Bukhara’s Trading Domes
Old Bukhara, Uzbekistan
The covered trading halls are a good place to see how commerce shaped Bukhara’s architecture. Tim Abdullah Khan, a sixteenth-century enclosed market, offers a particularly clear contrast with the open streets outside. Browse carpets, instruments and decorative crafts, looking carefully at materials and workmanship before buying. The buildings themselves deserve attention too: their domes and shaded interiors make this an architectural walk as well as a chance to find something to take home.