ARRIVAL TO TASHKENT

Departure from Istanbul by TK262 to Urgench airport.

 ISTANBUL 🛫 URGENCH 🠖 KHIVA / 🍴 – B

Arrival to Urgench by TK262 at 07:10. Immigration and customs clearance.

Meet your driver outside of arrival hall with sign board. Transfer to the hotel, baggage drop (standard check after 14:00).

Breakfast at local café/restaurant.

Guided Walking tour to the splendid historical UNESCO site – Ichan-Kala Complex:

• Muhammad Amin khan Madrasah and Kalta Minar,
• Kunya Ark, Museum of Zindan and Muhammad Rahim khan Madrasah,
• Mausoleum of local Saint Pakhlavan Makhmud, and Shergazi khan Madrasah,
• Minaret and Madrasah of Islam Khodja,
• Djuma Mosque with 218 columns;
• Allakuli khan Madrasah and Caravan Saray, Tash Khauli Palace and

Enjoy your free time to take a walk through the old streets of Itchan-Kala. Overnight stay in Khiva.

KHIVA 🠖 BUKHARA / 🍴 – B / 🚌 460km

08:00 After breakfast at the hotel, check out and departure to Bukhara.

A delightful drive through the Kyzyl-Kum desert and along the Amudarya river 6-7hrs. Photo breaks etc. Lunch in a local

café in the desert. Arrival in Bukhara and accommodation in a hotel.

Start sightseeing in the Old City of Bukhara. Overnight stay in Bukhara.

BUKHARA / 🍴 – B / D

Breakfast at hotel.

Guided City tour in Bukhara, the old center of culture. Explore one of the gems of architecture, the center of Mediaeval Education.

• The Ark Citadel, palace of rulers; Bolo-Khauz Mosque, with beautiful ayvan and columns;
• Kalon Complex consisting of Minaret, Mosque, Mir-Arab Madrasah,
• Madrasah Of Ulugbek, and Madrasah of Abdul-Aziz khan,
• Trade domes, centers of business: Sarrafon, Telpak Furushon, Zargaron and Abdullakhan;
• 12th cc Magoki-Attor mosque, known as the most ancient mosque in city;
• Lyabi-Khauz complex with Nadir-Divan Begi Madrasah and Khanaka, Kukaldosh Madrasah;

Time at leisure. Enjoy a cultural performance in the evening in old madrasah. Dinner at local house with cooking master class of PLOV.

Overnight at hotel.

BUKHARA 🠖 SHAKHRISABZ 🠖 SAMARKAND / MEALS – B / 🚌 280km + 120km

Breakfast at hotel.

Depart to Samarkand via Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of Tamerlane. Arrive in Shakhrisabz and Guided tour visiting the magnificent architectural sights of the Timurids period:

• Entry Pylons of Ak Saray palace of Tamerlane,
• Dorus Saodat complex, Mausoleum of Djehangir and Khazrat Imam Mosque;
• Dorut Tilovat, Kok Gumbaz Mosque and Mausoleum of Sheikh Shamsiddin Kulal;
• Mausoleum Gumbazi Saidon and Kunduzak Quarter Mosque

Continue to Samarkand on smaller cars, through the mountain pass Takhtakaracha and pasturelands of Khissar Range of Pamir Mountains. Arrival and check in to hotel. Time at leisure. Overnight at hotel.

SAMARKAND / 🍴 – B

Breakfast at hotel.

Continue tour in Samarkand:

• Gur-Emir mausoleum, the family vault of the Timurids
• Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillya Kari Madrasah, the main attraction of Spend some time on this magnificent complex to feel the spirit
• Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Colorful Siyab bazaar, the daily market of locals;
• Shakhi Zinda Necropolis, known for best tile decoration of Uzbekistan;
• Museum of Ulugbek observatory, original part of sextant /15th cc
• Craftsman Center with Silk Paper and Oil Mills;

Free time. Overnight at hotel.

SAMARKAND ☎ TASHKENT / 🍴 – B

Breakfast at hotel.

Transfer to railway station to take morning train Sharq to Tashkent. Arrival and start tour of Tashkent – The Capital of Uzbekistan, the cosmopolitan city in the heart of Central Asia, the center of Silk Road culture. Start guided Old City tour:

• Khazrat Imam Complex consisting Historical Monuments and Koran of Caliph Othman 7th c;
• Chorsu Bazaar where you can visit handcrafts and gourmet rows - glutton row which is popular among tourists, try on spot dried and fresh fruits and many other things, and explore some stations of Tashkent
• Independence Square, Memorial of Victory, Romanov’s Mansion, Monument of Courage;
• Amir Temur Square, Broadway Pedestrian Street

TASHKENT 🛫 DEPARTURE / 🍴 – B

Check out from hotel till 12:00.

Transfer to the international Airport of Tashkent to take flight home.