Hotel Vahdat

Tajikistan


Opposite the citadel, this reasonable hotel has a good central location, comfortable rooms and discount in off seasons. The lobby with its red carpets is reminiscent of an earlier era but thankfully the service isn't.


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1. Historical Museum of Sughd Province

0.12 MILES

Built within the reconstructed southeastern bastion of the city wall, this museum houses a fascinating set of modern marble mosaics depicting the life of…

2. Citadel

0.14 MILES

The city’s top sight is the citadel, the reconstructed corner of which is open to visitors. From the top of the 10th-century ramparts, the disintegrating…

3. Museum of Archaeology & Fortifications

0.16 MILES

The reconstructed eastern gate houses the Museum of Archaeology & Fortifications, which has some interesting 19th-century photos and plans of the original…

4. Statue of Komil Khojandi

0.29 MILES

Standing at the intersection of Lenin and the street that bears his name, the statue of Komil Khojandi commemorates the city's namesake.

5. Mausoleum of Sheikh Massal ad-Din

0.66 MILES

The final resting place of Sheikh Massal ad-Din, a 12th-century poet and ruler of Khojand, forms the central feature of the surrounding assembly of…

6. Sheikh Massal ad-Din complex

0.66 MILES

This religious complex comprises the 1394 brick mausoleum of Sheikh Massal ad-Din (1133–1223), covered porticoes with carved wooden pillars, a 20th…

7. Panchshanbe Bazaar

0.7 MILES

The core of this great bazaar, reputedly the largest in Central Asia, is an unusually elegant, purpose-built hall (1964) with arched entrance portals and…

8. WWII Monument

0.72 MILES

This modernist-style monument of giant marble stelae, below which burns the eternal flame, commemorates the heroes of WWII.