Known as the "garden of Uzbekistan" the Fergana Valley lies in the eastern part of Uzbekistan between the Tian Shan (Heavenly Mountains) and the Pamir Alay range and is shared with neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan. It is the most fertile and populous area of Uzbekistan.

Fergana, the largest town in the valley, with its Russian colonial architecture and streets shaded with plane and poplar trees, makes a good base from which to see the older and more interesting towns of Kokand and Margilan.

Things to see in ancient town of Margilan include the fascinating bazaar and the beautiful Khonakhah Mosque, exquisitely carved and painted in delicate shades of blue, yellow, pink and green. You can also to see silk produced by traditional methods at the Yodgorlik Silk factory.

Kokand was the capital of the notorious Kokand Khanate in the 18th and 19th centuries. You can visit the palace of the cruel Khudayar, the last Khan of Kokand, which was completed in 1873
just three years before the Russians took power. Also interesting are the Nabutbey Madrassah and Juma mosque.