In Sufism there is the concept of “musafir” – a traveler, a person on the way in search of spiritual truth. This is an internal journey, constant knowledge of oneself and one’s essence, but external movements also help him – changing the usual environment, we more easily perceive different forms of being, expand our consciousness, become more flexible, at the same time accepting a kind of penance, we refuse favorite things, we suffer discomfort from moving, adjusting to new circumstances, learning to interact with new people.
Day 1 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.
Depart airport to hotel. Check in, rest.
Short tour in Tashkent in the afternoon: Museum of Applied Arts, Amir Temur square, city fountains and modern monuments.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 Tashkent –Bukhara
After breakfast at hotel check-out from the hotel.
Transfer to the domestic airport for a flight to Bukhara. Arrive to Bukhara by timetable. Start your city tour around Bukhara, visit centers of Islamic heritage; Abdulkhalik Gijduvaniy, Orif ar-Revgariy, Makhmud Injir Fagnaviy, Ali Rametaniy, Muhammad Baba Samosiy Mausoleums.
Overnight at hotel in Bukhara.
Day 3 Bukhara
Breakfast at hotel.
Continue visiting the highlights of Bukhara, explore the gems of Islamic architecture, the center of Mediaeval Islamic Education and Sufism. Drive to outside the city to Sayyid Mir Kulal and Bakhautdin Nakshbandi Complexes, return to the city and continue city tour; The Ark Citadel, the palace of the last rulers of Bukhara, The Bolo-Khauz Mosque, The Samanid’s Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Chashmai-Ayub, Kalon Minaret, Mir-Arab Madrasah, Kalon Mosque and the old city.
Overnight at hotel in Bukhara.
Day 4 Bukhara – Samarkand
Breakfast and check out from hotel.
Depart to Samarkand crossing the countryside. On the way stop in Chelek village to visit the Complex of Imam Al-Bukhariy. Continue driving to Samarkand, the former capital of the Great Empire of Tamerlane, the place which attracted Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, and other thousand visitors around the world. Visit Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis and Mausoleum of Khodja Ubaydullah Ahrar Valiy.
Overnight at hotel in Samarkand.
Day 5 Samarkand
Breakfast at hotel.
Start city tour with Gur-Emir mausoleum, Rukhabad Mausoleum, Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek’s Madrasah, Shir-Dor Madrasah and Tillya – Kori Madrasah, proceed to Bibi-Khanum Mosque and famous Siab bazaar. Afternoon visit Complex of Imam Al-Maturudiy, The Museum of Observatory of Ulugbek.
Overnight at hotel in Samarkand.
Day 6 Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Kitab – Samarkand
Breakfast and check out from hotel.
Morning drive to Kitab via Takhtakaracha Pass, arrive Kitab and visit Complex of Dervish Mukhammad and Mukhammad Imkenekiy, the Sheikhs of Sufism.
Continue to Shakhrisabz, visit: ruins of Ak Saray Palace, Dorut-Tilovat Complex and Dorus-Saodat Complex. Afternoon drive back to Samarkand.
Overnight at hotel Samarkand.
Day 7 Samarkand – Tashkent
Breakfast at hotel and check out.
Depart to Tashkent by The Pamir Mountains, and on the way cross Sir Darya River. Arrive Tashkent and check in to the hotel. Start city tour visiting Zangi Ata Complex. Transfer to hotel and check in. Overnight at hotel in Tashkent.
Day 8 Tashkent
Breakfast and check out from the hotel.
City tour of Tashkent; Kukeldash Madrassah, Chorsu bazaar, Alisher Navoi Theater, Khazrat Imam Complex including the museum of Islamic books, with the holy Koran of Khalif Othman from the VII c, The Independence Square and Memorial, Monument of Courage.
Afternoon proceed to the airport for the international flight to the next destination.