Konigil Meros Paper Workshop
Konigil «Meros» qog'oz ustaxonasi
A handicraft workshop reviving Samarkand's traditional mulberry-bark paper, surrounded by waterwheels, streams and orchards, where you can watch the entire papermaking process.
Samarkand paper was famous across the medieval Islamic world, and legend says papermaking reached the city after the Battle of Talas in 751, when Tang craftsmen were captured. The Meros workshop was revived by the Zarifov brothers. Using mulberry inner bark, they steam, pound it with waterwheels and form and dry the sheets, all by hand. Visitors can watch on site and buy paper and paper dolls. The workshop is in Konigil village on the banks of the Siab River, where canals, mills and mulberry groves make for pleasant scenery, and there is a restaurant on the grounds. Entry costs about 50,000 som. It is about 8 km from the city center and is often combined with the Silk Road Samarkand tourist town.
Opening hours
About 08:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Silk Road Samarkand & Eternal City
- Chupan Ata Mausoleum
- Ulugh Beg Observatory
- Khoja Doniyor Mausoleum
- Afrasiyab Site & Museum
- Shah-i-Zinda
- Ishratkhona Mausoleum
- Abdi Darun Complex