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Parus is made up of staff who follow the Christian world view and live moral lives. We are glad to be of service to anyone who desires to visit Uzbekistan and ask that you follow the rules of morale living while visiting, first because we are Christians, secondly, because Uzbekistan is a predominantly Muslim country holding strict rules compared to the West. Therefore we ask those people who share different viewpoints to use the services of other travel agencies in Uzbekistan.

We will be glad to provide you with Uzbekistan visa support if:  a. you respect our particular condition (see above);      b. you purchase a minimal service.

Parus is also able to assist the development of Christian / Humanitarian projects in Uzbekistan.


Of course, Uzbekistan isn't Europe, but that's what makes it interesting!
When you plan to go to Uzbekistan as a tourist, it is very important to realize what you expect to receive there. Once when a local guide was talking to some tourist from Switzerland, the guide diffidently said, "Yes Uzbekistan is not Europe! ..." What did he mean by that? Probably that Europe is better, more organized, more convenient... and so on. Most likely, yes the tour guide had an inferiority complex about his own country. However, the tourist with a nice smile replied, "But that's what makes it interesting!"

Therefore, there is no question what is better Uzbekistan or any of other countries worldwide. Uzbekistan differs from them in its originality. If European goes on a tour to Uzbekistan, expecting to find here Europe, he makes big mistake and surely will not be satisfied. Seek Uzbekistan; this is the key to your satisfaction, when you go there!

Contents
  1. What makes Uzbekistan interesting?
  2. Climate and nature advantages
  3. Mountaineering, hiking and rock-climbing
  4. Architectural and historical sights
  5. Tourism in Khorezm Province and Karakalpakstan
  6. Wildlife areas in desert and other attractions on nomadic ways
  7. Dental Tourism in Uzbekistan
  8. Religion-based interests of tourism

What makes Uzbekistan interesting?


Uzbekistan is a country with vast underused capabilities in tourism.

Tourist activities in Uzbekistan
range from outdoor activities, such as rock-climbing, to exploration of its rich archeological and religious history.

In 2005, the number of tourists visited Uzbekistan amounted 240,000 from 117 countries. Each autumn travel industry of the country holds International Tourism Fair.

WTO Silk Road Office was opened in 2004 in Samarkand. This office is commissioned to coordinate the efforts of international organisations and national tourism administrations of countries located on the Silk Road.

Climate and nature advantages.


The climate and the nature conditions of Uzbekistan are among the most favorable in Central Asia. Taking Tashkent a reference point for comparison, 502 mi to the northeast from Tashkent, at the former capital of Kazakhstan Almaty, the average annual temperature is 5-8 degrees lower. At the same time, 804 mi to southwest from Tashkent in Ashgabat the average annual temperature is 8-10 degrees higher. The relatively temperate climate, plus the presence of irrigation water, fecundates the land of Uzbekistan, which yields many fruit crops. The melons, grapes, apples, quinces, and pears of Uzbekistan have an incredibly delicious taste. The climate advantages of Uzbekistan attract mountain-skiers to the Chimgan-Beldersay area near Tashkent.

The combination of snow and mostly warm, sunny weather holds makes the Chimgan and Beldersay ski slopes extremely popular.

Mountaineering, hiking and rock-climbing.


Uzbekistan Mountains are an attractive place for those who love active forms of tourism such as mountaineering and rock climbing. Most well known for its ease of access from Tashkent is a highland Chimgan located in the mountain massive of dominant Greater Chimgan peak (3,309 m) of the Chatkal range at an altitude of 1,620 m. This place serves as a commencement for many routes of hiking, climbing, horse riding, mountain skiing and hang-gliding.

Architectural and historical sights.


Samarkand with its Registan, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Gur-Emir and Shah-i-Zinda, Bukhara with its Po-i-Kalyan Complex, Ark citadel, Samanid Mausoleum and Lyabi Khauz Ensemble, and of course Khiva with its intact inner city Ichan Kala, mosques, madrasahs, minarets, walls and gates are acknowledged sites of world tourism.

Though Tashkent is often overlooked in the search for the Silk Road oasis towns of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, for the traveler there is much besides this to be seen. Today one can visit such striking sights as Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin Bobo and Sheihantaur memorial place or Mausoleum of Zangiata.

Tourism in Khorezm Province and Karakalpakstan.


The territory of the Khorezm Province and Karakalpakstan is strewn with plenty of natural, historic, architectural and archeological sites. The Khorezm Province itself possesses near to 300 historic monuments.

In the last few years, the tourism potential at the region was improved with some new facilities and attractions. One of them is the Savitsky Museum in the town of Nukus, which houses a collection of unique works of avant-gardism. The museum also has amazing regional collection. A number of ecological tours are organized to the ship cemetery located in Muynak area along what has once been the coastline of the Aral Sea.

In 2005 Khorezm was visited by 43,000 tourists, of which foreigners accounted for 19,700. The majority of them came from countries such as France, Germany, Israel, Great Britain, Australia and Japan. The visitors of Khiva were mostly at the age of 50-70 (46%); about 21% of tourists were of the age 30-40. 32% of the visitors of Khorezm was independent travelers, that received visa support from local travel agencies.

