ORIENTAL PEARLS: KHIVA-BUKHARA-SAMARKAND-TASHKENT

9 days / 8 nights

Day 1

Tashkent

Arrival in Tashkent. Pick up from the airport and transfer to hotel. Free time.

Sightseeing tour across Tashkent (starting time will depend on your arrival time):

Visit the Memorial for the Victims of Repression.

Overview the Tashkent TV tower (distant view).

Monument of Courage.

OldCity, Khast-Imam architectural complex: Kaffal-as-Shoshi Mausoleum, Barak-Khan Madrasah, Khast-Imam Mosque. Mui-Muborak Madrasah – the original Koran of the Caliph Usman.

Chorsu's market (most picturesque market in the city).

Mustakillik Square (Independence Square).

Palace of the Grand duke Romanov.

Theater of Alisher Navoiy (external view).

Amir Temur's square.

German Evangelic and Lutheran church (external view).

Catholic Church (external view).

Orthodox Church (external view).

Museum of Applied Arts.

19:00 Dinner. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 2

Tashkent-Khiva

Early morning transfer to airport for the flight to Urgench/Khiva, time will be specified. Flight departure time will be specified.

Arrival in Urgench airport. Transfer to Khiva (30 minutes). Check-in hotel. KhivaCity Tour:

Ichan-Kala - the internal city surrounded with walls.

Mukhammad-Aminkhan Madrasah.

Kunya-Ark fortress.

Mukhammad-Rakhimkhan Madrasah.

Pakhlavan Mahmud's Mausoleum.

Islam-Khodja Medreese and Minaret.

13:00-14:00 Lunch. Continue the tour:

Visit Djuma-Mosque.

Museum of Khorezmian Music.

Tash-Hauli Palace.

Nurullabay Palace

Mamun Academy.

Free time for shopping.

19:00-20:00 Dinner.

Free time. Overnight in hotel.

Day 3

Khiva-Bukhara

08:00 Depart from Khiva to Bukhara by car and cross one of majestic deserts of Central Asia -Kyzylkum. (6-7 hours), (If the flight available on that day, then we will depart to Bukhara by plane).

Lunch en-route.

15:00 Arrival in Bukhara . Check-in hotel. Free time.

19:30 Dinner. Overnight in hotel.

Day 4

Bukhara

Sightseeing tour across Bukhara:

Samanids Mausoleum.

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum.

Bolo-House Mosque.

The Ark (Bukhara Emir’s residence).

Poi-Kalon Ensemble: Mir-Arab Madrasah, Kalyan Minaret, Poi-Kalon Mosque.

Toki-Zargaron Trade domes.

Ulugbek's and Abdulazizkhan's madrasahs.

Telpak-Furushon Trade domes.

Magoki-Attori's mosque.

Lyabi-House Ensemble.

19:00 Dinner. Overnight in hotel.

Day 5

Bukhara

09:00 Continue Bukhara tour.

Trip to Bakhauddin Nakshbandi Memorial Complex (Sufi sheikh).

Visit Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa - the SummerPalace of Bukhara Emir.

Trip to Chor-Bakir necropolis.

On the way back to the city visit Chor-Minor gate.

13:00-14:00 lunch. Continue the tour:

House-museum of Fayzulla Khodzhayev (politician of 1920-1930)

Free time.

19:00 Dinner. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 6

Bukhara-Samarkand

08:00 Transfer to the train station.

08:40 Depart by "Shark" express-train to Samarkand.

11:45 Arrival in Samarkand. Transfer to hotel and check-in. Free time.

13:00-14:00 Lunch.

Sightseeing tour across Samarkand:

Guri-Emir Mausoleum (Tamerlane's and Temurids tomb).

Registan Ensemble: (the most cult place not only in Samarkand, but, perhaps, all over Uzbekistan) Ulugbek's Madrasah, Sher-Dor Madrasah, Tillya-Kari Madrasah.

Tamerlane’s (Bibi-Khanum) Mosque.

Siab Bazaar.

Synagogue. Walk on residential quarters of the old city.

19:00 Dinner. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 7

Samarkand

09:00 Continue Samarkand Tour. Drive to Imam Al-Bukhari Memorial complex.

Visit Ulugbek’s Observatory.

Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis.

12:00-13:00 Lunch (Samarkand Pilaf). Continue the tour:

Afrosiab's Museum. Walk through the ruins of an ancient city destroyed by Genghis Khan. Visit archeological sites where excavations were carried out.

19:00 Dinner. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 8

Samarkand-Tashkent

09:00 Free time. If you wish we can visit a carpet factory (manual production) or a paper-producing factory (works using ancient watermill technology). It is also possible to visit the countryside and walk in the mountains’ foothills.

16:20 Transfer to the train station.

17:00 Departure by "Afrosiab" high-speed train to Tashkent (2 h. 10 min.).

19:10 Arrival in Tashkent. Transfer to hotel and check-in. Dinner. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 9

Tashkent

The program for this day depends on the timing of your departure flight.

Transfer to the airport. End of a tour.

If wished the tour program can be tailored to your interests.

This is customized tour. Price for the tour will be set after discussing all details with you.

Tour price includes:

Tourist visa to Uzbekistan (if it is required)

Tashkent-Khiva air tickets

Bukhara-Samarkand, Samarkand-Tashkent train tickets

Ground transportation by car/minivan/bus

All transfers

Entrance tickets to the museums, mausoleums and other sites

Single/double room accommodation in hotel (breakfast is included)

Tour price excludes:

Consular fees for Uzbekistan tourist visa

International air tickets

Full board (lunches and dinners)

Payment for photo/video shooting

Payment for hotel extra services

Personal Insurance