The fortress was built about 3000 years ago, during the heyday, when the routes of the Great Silk Road passed near Hissar. The remaining remains of fortifications were built in the XVI–XIX centuries. The Hissar Fortress in Tajikistan is one of the oldest and largest architectural monuments of Central Asia.
Now it is an open-air museum with an area of 86 hectares, located on the site of an ancient settlement. It is located 30 km from the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe.
For a long time, the Hissar fortress served as the residence of the governor of the Emir of Bukhara and the base where the state troops were located. To date, only two cylindrical towers and structures around the main gate, forming a pointed arch and built on the instructions of the emir of Bukhara in the XVI century, have partially survived from the fortress. The fortress was completed in the XIX century. All structures are built of burnt brick.
According to another mythical storey of the Hissar fortress, the righteous Muslim Caliph Ali came to these places in ancient times to preach Islam on his legendary horse Dul-dul. He stopped at the mountain, which is located to the west of Hissar and is now called Poyi Dul-dul. Disguised as an acrobat-tightrope walker, he entered the fortress. Here they recognised him and tried to capture him. But the faithful horse brought him the magic sword “Zulfikar”, and Ali killed all the enemies, including the evil sorcerer.

Our Programme:
09:00 - pick up of tourists from the hotel (from Dushanbe), and departure to Hissar
10:00 – visit the Hissar Fortress and Fortress museum.
11:00 – fortress square / horse riding (at the request and expense of traveller)
11:30 – visit to the outside of thr teahouse “Kharbuza”.
The teahouse “Kharbuza” — is a unique in the world, it was built in the form of a melon (the Taj: - kharbuza). The teahouse, with a height of 43 metres, length 100 metres, width of 55 metres, is designed to receive 2.3 thousand visitors at a time.
12:00 – lunch, national cuisine
14:00 – return to Dushanbe
15:00 – arrival at Dushanbe, tour completed