Uzbekistan is a vibrant, inspired country in the East. It is simply impossible to count all the mosques, madrassas, mausoleums and minarets of the country. It is also impossible to convey their beauty. This is a must see.
Why go to Uzbekistan:
- Introduce yourself as a Merchant of the Great Silk Road
- Find the oldest column in the Juma mosque in Khiva
- Envy Khan’s wealth
- Find leopards in Registan
- Try on the life of nomads
- Think of the eternal in the necropolis of the Tamerlane family
- Try a hundred varieties of pilaf
Day 1 Arrival Tashkent
Arrive to Tashkent’s airport at TBA from TBA, meet and greet service (COMPANY SIGN for meeting), transfer to hotel. After passport and customs controls you will be met by your guide/driver.
City tour around Tashkent: Independence Square, Navoi Theater square, Barak-Khan Madrasah (16th c.), The Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.), Kukeldash Madrasah (16th c.), the Djuma mosque (9th c.), Museum of Applied Arts.
Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 2 Tashkent-Urgench-Khiva
Breakfast and morning transfer to airport and flight to Urgench and further to Khiva (35km)
City tour around Ichan-Kala architectural complex of Khiva(12-19th c.), the Residence of the last Khan including Ismail Khodja Mausoleum, Mohammed Amin Khan Madrassah, Kunya-Ark Castle (16-17th c.), Kalta Minor tower, Tash-Hovli Palace (19th c.), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum(14-18th cc.), Juma Mosque (10th c.)
Overnight in Khiva
Day 4 Khiva-Bukhara
Breakfast in hotel
Road trip to Bukhara via Kyzyl-Kum desert, along the old Caravan route (480 km, 6-7 hrs). Arrival to Bukhara. Hotel accommodation. Overnight
Day 5 Bukhara
City tour: Citadel Ark (4th c. BC), Samanid’s Mausoleum (9-10th c.), Chashma Ayub (14th c.), Bolo-Hauz Mosque (beginning of the 20th c.), covered dome bazaar, Medreseh Nodir-Divan-Beghi, complex Lyabi-Khauz (14-17th c.), Minaret Kalon (12th c.), Kalyan Mosque (12th c.), Medreseh Miri Arab (16th c.).
Day 6 Bukhara
A trip out of the city for a visit to Bahouddin Nakshbandi mausoleum (16-19th c.), to the sepulchers of his mother and his preceptor (14th c.), mausoleum Chor-Bakr (10th c.), visit to summer residence Sitorai-Mokhi-Hossa (19th c.).
Day 7 Bukhara-Shakhrisabz-Samarkand
Drive to Shakhrisabz (290 km, 4 hrs). City tour: ruins of Ak-Saray Palace (14-15th c.), Dor-ut Saodat complex (Khazratiy Imam Mosque (14th c.), Jahongir mausoleum (14th c.)), Dor-ut Tillavat complex: Gumbazi-Seiidan, Kok Gumbaz Mosque (15th c.) Continue to Samarkand (110 km, 2 hrs). Hotel accommodation. Overnight
Day 8 Samarkand
City tour program: Registan square – Medreseh Ulughbek (15th c.), Medreseh Shir-Dor (17th c.), Medreseh Tilla-Kori (17th c.), Ulughbek Observatory (15th c.). Excavations and museum of the ancient city of Afrosiab, Architectural complex Shakhi-Zindeh (11-15th c.), Mausoleum Guri Emir – Tamerlane’s Tomb (14-15th c.), Bibi-Khonum Mosque
Day 9 Samarkand-Tashkent
After breakfast transfer to Tashkent (350 km, 5 hrs). Afternoon excursion: Amir Temur square, city fountains and modern monuments
Day 10 Tashkent-Termez
Transfer to Tashkent airport for morning flight to Termez. Arrival into Termez and city tour: Archeological museum, Fayaztepa (a site of ancient settlement 2-3rd cc.), Mausoleum of Hakim At Termezi (9-15th cc.) (4 km), Buddhist Stupa Zurmala (7 km), Mausoleum Sultan Saodat (10-15th cc.) (7,5 km), Honako Kokaldor Ota (16th c.) (4 km), Nunnery Kirk Kiz (9-10th c.). Overnight
Day 11 Termez-Tashkent
Surkhandarya region tour: Jarkurgan’s Minaret (12th c.) (60 km from Termez), Bridge of Iskandar (16th c.) (45 km from Jarkurgan), Dalverzintepa archeological dig (1st c.), a capital of Kushan Empire. Transfer to airport and evening flight to Tashkent as per flight schedule.
Overnight in Tashkent
Day 12 Tashkent-next destination
Transfer to airport and departure to next destination