31.10.2023 Sayfiddin's Karavanserai
Sayfiddin’s Caravanserai Today was the second day of practise and we went to the Sayfiddin's Karavanserai. Actually it was my first visit to this place. So I learned many interesting information. One of specialized places in Bukhara is Sayfiddin’s Caravanserai , built in the XIX century. Caravanserais served as a kind of parking and a shelter for wandering merchants, a place for rest and lodging, the likeness of a modern hotel or motel. Inside, travelers could store their goods in special storage rooms, feed animals in designated pens, have a snack in a teahouse or take a bath. Another special place in a caravanserai was the exchange money point. Sayfiddin’s Caravanserai was considered a state-run and was a place of shelter mainly of rich merchants (bais) engaged in trade in gold, pearls, diamonds and other precious metals. According to that, we can say that in this caravanserai there was a good turnover, which reached about 5,000 rubles a day. Currently, at the entrance to t