Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Urgench - Tashkent
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
| Day 01 | Arrival Tashkent. Meeting and assistance at the airport.Transfer to the hotel. Check in. City tour of Tashkent: Kukaldash madrasah, Kaffal Shashi mausoleum, Abdul Kasim Madrasah. O\n. |
| Day 02 | After breakfast drive to Samarkand ( 300 km.-5 hours). On the way visit to Zangi-Ata. App.about 2 p.m. arrival Samarkand. Check in at the hotel.P.M. - sightseeing tour:Registan square, Gur Emir mausoleum ( burial place of Amir Temur-the great commander, the founder of Timurid dynasty, and Bibi Khanum Mosque ( 15 c.) the bigest mosque in Central Asia built at honour of the head wife of Timur-Saroi Mulk Hanum, visit to the complex-necropolise Shahi Zinda (9-19 c.)with more than 20 mausoleums. Visit to the mausoleum of prophet Daniil. O/n. |
| Day 03 | Breakfast.Morning city tour including Ulugbek’s observatory(15 c.) - grandson of Timur - astronomer, mathemetishean, the ruler of Samarkand, Afrosiyob Ruins and museum (6-13 c.) P.M.Visit to the memorial complex of Mukhammad ibn Ismoil al Bukhori ( the great imam, theologist, ideologist, the author of worldknown collection of Hadis al Djami as Sahih-reliable collection ). O/n. |
| Day 04 | Breakfast.Departure to Bukhara by bus (270 km.-5 hours).By noon arrival to Bukhara. Check in at the hotel. P.M.City tour of Bukhara including Poi Kalyan architectural Complex ( the Pearl of the East, including Kalyan Minaret-the simbol of Bukhara; Medresse Miri Arab-active theological school and mosque Kalyan-the second bigest mosque in Central Asia ), Ulugbek madrasah, trading domes (XYI c.),Labi – Khaus architectural complex, mausoleum of Ismail Samani.O/n. |
| Day 05 | Breakfast.Visit to the places of Moslem worship:. mausoleums and graves of 7 pirs: Khoja Abdul Khaliq Ghijduvani (spiritual teachef of Bagauddin Nakshband)-50km(Ghijduvan district), Khoja Arif ar Revgari - 40km(Shafrikan district), Khoja Mahmud al Injir al Faghnavi(Vabkent district)-35km, Khoja Ali ar-Romitani (Ramitan district)-40km, Khoja Mukhammad Baba as-Samasi (Ramitan district)-45km, Khoja Sayyed Amir Kulal (Kagan)-15km, complex – necropo - lis of Mukhammad Bahauddin Naqshbandi ( the center of religious trend “sufi” in Central Asia ) –10km,Chor Bakr architectural complex.O/n. |
| Day 06 | Breakfast.Drive to Urgench (470 km.-7 hrs.). By 5 p.m. arrival to Urgench. Check in at the hotel.O/n. |
| Day 07 | Breakfast.Trip to Khiva (30 km.)to see the monuments of Ichan Kala fortress:Juma mosque ,Islam Khodja minaret. Return to Urgench. O/n. |
| Day 08 | A.M.Flight to Tashkent. P.M. Visit to the museum of history. Transfer to the airport.Flight from Tashkent. |
All private hotels have good location in the center of the city among the architectural monuments. They have comfortable, well-desined, well-suited rooms with air conditioners, own bathrooms, satellit TV, mini bar. They can provide extensive meetings and conference facilities.
| Hotels: 4*: Tashkent - “Dedeman” Samarkand - “Afrasiab Palace” Bukhara - “Bukhara Palace” Urgench - “Khoresm Palace” |
Private ( B&B ) 3*: “Grand Orzu”or “Elite” “Malika”or “Orient Star” “Shakhristan”or “Malika Bukhara” “Azia Khiva”or “Malika Khiva” |
