Navoi Park


Stretching south along the river from where the bazaar ends, leafy Navoi Park is a favourite local hang-out. Highlights inside include a gaming area where ak-sakal (white-beard) elders play chess, and a Yak 40 airplane decommissioned during Soviet times to serve as an oddball theatre and now as shade for a terrace cafe. The entire park is one of the pleasantest parts of the city.


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