The capital of Uzbekistan, the ancient city of Tashkent is an extremely interesting place for an inquisitive tourist. Juicy oriental flavor harmonizes here with the usual manifestations of civilization, but at the same time the city does not lose its recognizable appearance over the years, although it is becoming more modern, following the trends of the time. This makes it truly unique – where else can you see the neighboring traditions and modernity? Perhaps there are few such places on Earth, and Tashkent is one of them.
The capital of Uzbekistan is among the five most densely populated cities among all the CIS countries. The city is dominated by low-rise buildings. The tallest building is a television tower with a height of 375 meters. The older generation in Tashkent is fluent in Russian. In young people, it is much less popular. Tashkent metro is not inferior in beauty to Moscow. Each station is a work of art.
It is very clean by the standards of the big city air. Much cleaner than, for example, in Moscow, New York or Bangkok. There are many ATMs in Tashkent, but often there are no banknotes in them. Sometimes you have to run to find the one that will give the coveted wad of bills. Tashkent is the largest city in Central Asia. An integral part of the local color is the numerous bazaars where you can buy anything, from fresh fruit to artfully hand-made carpet. True, for foreign tourists prices are often inflated. At the end of the 19th century, tigers were found around Tashkent. Now, alas, they are no longer there. The whole city has only one five-star hotel. There are more fountains in Tashkent than in any other Asian city. Every day the city consumes about 1.5 million cubic meters of water. Parks, squares and other green spaces occupy almost a third of all of Tashkent.
Locals love to read, and readily use libraries. Thus, in the first two quarters of 2017, the National Library of Tashkent issued more than 2.5 million books to customers. Especially for tourists in Tashkent plying double-decker buses are bright red. They help to explore the most interesting places of the city in a short time. In 2010, trolley buses stopped walking around the city, and in 2016, trams also stopped walking. But there are many buses, and the length of one of the bus routes in the city exceeds 30 kilometers. According to some estimates, people appeared on the territory of modern Tashkent about 17 thousand years ago. In the winter of 1930, a temperature of -29.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in hot, seemingly Tashkent. Tashkent is an ancient city. He is over 2200 years old.
