Every monument ticket in Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Tashkent, in som and in dollars, with the Amirsoy gondola fares — checked in October 2026 by the people who buy them every week.
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Entrance fees in Uzbekistan are paid on the day, at the gate, almost always in som. They are not expensive by European standards, but they add up over a week, and almost nobody publishes them, so travellers arrive without knowing whether to budget ten dollars or a hundred.
These are the prices we pay. We buy these tickets most weeks, and we checked every figure here in October 2026.
At the time of writing the rate is about 12 000 som to the US dollar, so the dollar figures below are a guide rather than a quote. Check the rate on the day — it moves.
Samarkand
- Registan square — 100 000 som, about $8.40
- Gur-e-Amir mausoleum — 75 000 som, about $6.30
- Bibi-Khanym mosque — 50 000 som, about $4.20
- Shah-i-Zinda — 75 000 som, about $6.30
- Ulugbek's observatory — 75 000 som, about $6.30
Seeing all five costs about 375 000 som, roughly $31 a person.
If you are choosing rather than seeing everything: the Registan and Shah-i-Zinda are the two nobody regrets. Shah-i-Zinda is best before nine in the morning, when the light is on the tilework and the lane is still empty.
Bukhara
- The Ark citadel — 60 000 som, about $5.00
- Abdulaziz Khan madrasa — 20 000 som, about $1.70
About 80 000 som, roughly $6.70 a person.
Bukhara is the cheapest of the three Silk Road cities to visit, because most of what you came to see — Lyab-i Hauz, the trading domes, the Kalyan minaret from the square — costs nothing at all. You walk through it.
Khiva
- Ichan-Kala master ticket — 250 000 som, about $21.00
- Pakhlavan Makhmud complex — 75 000 som, about $6.30
- Islam Khoja minaret — 100 000 som, about $8.40
About 425 000 som, roughly $35.50 a person.
The walls walk is a further 100 000 som, about $8.40, if you want it. It is worth it late in the afternoon.
Khiva is the most expensive of the three, and the reason is the master ticket: the walled city is run as a single museum rather than as a collection of separate sites.
Tashkent
- Museum of Applied Arts — 40 000 som, about $3.30
- Temurids Museum — 60 000 som, about $5.00
About 100 000 som, roughly $8.40 a person.
The metro is a separate fare and worth riding for the stations alone.
The Amirsoy gondola
Amirsoy is the mountain resort an hour and a half from Tashkent, and the gondola is priced per person, with a weekday and a weekend rate:
- Amirsoy Express, round trip — 115 000 som on weekdays, 135 000 som at weekends
- Express + Prima, round trip — 225 000 som on weekdays, 255 000 som at weekends
Children aged 4 to 14 and adults over 55 pay less, and there is a one-way fare as well. The full table is here: Amirsoy cable car prices, 2026.
What we include, and what you pay yourself
We quote most of our day tours without entrance fees, and where tickets are not included we say so on the tour page. There are two reasons. The first is that the prices change and we would rather tell you today's number than carry last year's in a package price. The second is that most travellers want to choose: a day in Samarkand works perfectly well with two monuments rather than five, and you should not be paying for three you decided to skip. Tickets can also be added to your booking: we buy them for you at the gate price plus a small purchase service fee.
What our price includes is the guiding and transport described on each tour page — and a licensed guide is the difference between looking at a madrasa and understanding why it faces the one opposite.
A note on these prices
Monument tickets in Uzbekistan are set by the ministry and change from time to time, usually upward and usually at the start of a season. Everything above was correct in October 2026. If you find a difference at the gate, tell us and we will correct this page — we would rather be accurate than comfortable.
