- 2 nights TASHKENT
- 3 nights BUKHARA
- 2 nights SAMARKAND
Itinerary •••
Day 01 Arrival to Tashkent. (D)
Arrive in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, much of it was destroyed in the earthquake of 1966 it has been rebuilt as a modern model city, with spacious avenues and ever-present fountains to cool the air. Meet in airport and transfer to the hotel. Briefing information about tour and dinner in hotel.
Day 02 Tashkent - Bukhara. (B, D)
Morning departure by train to Bukhara (at 08:15), former capital of the once powerful Emirate of Bukhara, with more than 140 architectural monuments, is a “town museum” dating back to the Middle Ages 2300 years. The city was once a big commercial center of the Great Silk Road. Arrive in Bukhara (15:00) and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon we visit central Lyabi Hauz square, one of the few plazas in the city with its shady pool still intact. This is one of the most interesting spots in town and an ideal place to sit in a tea shop and watch the world go by. Dinner in Lyabi Hauz restaurant.
Day 03 Bukhara (B, D)
A full day to explore the beauty and history of Bukhara. Here, historic monuments are strewn more densely and widely than anywhere else in the region. Our full day tour includes the Chasma-i-Ayub Mausoleum, the Bolo-Hauz Mosque, the ancient Fortress Ark, the Poyi- Kalyan complex, the Ulugbek Madrasah, the Moghoki-attar Mosque and the Summer Palace of the Last Emir the Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa. Dinner in local restaurant.
Day 04 Bukhara (B, D)
Morning tour in Bukhara continues and today we visit Cho-Bakr and Bahauddin Naqshband Mausoleums. The afternoon is free. Dinner with cultural folk show in old madrassah.
Day 05 Bukhara - Samarkand (B, D)
Drive to Samarkand, en route visit Gijduvan ceramic centers, famous Vabkent minaret and old caravanserai. Rabati Malik. Arrive in Samarkand and transfer to the hotel. The afternoon is free to begin to explore the city on your own. Samarkand was founded at the same time as Babylon, almost 2500 years ago and was called the “Rome of the Orient”. Tamerlane made it his capital and named it the “Center of the Universe”. Its period of greatest glory was at the height of the trade on the Silk Road at the beginning of 2nd century until the 16th century. Dinner in local restaurant.
Day 06 Samarkand (B, D)
After breakfast you start the tour from the Ulugbek Observatory, and then the Shakhi-Zinda ensemble of Mausoleums, this unusual necropolis has monuments of the 14th and 15th centuries. Visit the great central square of Samarkand- the Registan. See the magnificent tile decorated brick buildings, - the Ulugbek, Sher-Dor and Tilly-Kari madrassahs from the 15th to 17th centuries. Visiting the Bibi Khaum Mosque, which was built as a gift for Tamerlane by his Chinese wife. The Gur-Emir mausoleum is the central part of a major architectural complex erected by Tamerlane in honor of his grandson Mukhammad Sultan. Tamerlane himself is buried here along with other important people of that time. Finally visit the Khodja Akrar Madrasah, beautifully restored to show its beautiful mosaic. Dinner in local restaurant.
