Pearls of the Great Silk Road
- Tour countries:
- Uzbekistan
- Type of tour:
- Historical, General
TASHKENT - URGENCH - KHIVA - BUKHARA - SAMARKAND - 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 - Urgench - Khiva
Early transfer to the airport and fly to Urgench. Arrive Urgench and drive to Khiva (30 km), after arrival hotel check-in. 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. Night in Khiva.
Day 3: Khiva - Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Bukhara via the Kizilkum desert (460 km, 7 hrs). Stop en route near the Amu Darya River. Arrive Bukhara and hotel check-in. Night in Bukhara.
Day 4: 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 5: Bukhara - Samarkand
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). PM transfer to Samarkand (290km, 4hrs.) Arrive Samarkand and hotel check-in. Night in Samarkand.
Day 6: 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), Shakhi Zinda Necropolis (XIV-XV CC) and Samarkand local bazaar. Night in Samarkand.
Day 7: Samarkand - Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Half day sightseeing tour in Samarkand: Ulugbek Observatory (XV C), Excavation of an ancient city and museum of Afrosiyab. Drive to Tashkent (320 km, 5 hours). Arrive Tashkent and hotel check-in. Night in Tashkent.
Day 8: Depart Tashkent
Transfer to the Tashkent International Airport and depart Tashkent. End of the tour.
Tour schedule
Group |
Price per person in USD |
|
3 star hotel |
4 star hotel |
|
2 people |
1190 USD | 1385 USD |
4 people |
970 USD | 1180 USD |
6 people |
865 USD | 1025 USD |
8 people |
770 USD | 980 USD |
10 people |
665 USD | 930 USD |
Single |
160 USD | 190 USD |
Early check-in |
40 USD | 70 USD |
Attention: 5 Star hotels are available only in Tashkent. |
Service include |
Service does not include |
- Letter of Invitation - Double/Twin sharing room accommodation in hotels - Meals (only breakfasts included) - Transportation service on a comfortable tourist class vehicle - Airfare for the domestic flight Tashkent-Urgench - English speaking local guides in each city - Entrance fees for the monuments and sites as per program *You will have wine tasting in Samarkand's famous wine factory as a bonus ! |
- Cost of the Uzbek visa which is paid at the Embassy of Uzbekistan
- Air tickets for international flight to/from Tashkent - Fees for the use of photo and video cameras at the monuments,museums and sites - Lunches and dinners - Early check-in and Late check-out at hotels - Single room supplement (160$/190$) per person is additionally paid - Items of personal expenses |