Ferghana Valley (Kyrgyzstan)

The Ferghana Valley is a region in the southwest of Kyrgyzstan.

Cities

• 🌍 Osh – Kyrgyzstan's second largest city, a fascinating, 3,000 years old, wildly diverse, Ferghana Valley market town home to Central Asia's biggest and busiest outdoor market.
• 🌍 Arslanbob – An Islamic village popular with local pilgrims and famous for its picturesque walnut tree forest.
• 🌍 Batken
• 🌍 Chon-Alai – A region Southwest of Osh containing the Lenina peak, the highest mountain in Kyrgyzstan.
• 🌍 Jalal-Abad – A good bet for visiting a Ferghana Valley town, as it is significantly safer and easier to get to than Osh or destinations further southwest.
• 🌍 Khaidarkan
• 🌍 Kyzyl-Kiya
• 🌍 Uzgen

Understand

The Ferghana Valley itself actually spreads over Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The whole valley is on the main route of the old Silk Road route between Kashgar and Samarkand. The Kyrgyz part is at the southeast extreme of the valley, nearest Kashgar.

Get in

Osh Airport has international flights and a domestic connection with Bishkek.

Get around

To get to Chon-Alai take a marshrutka or shared taxi from Osh. You can contact Abdulla, a local, which is apparently starting a tour agency (his WhatsApp is [phone]). But hitch-hiking might be the more economical and faster option.

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Do

Eat, drink and sleep

Please see the relevant city articles for details.

Ferghana Valley