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Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Samarkand
- Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent
- 11 Nights / 12 Days
- Cultural Tours
From 195$
(per person) Min 8 person
Day 1 ARRIVAL TASHKENT
Arrival Tashkent International Airport. Pick up from the airport & transfer to the hotel for check in & freshen up. City tour without guide in Museum of Applied Arts & Tashkent metro stations.
End of tour & transfer to the hotel for rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Tashkent
Day 2 TASHKENT
08.00-10.00 Buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant
10.00 Full day city tour in old & new part of Tashkent. Visit: The architectural complex Khazret-Imam incl. necropolis of imam Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Kaffal Shashi (15th c.); Barak-khan Medressa (15-16th cc.); Tillya Sheikh Medressa (15-16th cc.) & Juma Mosque (15th c.). Visit Kukeldash Medressa (Foster brother) (16th c.) & Chorsu (Eski Juva) Bazaar (2nd — 1st century B.C.). Transfer to the new part & visit Independence square (1991), Memory square (1999), Broadway, Amir Temur square (1993), Temurids’ historical museum (1996), Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre Square (outside) (1939-1947), Palace of the Grand Duke Nikolay Konstantinovich Romanov (outside) (1889-1890), Chiming Clocks (1947 & 2009), The Roman Catholic Church (1913-1917), Russian Orthodox Church (XIXc.), Tashkent Metro stations.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
17.00 End of tour & transfer to the hotel for rest. Overnight in Tashkent
Day 3 TASHKENT – URGENCH – KHIVA
07:00-10:00 am Buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
Some free time at own leisure after breakfast till check out time
12.00 Check out formalities from the hotel & transfer to Tashkent domestic airport to take afternoon flight of Tashkent – Urgench at 13.00–14.20pm. Arrival Urgench & transfer to Khiva (about 30 minutes’ drive). After hotel check in & lunch, half day guided city tour in Ichan Kala, inner town of old Khiva. Visit: Ichon-Qala Gates & Walls, Mohammed Amin Khan Medressa — 1850s, Kalta Minor minaret, Kukhna Ark, Mohamed Rakhim Khan Medressa, Sayid Alauddin Mausoleum & Music Museum, Juma Mosque & around. Mosque is interesting for the 218 wooden columns supporting its roof. The few finely decorated columns are from 10th century mosque.
18.00 End of tour & transfer to the hotel for Check in & rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Khiva
Day 4 KHIVA
08:00-10:00 am Breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
10:00 Continue city tour & visit Arabhana Medressa — 17th c., Dost Alyam Medressa, Abdulla Khan Medressa — 1855, Aq Mosque — 1657, Anusha Khan baths, Alloquli Khan Medressa — 1835, Kutlimurodinok Medressa — 1809, Caravansarai, Tosh-Kholy Palace — 1832, Islom-Huja Medressa 1910. Pahlavon Mohammed Mausoleum & Sherghozi Khan Medressa — 1326, Dishon-Qala -1906. End of
tour. Lunch & Dinner at own. Overnight in Khiva
Day 5 KHIVA – BUKHARA
08:00-10:00 am Breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant. 10:00 Drive to Bukhara (about 490km & 6-7-hour drive).
On the way view of deserts, rivers, canals, cattle of animals, villages, towns & life of local people.
After arrival Bukhara, transfer to the hotel for Check in & rest.
Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Bukhara
Day 6 BUKHARA
08.00-10.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
10.00 Bukhara city tour. Visit the Samanids mausoleum (IX-Xc.), Chashma Ayyub complex (XIVc.), Bolo Hauz mosque (1712y.). Then visit Ark Citadel (Early Residence of Bukhara Emirs). Tea break at Bukhara Silk carpet showroom for short info about Bukhara carpets history. Continue tour & visit Complex Poi Kalon (Beneath the Great): Kalon Minaret (12th c.), Kalon Mosque (12th c.) and Miri Arab Medressa (16th c.), Ulugbeg Medressa (15th c.); Abdulaziz- Khan Medressa (17th c.); Magoki-Attari Mosque (10-16th cc.); Toki- Zargaron, Toki-Sarrafon, Toki-Tilpak-Furushon — shopping mall (15th-16thcc.), ChorMinar complex. Lyabi-Hauz ensemble: Khanaka and madrassah of Nadir Divan-Beghi (1620); Kukeldash Madrassah (Kulba-Kukeldash) (1568-69). 16.00 End of city tour & transfer to to the hotel. Lunch & Dinner at own. Overnight in Bukhara
Day 7 BUKHARA
07.00-09.00 Early buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
10.00 Check out from hotel & half-day tour in Bukhara suburbs and visit Chor-Minor Madrasah (1807), Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa (XIX-XX) – summer residence of Bukhara’s last emir, Mausoleum of Bakhouddin Naqshbandi (XVI). End of tour & transfer to the hotel for rest. Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Bukhara
Day 8 BUKHARA – SAMARKAND
08.00-10.00 Early buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
12.00 Check out from hotel & later after lunch transfer to Bukhara railway station for afternoon Afrosiyob train of Bukhara- Samarkand (15:20-17:03pm). After arrival Samarkand transfer to the hotel for check in & rest. Later visit to Registon square for night light & sound show (at own wish & like without guide & car). Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 9 SAMARKAND
08.00-10.00 Early buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
10.00 Excursion in Samarkand (full day): First of all visit Mausoleum of Imam al Bukhari (810-880y.) – one of the famous Muhaddithes (Hadith writer) in Islamic World. Later visit Guri Emir Mausoleum (Tamerlane’sTomb) (14-15th cc.), Ruhabad Mausoleum (House of Spirit) (14th c.), Registan Square (A sandy place): Ulughbek Medressa (15th c.), Sher-Dor Medressa (Having tigers) (17th c.), Tillya-Kari Medressa (Coated by gold) (17th c.).
18.00 End of tour & transfer to the hotel. Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 10 SAMARKAND
08.00-10.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
- Continue city tour in Samarkand for half Visit:
- Cathedral mosque Bibi-Khanym (14th );
- Siyab bazaar for shopping;
- Hazret-Hyzr Mosque (19th );
- The architectural complex Shakhi-Zinda (Alive king) (11- 19th );
- Ulugbek Observatory (15th ).
16.00 End of tour & transfer to the hotel. Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Samarkand
Day 11 SAMARKAND – TASHKENT
07.00-09.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
After breakfast some free time at own leisure without guide/driver until check out time
12.00 Check out formalities from the hotel.
14.30 Transfer to the restaurant for lunch & later for some shopping.
15.20 End of shopping tour & transfer to Samarkand railway station for afternoon Afrosiyob train of Samarkand-Tashkent (16:08-18:35pm). After arrival Tashkent, transfer to the hotel for check in & rest. Lunch & Dinner at own.
Overnight in Tashkent
Day 12 TASHKENT – DEPARTURE
06.00-07.00 Enjoy buffet breakfast at your hotel’s restaurant.
07.00 Check out formalities from the hotel & transfer to Tashkent International Airport for departure flight (at 09.00am).
Tour Cost Includes:
- Urgench-Khiva-Bukh by comfortable car/minivan/minibus with AC;
- Daily drinking water 5 L per person per day;
- All Sightseeing excluding entrance fees to the monuments & museums as per above tour itinerary in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva;
- Services of Professional English speaking & certified tour guides;
- All transfers, trips, city tour as per itinerary by AC Luxury Car/Minivan/Bus/Coach;
- All taxes.
Tour Cost Does Not Include:
- Accommodation on DBL/TWN or SGL basis in hotels + Breakfast in Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva & Tashkent;
- International air tickets;
- Tashkent-Urgench domestic flight tickets (economy class); About 55-75$
- Bukh-Sam by Afrosiyob bullet train tickets (economy class);
- Sam-Tash by Afrosiyob bullet train tickets (economy class);
- Entrance ticket fees to the monuments/museums;
- Consular (visa) fees in Embassy;
- Early Check in & Late Check out;
- Daily Lunches & Dinners;
- Fees for additional services in the hotels;
- Personal expenses for souvenirs ,
- Tips to local staff;
- Medical insurance;
- Camera/ video fees in the sites.