Samarkand – Bukhara – Tashkent – Samarkand
- Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Samarkand
- 9 Nights / 10 Days
- Classic Tour
From 870$
(per person) Min 2 person
Day 1 ARRIVAL SAMARKAND
On your arrival at Samarkand airport by flight 7163 AUH-SKD (at 10:30am). Meeting service outside of arrival hall.
Transfer to the hotel for leaving luggage & freshen up. (Check in at 2pm as a standard time).
11.00 Start city tour by visiting Mausoleum of Imam al Bukhari (810- 870y.) – a great muhaddis in Islamic world (if still under reconstruction from outside, if open from inside). Then visit Registan square (XV-XVIIc.) with 3 huge madrasahs: Ulughbek, Shirdar & Tillakori. Later visit Guri Emir mausoleum (XIVc.) – Amir Temur’s grave.
After lunch visit Konigil silk paper production factory & Silk carpet making factory. Then visit
Lunch & Dinner at own.
After dinner visit Registan square for night light show & music. Overnight in Samarkand
Day 2 SAMARKAND
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
09.00 Join city tour & continue visiting: Ulughbek Observatory (XVc.), Shahi Zindah (IX-XIc.) necropolis, Hazrat Hyzr mosque, Bibi khanum (XIVc.) mosque, Tashkent street & Siyab bazaar for shopping.
End of city tour & transfer to the hotel for rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 3 SAMARKAND
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast free day at own leisure without guide & car.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 4 SAMARKAND – BUKHARA
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant. After breakfast check out formalities & transfer to Samarkand railway station to take Samarkand–Bukhara Afrosiyob morning train #762F (09:44-11:17am). After arrival Bukhara transfer to the hotel for leaving luggage & freshen up.
12.00 Join half day city & shopping tour & visit Lyabi House Complex – a centre of old town & visit Madrassah Nodir Devonbegi (1622-1623y.) & Bukhara local bazar for shopping.
After city tour & shopping back to the hotel for rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Bukhara
Day 5 BUKHARA
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
09.00 Join full day city tour in old part of Bukhara & start it by visiting The Samanids mausoleum (Xc.), Chashma Ayyub complex (XIVc.), Bolo hauz mosque (XVIIIc.), Ark -Fortress (Early Residence of Bukhara Emirs) (before VIIc.). Lunch at own. After lunch continue city tour & visit Minorai Kalon, Madrassah Miri Arab (XVIc.) & Masjidi Kalon (XVc.), Trading domes; Toqi Zargaron (1586-1587y.) & Toqi Sarrafan (1534-1535y.), Magoki Attori (XII-XVIc.). Madrassah Ulughbek (1417), Madrassah Abdulazizkhan (1651-1652y.).
In the middle visit Bukhara silk shop for shopping.
18.00 End of tour & transfer to the hotel for check in & rest.
Dinner at own.
Overnight in Bukhara
Day 6 BUKHARA
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast free day at own leisure without guide & car.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Bukhara
Day 7 BUKHARA – TASHKENT
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s coffee shop.
09.00 Check out formalities from the hotel & transfer to Bukhara outskirts monuments & mausoleums. Visit Chor Bakr (XVI-XIXc.), Bahovuddin Naqshbandi (1318-1389y.) Mausoleum (a founder of Naqshbandiya tariqah) & Memorial Complex & Storai Mohi Khosa (XIX-XXc.) — a summer Residence of Bukhara last Emir.
Lunch at own.
14.50 End of tour & transfer to Bukhara railway station to take Bukhara-Tashkent Afrosiyob afternoon train #761F (15:50- 19:43pm).
19.40 Arrival Tashkent & transfer to the restaurant for dinner.
Dinner at own.
Overnight in Tashkent
Day 8 TASHKENT
07.00-09.00 Buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
09.00 Join Tashkent city tour in old part: Visit Kukeldash madrassah (1568-1569y.), Hodja Ahrari Vali mosque (2003y.), Chorsu bazaar, Hazrati Imam complex including Barakkhan madrasah (XVIc.), Muyi Mubarak madrassah with Usman (RA) old Koran (VIIc.) museum, Juma mosque (2007y) & Mausoleum of Hazrati Imam (lived in Xc.). After lunch transfer to the new part of the city & visit Independence square (1991y.), Temurids’ historical museum (1996y.), Amir Temur square & monument (1993y.), Minor mosque (2014y.), Monument of Courage (1976y.), Navoi Opera & Ballet Theatre square (1947), Broadway street with local artists & souvenir counters & TV tower (1985) from outside with Memorial Complex of Repression (2000).
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Tashkent
Day 9 TASHKENT - SAMARKAND
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s coffee shop. After breakfast free time at own leisure till check out time.
12.00 Check out from the hotel & transfer to Tashkent bazaars for shopping: Chorsu & Alay bazaars.
17.50 End of shopping & transfer to Tashkent railway station to take Tashkent-Samarkand Afrosiyob evening train #766F (18:45- 20:53pm). After arrival to Samarkand, transfer to the hotel for check in & rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 10 SAMARKAND
07.00-08.30 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
08.30 Check out formalities from the hotel & transfer to Samarkand International airport
Tour Cost Includes:
- Accommodation on SGL/TWN basis in any 3*or 4* hotels + Breakfast in Tashkent, Samarkand & Bukhara;
- Sam-Bukh by economy class train tickets (Afrasiyab) subject to availability of tickets on the day of visit;
- Bukh-Tash by economy class train tickets (Afrasiyab) subject to availability of tickets on the day of visit;
- Tash-Sam by economy class train tickets (Afrasiyab) subject to availability of tickets on the day of visit;
- Daily drinking water (0.5 L per person per day in the car);
- All Sightseeing including entrance fees to the monuments as per above tour itinerary in Tashkent, Samarkand & Bukhara;
- Services of Professional English / Arabic / Russian / Urdu / Hindi / others-speaking tour guides;
- All transfers, trips, city tours as per itinerary by AC Luxury Sedan Car;
- All taxes.
Tour Cost Does Not Include:
- International Air tickets
- Visa support & Visa fees at the Embassy;
- Early Check in & Late Check out;
- Lunches & Dinners;
- Charges in hotels for additional services;
- Photography and video making fees at the sites;
- Personal insurance;
- Tips and gratuities;
- Any services not included in the above itinerary.