toqi Sarrofon
A trading dome on the approach to Lyabi Hauz.
Make a short stop here before the square beside the pool.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗Lyabi Hauz
An ensemble of madrasahs and a khanqah surrounding a pool.
Use the paths around the pool; the marker identifies the pool, not an entrance.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗Nadir Divan Begi Madrasah
The madrasah beside Lyabi Hauz has bird imagery on its portal.
Study the decoration from the square; plan any events separately.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗Chor Minor
A four-towered monument among the residential lanes of old Bukhara.
Keep quiet in the residential lanes and ask locally about any rooftop access.
Approach or exterior view; admission to the interior is not confirmed.
Show on the city map ↗
Before you go
- Keep water and energy for the walk after Lyabi-Hauz.
- Give shopping its own pause so it does not consume the route.
- Plan an exterior view of Chor Minor; access upstairs is not confirmed.
Terrain and access
Paving, narrow residential lanes and kerbs; limited shade between stops.
- Calculated using the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network; not verified by an on-site walk. Closures and barriers may change the path.
- Visit time is an editorial estimate. Check museum and religious-site admission, tickets and access separately.
Times are estimates, not opening hours. Ticketed visits and queues can extend the walk. Accessibility has not been surveyed on site.
Questions before the walk
Can I finish at Lyabi-Hauz?
Yes. That makes a shorter walk through the trading area. Save Chor Minor as a separate destination instead of rushing through its approach.
Does this walk include Poi-Kalyan?
No. It has a separate route. Combining them requires additional time for the connection, breaks and careful viewing of both ensembles.
Sources and verification
Written by walkymap from remotely checked sources. No on-site walk is claimed.
Uzbekistan Travel — National PR Centre — Lyabi-Hauz ensemble ·
Uzbekistan Travel — National PR Centre — Chor Minor ·
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL. Track geometry and distance are from the route dataset.
Elevation estimate: Mapterhorn. Terrain model; stairs and small changes in level may be missed.