Namangan
Namangan is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan (2014 pop. 475,700) on the northern edge of the Ferghana Valley.
Get in
By plane
- 🌍 Namangan Airport (NMA IATA). Uzbekistan Airways from Ekaterinburg, Moscow Domodedovo, St. Petersburg, Tashkent. Ural Airlines from Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg
See
- 🌍 Mullo Kyrgyz Madrasseh (Bazaar area). Built in 1910.
- 🌍 Mosque of Ota Valikhan Tur. Built in 1915, and one of the largest in Central Asia; now home to a local branch of the Wahabi sect.
- 🌍 Namangan Natural History Museum. Housing local archaeological discoveries.
- 🌍 Hadja Amin Kabri Architectural Complex (near the bus station). Ornate terra-cotta facade from the 18th to 19th century.
- 🌍 Akhsykent ruins. 1st century settlement 25 km west of Namangan, on the Syr-Darya River. Formerly capital of Fergana Valley, it was destroyed by the Mongols, rebuilt by the Timurids and abandoned in the 17th century for Namangan after an earthquake.
Sleep
- 🌍 Chorsu Hotel, ☏ +998 69 227 35 01.
- 🌍 Orzu Hotel, 1 Nadira St, ☏ +998 78 223 00 17. 150 rooms, some with air-con and many with bathrooms.
- 🌍 Grand Sherdor Hotel, 1, Amir Timur street, ☏ +998 69 226 06 66 +998 90 226 06 66+998 93 226 06 66, grandsherdor75@mail.ru. Basic, semi-deluxe and deluxe rooms. Each room is equipped with air conditioning, TV, shower/bathtub, desk and chairs, wardrobe. The hotel also has a restaurant and free parking.
- 🌍 Istiqlol, 20 Islam Karimov street, ☏ +998 78 223 00 15
+998 78 223 00 42 +998 78 223 00 43, hotel.istiqlol@mail.ru. Check-in: 2PM-12AM, check-out: 07AM-12PM. ~45$ per night for a single room.
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