Naryn - Tash Rabat

Tash-Rabat (also Tashrabat) is an old caravanserai on the territory of the Naryn region, near the border with China, one of the most important sections of the ancient Great Silk Road.

It is located at the impressive altitude of 3100 m in the southern part of the At-Bashy Mountains. For centuries, numerous caravans carrying oriental goods from China found shelter here. The history of Tash-Rabat goes far back into the past. In the II. Century B.C. and in the I. and II. Century AD, caravans of merchants passed through this area. Later, the main route of the Silk Road changed, but still this place was frequently visited by trade caravans. In the X-XI century, a monastery was founded here, which is believed to have been either a Buddhist or a Christian monastery that later fell into disrepair. In the 15th-14th centuries, a caravanserai, one of the four most important in Central Asia, was built on the ruins.

Tash-Rabat is a beautifully preserved cultural and historical monument, the only one of its kind on the territory of the Naryn region in Kyrgyzstan and one of the most important remnants of the Great Silk Road that has come down to us in such a state of preservation.