Cooking class in Samarkand with local life experience
Join a Samarkand family for a unique culinary adventure. Gain authentic cultural insights, forge personal connections, and explore hidden gems beyond the typical tourist path.
10 meals
Experience Details
Spending a day with a local family during your visit to Samarkand offers a truly unique and enriching experience:
1. **Authentic Insights**: You'll gain authentic insights into the local culture, traditions, and daily life. It's like peeking behind the scenes and discovering what makes a place tick.
2. **Personal Connections**: Interacting with locals fosters genuine connections. You'll learn about their stories, share meals, and perhaps even participate in their daily activities.
3. **Off-the-Beaten-Path**: Unlike typical tourist attractions, this experience takes you off the beaten path. You'll explore hidden gems and discover places that guidebooks often miss.
4. **Cultural Exchange**: It's a two-way street. You'll share your own culture and learn from theirs. Language, customs, and traditions become bridges for understanding.
5. **Memorable Moments**: From cooking together to hearing family anecdotes, these moments create lasting memories that go beyond standard sightseeing.
Sample Menu
What You Get
Good To Know
- Travelers with special dietary restrictions or allergies need to inform us in advance so we can cater to their needs.
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
What You’ll Experience
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Cancellation Policy
For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.
Thank you Navruz for spending the whole day with us. You are a very hospitable person and our experience in Samarkand was truly authentic with your accompaniment. Highly recommended!
Akram was a wonderful host and we had so much fun on this cooking class! He and his wife welcomed us into their home, we were greeted with a huge table of food, tea and sweets, then they showed us ...read more
This was a great way to see how people outside the obvious tourist destinations in Uzbekistan really love. Plus we got to make some traditional food and it was delicious! Akram, our guide, was fa...read more
This is a great way to get a feeling for family life and food in Uzbekistan. Akram and his family made us feel so welcome and showed us how to prepare plov and manti and the result was more delici...read more
Akram and his family were extremely kind!!! It was a very nice experience not only regarding cooking uzbek food but also to share the uzbek culture!! 100% recommended.
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10 meals
Join Shodiyor in Samarkand for a genuine Uzbek cooking class. Explore a local market, craft traditional dishes from scratch, and dive into the cultural richness. Includes wine and hotel transfers.