The capital of Uzbekistan,Tashkent

Transport and Accommodation

Tashkent has a metro chain, and one of the directions is still in development. The city is known for having probably the most beautiful metro stations in the world. All of them are decorated with orient mosaic and colorful ornaments. Tashkent was the first city in Central Asia who built a metro during USSR times. Nowadays it also has a progressive bus & taxi transports, but no more trams and trolleybuses. They were removed due to the growing up amount of vehicles.

Public transport
Tashkent has a chain of buses and minibuses; the average waiting time is 5-8 minutes, depending on the daytime.
In addition, as we mentioned above – the Tashkent’s metro is stunning and breathtaking. Even though the city is settled in kind of seismological area, it was built in accordance with modern technologies against earthquakes.
At 09.19.19, the government of Tashkent decided to announce one free entry day in Tashkent metro. It was tied to European flash mob called ‘1 week without car’.
Car rental
Our company also rents out fine cars not older than 3 years. We offer local brand cars such as Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet Lacetti and Chevrolet Malibu-3 and for group driving, we offer Mercedes mini-bus and big bus under brand Oriental.
Feel free to ask us about car rent when booking your tour! Your driver license is required along with a knowledge of local driving rules.
Speaking of other companies, we notice that many of them rent out Ravon 2 or 3, and mainly in white color. The price is by request and often calculated depending on your wish. Many of these rental cars are parked at international airport of Tashkent named after Islom Karimov.
Currency
The currency is Uzbek som and on 09.20.19 1 U.S. dollar costs 9411, 3 soms.
Local stores, cafes and restaurants accept cash in soms, but many of them also accept foreign cards in systems of Visa or MasterCard. Due to the financial revolution of Uzbekistan, you can cash out money from a card almost in any big bank branch with a small (0.5-1%) fee.