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$1215.00

10 day(s)

from January to December

Code of tour:

UZ010CUL

Tour countries:

Uzbekistan

Type of tour:

Historical, General

TASHKENT - SAMARKAND - SHAKHRISABZ - BUKHARA - KHIVA - TASHKENT

Day 1: Tashkent

Arrive Tashkent, welcome at the airport and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Sightseeing tour of Tashkent: a visit to the Amir Timur Square, Theatre Square with the Opera House, Applied Art Museum, Earthquake Memorial, People's Friendship Palace with Abdul Kasim Madrassah and Alisher Navoi National Park, Independence Square. Night in Tashkent.

Day 2: Tashkent - Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Samarkand. After arrival hotel check-in. Half day sightseeing tour of Samarqand. Overnight in Samarqand.

Day 3: Samarkand

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour in Samarkand: Ulugbek Observatory (XV C), Excavation of an ancient city and museum of Afrosiyab, Tombstone of Saint Danyar, Registan Square (XV-XVII CC), Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV CC) and Samarkand local bazaar. Night in Samarkand.

Day 4: Samarkand

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour in Samarkand: Gur-Emir Mausoleum - Grave of Timur (XV C), Rukhabad Mausoleum (XIV C), Shakhi Zinda Necropolis (XIV-XV CC). PM visit to the "Samarkand-Bukhara Silk Carpets" factory for 2 hours where you can observe the whole process of weaving silk carpets based on "hand made" technology. Night in Samarkand.

Day 5: Samarkand - Shakhrisabz - Bukhara 

Breakfast in the hotel. One day trip to Shakhrisabz (150 km, 2,5 hours). Shakhrisabz is a home - town of Tamerlane and during our 2 hour sightseeing tour we can enjoy the bright example of Central Asian architecture of XIV-XV centuries by visiting: The Ak Saray Palace, Ulugbek's Blue Domed Mosque, Jakhangir's Mausoleum. PM drive to Bukhara. After arrival hotel check-in. Night in Bukhara.

Day 6: Bukhara

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visits to the Ark Fortress (I-XX CC), Bolo Hauz Mosque (XVIII C), Samanids Mausoleum (IX-X CC), Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (XII-XVI CC). Lunch. PM portion of s/s tour on foot along the old town of Bukhara from Poi-Kalyan complex with Kalyan Minaret (XII C) through orient bazaars with three trade domes of Toki Zargaron (XV C), Toki Sarrafon (XVI C), Toki Telpak Furushon (XVI C), Ulugbek Madrassah (XV C), Abdulazizkhan Madrassah (XVII C) to the Lyabi Hauz complex (XVI -XVII CC). Night in Bukhara.

Day 7: Bukhara

Breakfast in the hotel. Today we drive outside Bukhara for sightseeing: Bagautdin Nakhshbandi Complex - a center of Sufism (XIV-XVI CC, 14 km outside the town), Sitorai Mokhi Khosa - summer residence of the last Emir of Bukhara (XIX-XX, 4 km outside the town). Afternoon visit to the Chor Bakr Necropolis (XVI-XX CC, 10 km outside the town), back to Bukhara and a visit to the Chor - Minor (Four Minarets, XIX C). Night in Bukhara.

Day 8: Bukhara - Khiva

Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Khiva via the Kizilkum desert (460 km, 7 hrs). Stop en route near the Amu Darya River. Arrive Khiva and hotel check-in. Night in Khiva.

Day 9. Khiva / Khiva - Tashkent

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Khiva - including visits to the inner town of Ichan Kala (XIV-XX CC) with Muhamad Amin khan Madrassah, Kalta Minor Minaret, Kunya Ark, Muhamad Rahim khan Madrassah, Djuma Mosque and Minaret, Tash Hauli Palace, Islam Khodja Minaret and Madrassah, Shirgazi khan Madrassah, Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. Transfer to the Airport for evening flight to Tashkent. Arrive Tashkent and hotel check-in. Night in Tashkent

Day 10. Depart Tashkent

Transfer to the Tashkent International Airport. Depart Tashkent. End of the tour.

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