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Built in the 1880s, this is large and tranquil but fairly plain.
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Water park 500 m south of TV tower with several pools, wave machine, water chutes and slides. There's a restaurant and bars within.
Oh-so-Seventies structure looking like the offspring of a triffid with a moon shot, this 375 m tower beams radio and TV to all parts of the country. The observation deck is at 97 m, and the restaurant at 110 m lurches part-way round then backtracks. Long lines at weekends, book online if feasible, and bring your passport.
Grand mosque in gleaming white marble, built in 2013/4 in traditional style. "Minor" means minarets but the mosque is named for its neighbourhood of that name.
Tranquil wooded garden over 66 hectares, the autumn colours are glorious.
Turkiston Sanʼat Saroyi
Concert hall in a modern Soviet confection, reasonable facilities, events inexpensive by western standards.
Ancient settlement on a mound protected by a moat. The structures are mud brick so they're crumbly and subsiding.