00:22hospitality has long been woven into everyday life in uzbekistan for centuries travelers crossing
00:29the silk road relied on local families for a place to rest share food and exchange stories from distant
00:35lands today that spirit of welcome continues in a new form through small guest houses that open
00:41their doors to visitors our journey begins in surhandaria guests are invited to sit down
00:46learn about the rooms and facilities and choose what suits them best
00:59for us to be able to work with the machines and we are able to work with the people in
01:04the
01:04village we are able to work with them
01:05guest houses like this often becomes places where travelers meet share stories and spend time
01:11together while we were here we saw several tourists preparing dinner side by side in the kitchen
01:16inspired by them our team decided to join in for a moment
01:20i've been here for about 10 days i've been here for many people i've been here with my friends
01:25foreign activity and burda hep beraber ailecek toplanup yemek yapmak among the guests is liu xian zhong
01:33visiting from china each evening he prepares a traditional dish and invites others to taste it今天晚上我们做的是中国的火锅我们计划要做一种牛油火锅基本上
01:56它是包括这鱼然后放到锅里边烧一锅汤里面可以煮煮还有包括羊肉这些虾仁
01:57moments like this give guest houses their unique atmosphere
02:08modern guest houses here feel more like shared homes there is a guitar in the corner chess on
02:13the table even a piano and if guests miss their own food the kitchen is open to them
02:19our journey now continues west to the historic city of Bukhara where small guest houses welcome
02:25visitors from around the world one of them is kohinur opened in 2019 as a family business at first it
02:32offered only a few rooms for travelers as more visitors arrived the owners gradually expanded
02:37the house guest houses are an important part of Bukhara tourism today many historic homes have been
02:43restored offering visitors a chance to experience traditional architecture from the inside for many
02:49families guest houses are also an opportunity to build the business without leaving their homes
03:06for many travelers arriving in Bukhara guest houses offer something different from large hotels
03:13i think when you are in a guest house you are more in touch with the real culture because when
03:18you stay in the hotels then you it's like in every other country's hotels we're closer to the to
03:23the culture of speaking people i would say and that is also very nice and that's also why we chose
03:28guest houses from Bukhara the road leads further along the Silk Road to another legendary city
03:34Samarkand remains one of the most famous crossroads of central Asia
03:49even in the capital the tradition continues in Tashkent some guest houses are hidden inside historic
03:55neighborhoods where traditional houses have been carefully restored and adapted for travelers
04:01for many travelers places like this offer something different not just a room but also
04:07a glimpse into everyday life in Tashkent sometimes the story of a guest house begins with something
04:13as simple as a tree this hotel was built around the mulberry tree which had been growing here
04:20the minimum 150 years already when we just purchased this building it was an old traditional tea house
04:28i decided to turn it into the full-scale guest house and we decided to leave the mulberry tree inside
04:35the
04:35building across Uzbekistan guest houses offer travelers more than just a place to sleep they open a window
04:42into daily life and for many visitors it is this small moment to share the meals that make a
04:48journey along the Silk Road truly unforgettable
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