Navruz Palace We have very few words to describe the Navruz Palace initially! It would be best if you visited Tajikistan to see this fantastic place for yourself.

Once called the biggest tea house in the world, Navruz Palace is undoubtedly big but not a tea house. It has a giant man-made lake bowling alley pool hall, cinema, restaurant and we haven't even mentioned the main rooms yet Tea houses have always been important throughout central Asia, not just to get a cup of tea but as a place to meet, talk, chat, and maybe make the odd business deal. It used to be that cities would have their large central tea house establishments and smaller, more local affairs.

With the advent of television, radio, and the internet, the popularity of these places has declined. Due to the declining demand for tea houses, the smaller business has close while the larger joints had to diversify and becoming restaurants.

In 2002 it was suggested by President Emomali Rahmon that the city of Dushanbe construct a new tea house somewhere that people can be proud of; Work was begun with funding from Orien state bank. Throughout its construction, the finest craftsmen were employed utilising the finest materials. In 2015 the 4,000 workers finished a complex that covers 40,000 sq metres. Now completed its clear that Kokhi Navruz palace is a lot more than a tea house If u are in dushanbe must visit