Tashkent Fergana region (Fergana, Kokand, Margilan) - Urgench(Khiva) Ayaz Kala - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent
Duration:12 days/11 nights
| Day 01 | Arrival to Tashkent. Transfer to hotel. Accomodation.O/n. |
| Day 02 | Flight to Fergana. Arrival. Transfer to the hotel. Excursion. Drive to Kokand. Sightseeing of Kokand:Palace of Khudoyor Khan ( 19 c.),Medreseh Narbut – Biy ( 18-19c.),Mausoleum Modarikhan (18-19 c.), Complex Dakhmai - Shohon(18-19c.) and Kamol Kasy (18-19 ñ).Return to Fergana.O\n. |
| Day 03 | Drive to Margilan. Visit Silk factory and Ceramic centre. Market. Drive to Rishtan. Rishtan School of ceramics, visit to the family workshop of Rustam Usmanov. Return to Fergana. Flight to Tashkent. Accomodation in hotel. O\n. |
| Day 04 | City tour:A.Navoi theatre, Abul Kasim medreseh(19 c),Old city with Hazt Imam Complex:Medreseh Barakkhan(16 c.)Friday Mosque Tello shayx (19 c.), Mausoleum Kaffal Shashi (16 c .) Old basar “Chorsu”,Medreseh Kukaldash (16c.). Flight from Tashkent to Urgench. Accomodation in Hotel. O/n. |
| Day 05 | Drive to Khiva / 35 km./. Excursion in Ichan Kala/old city/:Ata – Darvaza (West gate ,17 – 18 c.),Kalta Minar (19c.) Medreseh Mohammad Amin Khan (19 c.), Kunya Ark (17-19 c.), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (18–19c), Medreseh Khodja Islam with minaret, Tash Hauli Palace (19 c.)Karavan Saray ( 19 c.),Juma mosque ( 11-12 c.) with 200 wooden pillars. Return to Urgench.O/n |
| Day 06 | Drive to Bukhara(450 km).Picnic in Uzbek Chaykhana(tea –house) in Kizilkum desert . On the way stop at the bank of Amudarya to observe the panarame of the river. Accomodation in Hotel. |
| Day 07 | Sightseeing tour:Labi Khaus Complex:Nadir Divan Begi Madreseh Kukaldash Medreseh, Khanaka Nadir Divan Begi (16-17 c.), Magoki Attari Mosque (12-16 c.), Trade domes/markets (16 c.),Poi –Kalon Complex -Minaret Kalon(12 c.),the Mosque Kalon, Miri Arab Medreseh(16 c.), Fortress-Ark ( 1 c.) Ismail Samani (9 c.) and Chashma - Ayub (12-16 c.)mausoleums, Chor minor (19c.) Folklore performance in Nadir Divan Begi with traditional tea drinking and fashion show .O/n. |
| Day 08 | Sightseeing tour:Summer Residence of Last Bukhara Emir “Sitorai Mohi-Khossa(20 c.), Chor Bakr Complex (16 c.),Bakhovuddin Nakshband Complex (16 c.)/sufi centre/.Dinner in “Madarikhan”medreseh with Classic music.(o/n.) |
| Day 09 | Drive to Samarkand /300 km/.On the way visit Vabkent town with old Minaret (12 c.) , family ceramic workshop in Gijduvan town and Rabata Malik (in Navoi)-ruins of the old caravan - saray. Accomodation in Hotel.O/n. |
| Day 10 | Samarkand sightseeing tour:Ulugbek’s observatory(15 c.), Afrosiyob Ruins and museum (6-13 c.), Registan Square: Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tilla Kori medreseh(15-17 c.),Mausoleum of Guri Emir ( 15 c.)and Bibi Khanum Mosque ( 15 c.). Concert in Russian cultural centre - Church. Shahi Zinda ensemble (9-19 c.)with more than 20 mausoleums, Medrese Hodja Ahrar ( 15 c.), O\n. |
| Day 11 | Drive to Tashkent. Accomodation in Hotel. Visit the museum of Applied and Decorative Art museum.Basar. Go down Broadway - the central pedestrian street of the city. |
| Day 12 | Flight from Tashkent |
| Hotels: 4*: Tashkent - “Uzbekistan” Fergana - “ 777 Club” Urgench- “Khorezm Palace” Bukhara - “Bukhara Palace” Samarkand - “Afrasiab Palace” |
Private ( B&B ) 3*: Tashkent - “Grand Orzu” Fergana - “777 Club” Urgench - “Azia Khiva” Bukhara - “Shakhristan“ Samarkand - “Malika“ |
