Cities: Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent
Dates of arrival:
April: 12 / 22
May: 3 / 20 / 31
June: 10
August: 16 / 26
September: 6 / 16 / 20
October: 4 / 14
DAY 1 departure to TASHKENT Take a flight to Tashkent. |
DAY 2 arrival TASHKENT Arrival to Tashkent by early morning flight. Meet your driver at the airport gates and transfer to the hotel. Immediate early check-in and time for rest. Breakfast at the hotel. Start city tour in Tashkent (old part): Khazrati Imam Complex consisting of Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum (16th c.), Barak-Khan Madrasah (16th c.), Tillya Sheikh Mosque, Muyi-Mubarak Madrasah – storehouse of the well-known Koran of Khalif Osman and gold hair of Prophet Muhammad, Chorsu bazaar. Afternoon time for visit the new part of the city: Independence Square, Amir Temur Statue and local “Broadway”, Monument of Courage, New Minor Mosque, Alisher Navoi Theatre Square. Overnight at the hotel. |
DAY 3 TASHKENT – URGENCH – KHIVA Breakfast-box p/p to be taken from the hotel. 06:30 Transfer to Tashkent Domestic Airport. 07:25-08:55 Flight HY-51 from Tashkent to Urgench. On arrival, meet your driver at the airport gates and transfer to Khiva (30 km). Meet the guide Walk to your hotel and check-in (from 14:00). Freshen up. Afternoon visit to Kalta Minor Tower, Tash-Khovli Palace (XIX), Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (XIV-XVIII), Djuma Mosque (X). Overnight at the hotel. |
DAY 4 KHIVA- BUKHARA Breakfast at the hotel. Morning drive to Bukhara (460 km, 7-8 hrs.). In old days, route from Khiva to Bukhara lasted more than a month. Today it takes 7-8 hours by vehicle, through mysterious red desert “Kyzyl-Kum”, the territory of “Khorezm”, which was called in the past as a “State of Thousand and Hundred Cities”. Lunch-boxes p/p to be given from the coach. Arrival to Bukhara, check-in to the hotel. Time for rest. Overnight at the hotel. |
DAY 5 BUKHARA Breakfast at the hotel. 09:00 Meet your guide to start the sightseeing tour within Bukhara: Samanids Mausoleum, Bolo-Khauz Mosque, Citadel Ark – city in the city, visit to Poyi Kalon Architectural Ensemble that consists of Kalon Minaret, Kalon Mosque and Miri Arab Madrasah, Lyabi Khauz Complex, Maggoki Attori Mosque. Afternoon time to enjoy shopping tour along the three Trading Domes, more famous as Coumpol Bazaar being existed here from the times of the Great Silk Road. Overnight at the hotel. |
DAY 6 BUKHARA – SAMARKAND Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out from the hotel and drive to Samarkand (260 km). On arrival to Samarkand, transfer to the hotel. Check-in (from 14:00) and time for freshen up. In the afternoon visit to Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek Madrasah, Sherdor Madrasah and Tillya-Kori Madrasah. Overnight at the hotel. |
DAY 7 SAMARKAND – TASHKENT Breakfast at the hotel. 09:00 In the morning continue the city tour in Samarkand: visit to Guri Emir Mausoleum – graveyard of Amir Temur and his generation, Bibi Khanum Mosque, time for shopping along 15:30 Transfer to Samarkand Railway Station. 17:00-19:10 High-speed train from Samarkand to Tashkent (subject to seats availability and time change). On arrival, meet your driver at the station and transfer to the hotel. Check-in and overnight. |
DAY 8 departure from TASHKENT Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Tashkent International Airport. Registration and flight to the next destination (as per the actual flight schedule). |