Chor Bakr Memorial Complex

The Chor Bakr Memorial Complex felt more like a movie set than an ancient memorial, and in fact, it was being used to film something when I visited. Of all the places that I stopped at in the Bukhara area, this was definitely the most skippable.

I don't deny this place might have its historic and religious significance, but as a tourist I just thought "what's there to see here?" I don't see anything peculiar that other places in Bukhara old town don't offer. I came on Friday so they were preparing for Friday's big prayer. If the stalls were fully set up, it would give it an Aladdinesque feel. I would rather spend the 60000 soms of a return Yandex having a nice tea and chilling in Bukhara.

Chor-Bakr is a memorial complex in the village of Sumitan at 5 km of Bukhara in Uzbekistan, built over the burial place of Abu-Bakr-Said, who died in the year 360 of the Muslim Calendar (970–971 AD), and who was one of the four of Abu-Bakrs (Chor-Bakr) – descendants of Muhammad. The complex includes the necropolis of family tombs, and courtyards enclosed with walls.

One of the most important monuments in or rather around Bukhara. It's easy to miss as it is quite far from the city center, almost 10kms, so I guess a lot of us miss it easily and chose to due to its distance. But, this is something not to be missed. It's such a big complex of graves of some prominent figures and a functional mosque where 5 times' prayers are offered even today. Typical of Bukhara, there is a beautiful Tower/Minarate in front of the mosque. All around, it's basically a graveyard with graves ranging in size and slightly in shape, but all built in bricks. Entry fee is UZS 15,000 (EUR1) for a foreigner

Beautiful complex, with different areas from different time periods. At the rear of the mosque is the modern cemetery. At the front of the complex is an aviary with a wide selection of rather miserable looking birds in small enclosures. No admission to the mosque, possibly because it was prayer time. 10,000 entrance. Toilets are in the washrooms and there was no charge.

We had a plan to visit Chor Bakr Memorial Complex as we had several request this year to remove it from the place of visits. In compare to Fayzulla Khodjaev house museum we all had one conclusion that we should exclude Chor Bakr Necropolis. It’s a huge spacious area of muslim cemetery and probably not that interesting in compare with other place. However, if you have more free time then you should visit this place too.

Mausoleum with tombs complex. Don’t miss this place while in Bukhara, very unique, spiritual and beautiful. 30min to see is sufficient but recommend slow pace to reflex, not many tourists here. Easy to get by Yandex - both ways was approx 30K from Arc and ticket was 15K

Very nice & quiet place. Not a lot of tourists and some nice buildings & grave complexes. There are also animals and some artificial bodies of water. The entry fee was 10,000 UZS. Not a must see if you've already seen Samarkand or are planning to visit there. When I visited, there were a lot of bees and hornets, so if you're allergic, be prepared.