Authentic Osh city Jayma Bazaar walking tour with local guide
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour
The markets and bazaars of Kyrgyzstan are more than just a place for shopping. Historically, markets have also been places of friendship, communication, and cultural exchange. The bazaar in Osh is a real oriental bazaar, stretching over several quarters along the western Ak-Bura riverside. The Jayma Bazaar is more than 3000 years old and probably the biggest market in Central Asia. Once you get there, you will immediately want to buy everything that you see and eat it right there. People in Osh say that the Osh bazaar has everything. Tourists adore Jayma Bazaar, and locals consider it an essential part of their life. Traders come here not only from all over Kyrgyzstan, but also from China, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
What's included
- Professional licensed guide
- Pick-up and drop-off
- All fees and taxes
- Food and drinks (own expense)
- Personal expenses
Highlights
Itinerary
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Meet your guide at the agreed meeting point near the bazaar or at your centrally located hotel in Osh.
An unprepared tourist’s eyes run up from the chaos reigning here: crowds of people, merchants, and carts, assorted counters but your local guide will help you figure it out and enjoy walking and exploring the bazaar.
The bazaar in Osh is considered one of the most picturesque and largest bazaars in terms of turnover in Central Asia. In addition, it has existed in one place for more than 2000 years, even from the time when one of the branches of the legendary Silk Road passed through Osh.
Taste delicious-looking seasonal fruits: juicy apples, peaches, sweet grapes grown under the generous oriental sun, yellow melons, and striped watermelons.
Try some dried fruits and nuts: dried raisins of different varieties, apricots, pistachios, walnuts, almonds, and peanuts. Fragrant tortillas just from tandoor offered by brisk women in bright colorful dresses. You can’t pass by kebabs, traditional pilaf, samsa, and beshbarmak, smelling so that drooling.
You will also visit the National Instruments section, Clothing Area, Spice Market, Uzbek fabrics and fabrics for toshoks (sitting mats) and other household use, Woodmasters and Forging Craftsmen, and much more.
Say goodbye to your guide after a saturated walk through the ancient bazaar.