Best Places to Visit in Tajikistan and the main
tourist attractions:
• The Fann Mountains is one of the most beautiful regions of the
Pamir-Alai: deep gorges, easy mountain passes, around 40 incredibly beautiful
lakes bordered by pointed and rocky 5,000-metre peaks.
• The Pamir Highway (M41) ranks second in the list of the world's most
beautiful roads. It traverses the uninhabited alpine areas of the Pamirs, on
its way crossing several mountain passes over 4,000 m high.
• The Vakhan Corridor is a harsh alpine region lying in the Vakhan and
Panj valleys.
• The alpine villages of the Pamirs, auls lost amidst highest mountains
where, detached from the modern civilisation, people have retained their
language and ancient traditions.
• The 7,000-metre peaks of the Pamir Mountains: ascents of the Communism
(Ismail Samani - 7,495 m) and Korzhenevskaya (7,105 m) Peaks.
• Hissar Fortress and other historical monuments.
• Main cities: Dushanbe, Khujand, Khorog, Kulob, Kurganteppa.
Tajikistan is a picturesque mountainous country and a very important
section of the Great Silk Road.
Tajikistan tourism is popular among trekkers and climbers, as well as
other types of travellers, such as motorists interested in trying difficult
high-altitude roads with their jeeps, amateur researchers into ancient
structures scattered in large numbers across the region, seekers after
non-trivial legends originating in remote mountain villages and those wishing
to reach places untrodden by the foot of man.
The stern beauty of the alpine areas of the Pamirs, monuments of the pre-Islamic period, hidden corners of pristine
nature, cohesion of cultures, high-altitude settlements and the original
lifestyle of the local people Pamiris, most delicious food and curative mineral
sources - these are what inspires tourists to opt for a travel to #Tajikistan.
