Navoi, Uzbekistan: eco-villages, desert yurts and ancient heritage in Central Asia
Uzbekistan’s Navoi region combines sustainable tourism with cultural heritage, from eco-villages and family-run guesthouses to historic fortresses, petroglyphs and traditional nomadic yurts.
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00:00Sustainable travel means more than just visiting places, it is slowing down, connecting with nature, respecting traditions, and living as well.
00:29A light footprint. In Uzbekistan's Navoi region, those values are alive.
00:34Saint-Aub, a village near the Nourata mountains and the Kizilcum desert, was recognized by the World Tourism Organization as one of the best tourist villages in the world.
00:45It provides an authentic cultural experience focused on sustainability and the preservation of national values.
00:53The road turns into a path and the path into open sky. Here you measure time by footsteps and flocks, not by hours.
01:03In Saint-Aub, tourists can stay in family-run guesthouses, participate in cooking classes, feel the warmth of the local people and spend time in nature.
01:13We are friends, and we welcome them to love, and we are friends. We are even friends, we are with tourists, and you are with them and we are with them.
01:27After a one hour drive in the desert, travelers discover Nurata city.
01:33In the center of Nurata stands the sacred Chasma Spring,
01:37a medieval pilgrimage site connected to Hasratali,
01:41where mineral waters feed pools filled with hundreds of holy trout.
01:46But one of the most important places of the city is the fortress,
01:50strongly connected with the ancient Greek presence in this area.
01:54The fortress is said to have been built by Alexander the Great in the 4th century before Christ,
02:01which makes it one of the most ancient monuments in Uzbekistan.
02:05It was an important location for defending Samarkand against nomadic raiders from the north.
02:11The name Nur means light and it was on the main caravan route from Samarkand to Buhara.
02:17Nurata was also one of the leading centers of artistic embroidery in the 19th century.
02:23A new generation of embroiderers preserve these traditions.
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