3★+ hotels in Samarkand from €37/night (range €37–130, 23 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).
In Jul, Samarkand typically sees ~36°C daytime highs and 0 rainy days.
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Samarkand is the city that is the bejewelled crown of the Silk Road, a rhapsody of ornate Islamic architecture with turquoise domes and soaring tiled minarets. It's one of the twin pillars of the Samarkand through Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, and a must-see destination. With a population of 585,000 in 2024 and as many again in the broader metropolis, much of Samarkand is blandly modern, but its extensive Old Town has been well-preserved, and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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