swap_horiz Bukhara Alternatives

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Dunhuang Oasis

The Dunhuang Oasis is a vital historical site located in Gansu Province, China. It’s renowned for its exceptional preser...

China Historic Silk Road Gobi

9.2 Excellent

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Samarkand

Samarkand is a historic oasis city located in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. It flourished as the capital of the Timurid Empi...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

9.2 Excellent

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Khiva

Khiva is a historic oasis city in western Uzbekistan, near the Amu Darya and the edge of the Kyzylkum Desert. It served...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Silk Road

8.9 Great

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Al-Ula Oasis

Al-Ula is an oasis and historic settlement area in northwestern Saudi Arabia, located along an ancient route linking Ara...

Natural Historic Saudi Arabia Nabataean

8.8 Great

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Merv Oasis

The Merv Oasis in present-day Turkmenistan contains the remains of several cities that occupied successive sites along t...

Ancient Silk Road Mary Turkmenistan

8.7 Great

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Turpan Oasis

The Turpan Oasis is an inhabited and cultivated area within the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang, northwestern China, histo...

China Grape Silk Road Xinjiang

8.5 Great

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Al-Ahsa Oasis

Al-Ahsa Oasis is an extensive cultural landscape in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, shaped by natural springs, wells, c...

Historic Unesco Saudi Arabia Largest

8.4 Great

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Ghardaia Oasis

Ghardaia Oasis is the chief city of the M'zab Valley in Algeria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, whose five his...

Historic Unesco Algeria M Zab

8.3 Great

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Kashgar Oasis

The Kashgar Oasis surrounds Kashgar in the western part of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, near the margins o...

China Historic Uyghur Silk Road

8.3 Great

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Ghadames Oasis

Ghadames is an oasis town in western Libya near the borders with Algeria and Tunisia, historically situated on trans-Sah...

Historic Unesco Libya Berber

8.2 Great

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Chinguetti Oasis

Chinguetti Oasis is an ancient Mauritanian oasis city in Adrar Region, once a major gathering point for West African pil...

Historic Islamic Unesco Mauritania

8.1 Great

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Hotan Oasis

Hotan is an oasis city on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China, historically known as Khotan. I...

China Desert Jade Silk Road

7.9 Good

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Kuqa Oasis

Kuqa is an oasis city on the northern edge of the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang, China. Historically known as Kuch...

China Buddhist Silk Road Xinjiang

7.9 Good

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Zhangye Oasis

The Zhangye Oasis is a river-fed agricultural and urban area around Zhangye in Gansu Province, China, within the Hexi Co...

China Silk Road Gansu River Fed

7.9 Good

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Ouadane Oasis

Ouadane Oasis is a historic Mauritanian oasis town in Adrar Region, founded in the 12th century as a caravan crossroads...

Historic Caravan Unesco Mauritania

7.8 Good

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Tafilalt Oasis

Tafilalt is a large oasis region in southeastern Morocco, centered along the Ziz River and associated with settlements i...

Historic Morocco Eastern Date Palms

7.8 Good

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Yarkand Oasis

Yarkand (Yarkant) is an oasis city in southwestern Xinjiang, China, situated on the Yarkand River at the southern edge o...

China Historic Silk Road Xinjiang

7.4 Good

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Jiuquan Oasis

Jiuquan is a prefecture-level city situated in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province in northwestern China. Founded as a m...

China Historic Silk Road Gansu

7.2 Good

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Sidi Okba Oasis

An oasis in Algeria's Biskra Province named after the 7th-century Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi and home to a historic mosq...

Historic Islamic Algeria Date Palms

6.9 Fair

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Urgench Oasis

Northwestern Uzbek oasis city linked historically to Old Urgench in modern Turkmenistan, the Khwarezm Empire's capital b...

Historic Uzbekistan Central Asia Amu Darya

6.8 Fair