🇺🇿✨ Tashkent on a Budget: 2 Days Under $100

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Welcome to Tashkent — the green, relaxed, and budget-friendly capital of Uzbekistan, where Soviet metro stations meet Silk Road heritage.

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🏨 Stay
Topchan Hostel — $12/night
Social, safe, clean, with free breakfast and metro nearby.
2 nights = $24

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📅 Day 1: Markets & Mosques
• Free breakfast
• 🚇 Metro to Chorsu Bazaar — $0.10
• Try fresh non bread ($0.20) and street lagman ($2.50)
• Walk to Kukeldash Madrasah & Juma Mosque — free entry
• 🍉 Picnic in Navoi Park — fruit + bread: $1.50
• Walk along Broadway Street — music, art, free fun
• 🍽️ Dinner at Besh Qozon Café — plov + compote: $4
• 🚇 3 metro rides = $0.30
Total ≈ $9.60

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📅 Day 2: Culture & Views
• Breakfast at hostel
• 🚇 Metro to Amir Timur Museum — $1
• Stroll Independence Square & Navruz Park — free
• 🍽️ Lunch at Caravan Café — lagman + tea: $5
• 📸 Visit TV Tower deck — $3
• 🍲 Dinner at local chaikhana — shurpa + samosa: $3
• 🚇 4 metro rides = $0.40
Total ≈ $12.40

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💰 Total (2 days)
Stay: $24
Food & snacks: ~$18
Transport: ~$0.70
Museums/views: ~$4
Grand total: ~$47

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💡 Tips
• Use metro: stations are art!
• Locals are kind, and Russian helps
• Bring water, sun hat in summer
• Ask for small food portions — Uzbek dishes are big

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