🇺🇿✨ Tashkent on a Budget: 2 Days Under $100

#100usdchallenge Welcome to Tashkent — the green, relaxed, and budget-friendly capital of Uzbekistan, where Soviet metro stations meet Silk Road heritage. ⸻ 🏨 Stay Topchan Hostel — $12/night Social, safe, clean, with free breakfast and metro nearby. 2 nights = $24 ⸻ 📅 Day 1: Markets & Mosques • Free breakfast • 🚇 Metro to Chorsu Bazaar — $0.10 • Try fresh non bread ($0.20) and street lagman ($2.50) • Walk to Kukeldash Madrasah & Juma Mosque — free entry • 🍉 Picnic in Navoi Park — fruit + bread: $1.50 • Walk along Broadway Street — music, art, free fun • 🍽️ Dinner at Besh Qozon Café — plov + compote: $4 • 🚇 3 metro rides = $0.30 Total ≈ $9.60 ⸻ 📅 Day 2: Culture & Views • Breakfast at hostel • 🚇 Metro to Amir Timur Museum — $1 • Stroll Independence Square & Navruz Park — free • 🍽️ Lunch at Caravan Café — lagman + tea: $5 • 📸 Visit TV Tower deck — $3 • 🍲 Dinner at local chaikhana — shurpa + samosa: $3 • 🚇 4 metro rides = $0.40 Total ≈ $12.40 ⸻ 💰 Total (2 days) Stay: $24 Food & snacks: ~$18 Transport: ~$0.70 Museums/views: ~$4 Grand total: ~$47 ⸻ 💡 Tips • Use metro: stations are art! • Locals are kind, and Russian helps • Bring water, sun hat in summer • Ask for small food portions — Uzbek dishes are big ⸻ #budgetcitybreak #natureonbudget #weekendgetaway #solosmarttravel #tashkenttrip #exploretashkent #uzbekistanunder100 #silkroadvibes #metroarttashkent