BUKHARA SITORAI MOKHI KHOSA — Suzani and Peacock Splendor

In this summer palace of Bukhara's emirs, you get a glimpse of how the royals  once lived amidst plush gardens, courtyards and banquet halls.  A MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS-- less fleshed out than the Tashkent museum of the same name--is found in many of the palace rooms.  Outside, you share the courtyard space with free roaming peacocks and relatively aggressive suzani (classic Uzbek  embroidery) vendors.