Recently, pilgrimage tours to Uzbekistan are gaining popularity. Religious burial places and the presence of sacred places in the Muslim world attract tourists from all over the world. The main reasons are the availability and simplicity of tours. Three pilgrimages to the Naqshbandi mausoleum in Bukhara is equivalent to visiting Mecca. The abundance of religious burials in Samarkand, Khiva and Urgench attracts believers of all ages.
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 –Samarkand
After breakfast at hotel check-out from the hotel.
Depart to Samarkand along the countryside, crossing The Sir-Darya River on the way, passing the parts of Pamir Mountains. Before entering Samarkand, we are going to visit the Complex of Imam Al Bukhari, the famous master and scientist of Hadis.
Check into hotel and short rest upon arriving to Samarkand. Evening city tour includes: Gur-Emir mausoleum, Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek Madrasah, Sherdor Madrasah and Tillya-Kari Madrasah.
Overnight at hotel in Samarkand.
Day 3 Samarkand
Breakfast at hotel.
City tour including Registan Square, the center of trade and cultural life in medieval Samarkand, Bibi Khanum Mosque, erected by his wife as a surprise for Temur on behalf of his victorious Indian campaign, Shakhi Zinda Necropolis; visit a site of pilgrimage since the 11th century, there you can enjoy the finest samples of majolica, mosaic and terracotta tile works, mausoleums are concentrated around the shrine of Qusam Ibn Abbas. Further proceed to Museum of Afrosiyab (old Samarkand). Among the sites of Samarkand outstanding one is the Museum of Ulugbek Observatory, with the remains of sextant.
Overnight at hotel in Samarkand.
Day 4 Samarkand –Kitab – Shakhrisabz – Termez
Breakfast and check out from hotel.
Transfer to Shakhrisabz via Kitab, visiting holy pilgrimage sights of: Khazrat Dervish Mukhammad as Samarkandi and Khodja Makhmud al-Inkanaki. We continue to Shakhrisabz. Upon arrival we visit: Ak-Saray Palace, Dorut-Tilovat and Dorus-Saodat Complexes, Mausoleum of Sheikh Shamsiddin Kulol, Mausoleum of Gumbazi Saidon.
Again we continue to Termez, late arrival and check in to hotel.
Overnight at hotel in Termez.
Day 5 Termez – Denau – Termez
After breakfast day trip to Denau city to visit pilgrimage sights of Khazrat Alauddin ibn Mukhammad Atari al-Bukhari, the son-in-law of Bakhauddin Nakshband, Khazrat Khodja Khasan Attor (grandson of Bakhauddin Nakshband, son of Alauddin Attor), Khodja Yusuf ibn Khodja Khasan Attor ibn Alauddin Attor (the great-grandson of Bakhauddin Nakshbandi), Kadi Mukhammad Zohid.
Return back to Termez, visit Mausoleum of Imam Khakim At Termizi.
Overnight at hotel in Termez.
Day 6 Termez – Bukhara
Breakfast and check out from hotel.
Transfer to Bukhara, another holy city of Central Asia.
Arrival to Bukhara, check in to hotel. Overnight at hotel Bukhara.
Day 7 Bukhara
Breakfast at hotel. Visit to the outskirts of Bukhara, the seven great sheiks of Sufism (Tarikat):
Abd Al-Khalik Al Gijduvani – in Gijduvan town, 50 km from Bukhara, founder of Sufi Order “Khodjagon”;
Khodja Mukhammad Arif ar-Revgari – near Shafirkan town,
Khodja Makhmud Anjir Fagnaviy – in Anjirbog village, Vabkent region;
Khodja Ali Rometani (Khodja Azizon) – in Kurgan village, near Romitan town.
Khodja Mukhammad Boboi Samosi – in Samosin village, Rometan town.
Khodja Said Mir Kulol – was born not far from the village of Sukhor, spiritual master of Bakhauddin Nakshband.
Bakhauddin Nakshband (Mukhammad ibn Jaloliddin Khodjai Buzrug) – 12 km away from Bukhara, in Kasri-Orifon village. Founder of the Sufi Order “Nakshbandiya”.
Late afternoon return back to Bukhara.
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bukhara.
Day 8 Bukhara – Tashkent
Visit the old city sights of Bukhara: Visit to the Citadel Ark, the palace of the rulers of Bukhara, Bolo Khauz Mosque with beautiful ayvan in traditional style. Take a walk through the old part of the city towards Chashma Ayub Mausoleum in city park area. Continue to the Samanid Mausoleum, Toki Zargaron – trading dome of jewelers, Abdulla khan Tim – a center of silk trade, Toki Telpak Furushon – trading dome of the hat sellers, and Toki Sarrafon – trading dome of moneychangers, Magoki Attor Mosque one of the oldest Mosques in Central Asia, and the Lyabi Khauz in the heart of the old city. Transfer to the airport for the evening flight back to Tashkent.
Transfer to hotel, check in and overnight in Tashkent.
Day 9 Tashkent
Breakfast and start city tour in Tashkent: Sheikh Zaynuddin Bobo – the son of founder of Sufi Order Sukhravardiya of Sheikh Ziya ad-din Djakhima Sukhravardi. He was sent to these places by his father as missioner to expand Order; Khazrat Imam Complex – Mosque Tilla Sheikh, Mosque of Khazrat Imam, Muyi Muborak Madrassah, now the Islamic Museum, where the oldest Koran of Caliph Osman is on display; Kaffal Al-Shashi Mausoleum – the tomb of Imam Abu Bakr Mukhammad al-Kaffal Shashi, he is known as one of the early Muslim Imams and famous poets and philosophers; Madrassah Barak Khan; Mosque Namozgoh.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel Tashkent.
Day 10 Tashkent
Breakfast and check out from hotel for the international flight back home.