Uzbekistan travel guide

A standard Uzbekistan trip arrives in the capital, Tashkent, and continues to Registan Square in Samarkand.

After entry you must register your residence within three days, excluding public holidays and Sundays; if you stay in a hotel or other lodging business, it registers you. Fines grow with the length of the delay.

Local emergency numbers are fire 101, police 102 and ambulance 103. Information on this page was checked on 4 November 2026.

Visa and entry requirements for Uzbekistan

Whether you need a visa, how long you can stay and which pre-arrival forms apply all depend on your nationality and the purpose of your trip. Check the official source below, and your own government's travel advice, before you book.

Whether you need a visa depends on your nationality; check with an Uzbek embassy or official immigration source before you travel. Foreign visitors must register their residence within three days of entry, excluding public holidays and Sundays; hotels and other lodging businesses register their guests.

• Railway e-ticket (Uzbekistan Railways)

Tashkent is the capital, with Tashkent International Airport (TAS), a metro and buses, the Center for Islamic Civilization and the Hazrati Imam complex. Samarkand was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001, centered on Registan Square.

The two cities are linked by rail, with tickets on the official Uzbekistan Railways booking site. Samarkand also has an international airport (SKD), so you can arrive in one city and leave from the other.

Based on Uzbek government and UNESCO information.

Foreign visitors must register within three days of entry, excluding public holidays and Sundays; lodging businesses register their guests. Late registration is fined at 5 times the base administrative fee for up to 10 days, 10 times for 10 to 30 days and 20 times for 30 days or more. If you change hotels, check that the new one registers you too.

On departure, you can take out cash under 100 million sum without a declaration.

Local emergency numbers are fire 101, police 102, ambulance 103 and gas emergencies 104. Save your hotel address and your own country's embassy contacts in a note you can read offline, and keep a copy of your passport separate from the original.

Buy Tashkent–Samarkand train tickets on the official Uzbekistan Railways site, eticket.railway.uz. Train types, times and fares vary by date, so choose on the booking screen.

In Tashkent, a single bus or metro ride costs 2,500 sum by electronic payment or 3,000 sum in cash, with a separate 4,000-sum baggage fare.

• To rest on arrival day: get around Tashkent by metro.
• For World Heritage: give Registan Square in Samarkand a day.
• For both cities: pick your train first, then your hotels.