Architecture
Poi Kalyan in Bukhara: a short walking map and GPX
A short Bukhara route linking Kalon, Mir-i-Arab, Toki Zargaron and the Ulugbek and Abdulaziz Khan madrasahs. Walking map and exterior-visit guidance
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Bukhara, on foot
The Ark, madrasahs and trading domes. 10 walks, 33 places. Area guides and walking routes
Read, then explore
Open city map ↗
First walk
Bukhara from the trading domes to Chor Minor
Explore Magoki Attori, Lyabi-Hauz and Chor Minor through trading passages, a waterside square and the residential lanes of old Bukhara
All walking routes
Western Bukhara: mausoleums and the Ark ↗
From the brick Samanid Mausoleum past Chashma-Ayub and Bolo Hauz to the citadel walls
Poi-Kalyan and the paired madrasahs ↗
A short architectural walk around the minaret, mosque, Mir-i-Arab and neighbouring madrasahs
Trading domes, Lyabi Hauz and Chor Minor ↗
From trading domes past an old mosque to the pool and the four towers of Chor Minor
The grand walk: Bukhara ↗
The Ark, Po-i-Kalyan, Lyabi-Hauz and trading domes in one long walk. Museums, interiors and enclosed grounds can be visited separately
Western Bukhara and paired madrasas ↗
From the lattice tower to Bolo-Hauz, the paired Kosh façades and the Samanid Mausoleum
Trading halls and a painted house ↗
The covered tim, Magoki Kurpa, Gaukushon and residential blocks by Khodjaev House
Buildings around Lyabi-Hauz ↗
Kukeldash, khanqah and madrasa around the pool, continuing to Chor Minor
Western Bukhara’s neighbourhood mosques ↗
From Poi Kalyan into residential streets to a pool-side mosque and timber iwan
Talipach Gate, Zindan and northern Bukhara ↗
Talipach Gate → Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum → Zindan Prison Museum → Abu Hafs Kabir Mausoleum
Chor Minor and eastern Sufi landmarks ↗
Chor Minor → Fayzabad Khanqah → Bokharzi and Buyan Quli Khan mausoleums
Places on the map
- Ark of Bukhara
- Bolo Hauz Mosque
- Samanid Mausoleum
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
- Kalyan Minaret
- Kalyan Mosque
- Mir-i-Arab Madrasah
- Ulugbek Madrasah
- Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah
- Toqi Zargaron
- Toqi Telpak Furushon
- Magoki Attori Mosque
- Toqi Sarrofon
- Lyabi Hauz
- Nadir Divan Begi Madrasah
- Chor Minor
- Modari Khan Madrasah
- Abdullah Khan Madrasah
- Kukeldash Madrasah
- Fayzulla Khodjaev House Museum
- Nadir Divan Begi Khanqah
- Abdullah Khan Tim
- Magoki Kurpa Mosque
- Gaukushon Madrasah
- Shukhov Water Tower
- Khoja Zayniddin Mosque
- Baland Mosque
- Zindan Prison Museum
- Fayzabad Khanqah
- Talipach Gate
- Bokharzi and Buyan Quli Khan mausoleums
- Bozori Kord historic hammam
- Abu Hafs Kabir Mausoleum
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed