COOKING TRAVEL GUIDE
The kitchens worth booking.
The 7 samarkand cooking classes travellers love most, gathered in one place. What you cook, how long you spend at the stove, who teaches, and what a seat at the table costs.
8-hour Samarkand village day with a local home visit and hands-on plov cooking, bazar shopping, bread, and folk music.
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A 5.5-hour Uzbek cooking class near Samarkand in a village home with hands-on Plov and Mantu, tea, animals, and pickup.
Cook Uzbek classics with a local Samarkand family, start at Siyob Bazaar, and visit a silk carpets factory for a day of real life.
“This was a great way to see how people outside the obvious tourist destinations in Uzbekistan really love. Plus we got to make some traditional food and it was delicious! Akram, our guide, was fantastic - interesting and interested. Highly recommended!”
Shop with a local in Samarkand, then cook plov or bake tandir bread at a family home with transfers and a shared meal.
“Wonderful experience learning to cook plov and bread in a traditional tandoor! We first got to go to the local market to select the ingredients for our dishes. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, welcoming us into her home. Would recommend to anyone interested in learning to cook Uzbek cuisine and to learn more…”
Shop Samarkand’s bazaar, cook classic Uzbek dishes with a local family, and visit Konigil paper and oil/pottery workshops on a private 5-hour day.
“We had a wonderful day with Goli and her family! She picked us from our hotel and brought us to her local market where we were able to try new things. Cooking was a fun and slow experience. I wish we could’ve participated even more e.g. collecting firewood or rolling the dough.”
Spend 6 hours with a Samarkand family: Siyob Bazaar market walk, hands-on Uzbek cooking, and a home-style lunch, with pickup and an air-conditioned car.
“This was truly the most unique tour I’ve ever booked. An absolute must for anyone wanting to truly understand Samarkand. Together with Akramjon and Rushana, I had the rare opportunity to learn all the details of making traditional Read more”
Shop Siyob Bazaar ingredients, cook plov in a local home with Ali, then share a full meal at the dastarkhan in Samarkand.
“We enjoyed this tour a lot. The tour started at the bazaar, where Ali showed us around while buying some ingredients for the plov. Then his brother drove us to his home, which is perhaps 10 minutes from the city centre. He and his family had Read more”
Hands-on classes and market tours, city by city.