After the modernization of the airport in Urgench it received international status. Now it corresponds to the first category of ICAO.

Wildlife areas in desert and other attractions on nomadic ways.


Desert fauna of Kyzyl Kum includes many kinds of rare animals. There is a Kyzyl Kum nature reserve at the flood-land (tugai) drained by the Amu-Darya. Another reserve (eco-centre) "Djeyran" is located 40 km to the south of Bukhara.

The region of Aidar-Kul Lake is an area of great potential for fishing, yurting and camel-back riding tourist activities.

In addition to fauna common for Kyzyl Kum, there are many kinds of water birds migrating from Aral Sea that make their homes around the lake. Many sorts of fish were introduced to the Aidar Lake, which nowadays works as a source of industrial fishing.

Another point of interest the Sarmish Gorge (Better known as Sarmishsay) is located on the southern slopes of the Karatau mountain range, 30-40 km to the north-east of the city of Navoi (Kermine) in Uzbekistan. This place is famous for various ancient monuments of anthropogenic activity concentrated in an area of about 20 sq km. The sights include flint quarries, mines, old settlements, burial mounds, crypts and petroglyphs, including monuments of the Middle Ages, early Iron Age, Bronze Age and even Stone Age. There are over 4,000 petroglyphs still intact in Sarmishsay. Since ancient times this territory has been a sacred zone, where locals performed their sacred ceremonies on holy days.

Dental Tourism in Uzbekistan


Lately many modern dental clinics were established in Uzbekistan. They provide patients with high quality dentistry services. But for all that, prices here much cheaper in comparison with Western and Russian clinics.

Uzbekistan leading dental clinics use high quality dentistry equipment (such as panoramic pantomograph, which allows taking the shot of all 32 teeth, making a digital x-ray, which can be immediately shown on the computer monitor), high quality materials and effective anesthetics. These clinics provide services of therapeutic treatment; treatment of tooth canal under the control of digital x-ray apparatus, surgical operations; prosthesis and orthodontics as well as prophylaxis, cleaning, polishing of teeth, irrigation and massage of gums. Experienced orthodontists and skilled technicians make metal-ceramic crowns on the basic of the most modern ceramic masses. The dentures are done using primarily metal-ceramic and effective clasp prosthesis that use special joints. All kind of dental works are executed with the most modern equipment, using the best materials from reliable world producers, such as: Dentsply (Great Britain), Voco (Germany), Chirana Prema (Slovakia), Septadont (France), "KaVo" (Germany), Gendex (Italy), Bego (Germany), Renfert (Germany).

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Religion-based interests of tourism.


Lately, great numbers of tourists from the West can be seen visiting Uzbekistan because of their religious-based interest.

The followers of Sufism know that dozens of historical sights of Islam such as Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin Bobo, Sheihantaur and Mausoleum of Zangiata in Tashkent or Bakhauddin Ensemble, Buyan Kulikhan Mausoleum, Saifuddin Bukharzi Mausoleum and many others monuments in Bukhara are related to Sufism.

Although Uzbekistan is the country with predominantly Islam roots, but it is generally known that the Church began in Asia. Its earliest history, its first centers were Asian. Obviously Nestorian Church, which was one of the widespread communities of early Eastern Christianity, dinted their tracks on the Uzbekistan soil. Those tracks still can be found at the art and other cultural environment. According to historical explorations in Bukhara, before it was captured (early 8th century) by the Arabs, the Christian temple stood at the eastern gate.

One of the components of so-called Evangelical Christianity in Central Asia became German Mennonites. They migrated to Russia because of their pacifist convictions. Russian Government promised to release them from military service. This promise was kept until 1880, when Russian tsar Alexander II had signed the decree that made all males of Mennonites liable for call-up to military service in Russian army. The way out of the impasse was found when one of the Mennonites' leaders German Yantcen met the governor-general of Turkestan general Von Kaufman in Saint-Petersburg. Kaufman, German itself, invited Mennonites to Russian Turkestan. He promised to release them from taxes and from military service for 25 years. In that way, Mennonites arrived to Sary-Agach village (about 13 miles northward of Tashkent). With time, they widely settled at different places between Vyernyi (Alma-Ata) and Khiva. One of Mennonites even used to be a translator at court of Khiva Khan.

The first Baptist congregations in Uzbekistan have been started at the close of the 19th century at small towns near to Tashkent (Gazalkent, Karabog, Iskander) where the population were mostly consisted of the colonists from Russia. The extant Gazalkent Baptist congregation is oldest in Uzbekistan.

The oldest Tashkent Baptist congregation has been started in 1905 from the group of the military. To our time, this congregation is the largest in Uzbekistan (about 600 members). The Baptist Union had been set up in Uzbekistan in 1925. Today the Baptist Union in Uzbekistan unifies near 30 congregations throughout the country that consist of near 1800 believers.

There are also large amount congregations of Pentecostal denomination.
Lately many protestant churches were started among Koreans, who also live in Uzbekistan.

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