all contacts
Рус Eng Fra
a 10 days tour of Uzbekistan from

read all news
Air Tickets
Visa and LOI
Tours & Excursions
Hotels & BnBs
Ground Transport
Tour Guides
Bonuses for Travelers
Advice for Travelers
Tourist Attractions
Destination: Uzbekistan
Last updated: 12 Dec 2018

Samarkand Paper Mill, Samarkand, Uzbekistan



map for Samarkand Paper Mill, Samarkand, Uzbekistan




Just a few miles away from the historic city center of Samarkand, a small village Konigil is located. There, you can find an old-styled workshop run by a family of enthusiasts who are continuing century-old traditions of paper-making in Uzbekistan.



The paper factory is using old technology and manual labor. The mechanisms are driven by the small river of Siab, using a wooden watermill. All materials and dyes are natural, just the way they were used centuries ago.



Guests and tourists can participate in the actual process of paper making, starting from collecting woods and preparing it for a lengthy process of boiling, drying, and stretching the paper.



The local artisans will show you old skills and techniques that they ancestors were using to make finest quality paper which was exported along the Great Silk Road to medeival Europe, including France, Italy, Germany and Spain.





Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Madrasah and Mausoleum
Afrasiab Hill
Bagizagan Wine Factory/Cellar
Dahma of Shaybanids
Gur-Emir Mausoleum
Hazret-Hyzr Mosque
Ishrat-Khana Mausoleum
Khodja Akhrar Necropolis
Mausoleum of Khodja Daniyar (Saint Daniel)
Mausoleum of Kusam-Ibn-Abbas
Mausoleums of Abdi Clan
Memorial Complex of Imam Al-Bukhari
Observatory of Ulugbek
Registan Square
Ruhabad Mausoleum
Shahi-Zinda
Shahi-Zinda Central Group
Shahi-Zinda Northern Group
Shahi-Zinda Southern Group
Sher-Dor Madrasah
Temurid Female Necropolis
Tillya-Kari Madrasah on Registan Square
Tuglu-Tekin And Amir-Zadeh Mausoleums
Ulugbek Madrasah on Registan Square