Along the Silk Way from Khiva to Tashkent

Meeting at Urgench International Airport.

Transfer to Khiva (35 km).

Breakfast at the hotel.

Time to freshen up.

Start Tour of Splendid Khiva – Ichan Kala Fortress:

• Muhammad Amin khan Madrasah;

• Kalta Minor;

• Kunya Ark;

• Museum of Zindan;
• Muhammad Rahim khan Madrasah;

• Mausoleum of local Saint Pakhlavan Makhmud;

• Shergazi khan Madrasah;

• Islam Hoja Minaret and Madrasah;

• Juma Mosque;

• Allakuli khan Madrasah;

• Caravan Saray;
• Tash Khauli Palace and Harem.

Free time to explore the Old city.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and check out from hotel.

08:00 Transfer to the airport in Urgench for the flight to Bukhara.

Arrive to Bukhara, transfer for check in to hotel.

Tour of Bukhara, the old center of Tajik culture, where locals still speak Tajik language the dialect of Farsi. Explore one of the gems of Islamic architecture, the center of Mediaeval Islamic Education.

• Ark Citadel;

• Bolo-Khauz Mosque;

• Samanid Mausoleum;

• Mausoleum of Chashma-Ayub;

• Kalon Minaret;

• Mir-Arab Madrasah;

• Kalon Mosque;
• Madrasah of Ulugbek;

• Madrasah of Abdul-Aziz khan;

• Trade domes;

• Magoki-Attor Mosque;

• Kukeldash Madrasah;

• Nadir-Divan Begi Madrasah and Khanaka.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Continue tour in Bukhara by visiting:

• Summer Palace of last dynasty – Sitorai Mokhi Khosa Palace, built to host family of the Romanovs, some of the objects are exclusively were brought from Europe and Russia;

• Beautiful Bahouddin Naqshband mausoleum and complex. Naqshband (1318-89) was the founder of the most influential Sufi order of central Asia and he is the unofficial patron saint of Bukhara;

• Famous Chor Bakr Necropolis, the place flourished by Samanids in IX century.

Return to old city and free time for shopping and exploring on your own.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out and depart to Shakhrisabz by road, 280km, the birthplace of Tamerlane.

Arrive to Shakhrisabz and start city tour by visiting the magnificent architectural monuments of Timurids:

• Remains of Ak Saray palace of Tamerlane;

• Dorus Saodat complex;
• Mausoleum of Djehangir;
• Khazrat Imam Mosque;
• Dorut Tilovat Complex;

• Mausoleum of Sheik Shamsiddin Kulal;

• Gumbazi Saidon mausoleum;
• Kok Gumbaz Mosque; 

• Chorsu trade dome.

Depart to Samarkand, 120km 3 hours.

Upon arrival check in to hotel.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 City tour in Samarkand, the former capital of the Great Empire of Tamerlane:

• Gur-Emir Mausoleum;

• Ruhabad Mausoleum;

• Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek Madrasah, Sherdor Madrasah and Tilla Kari Madrasah;

• Museum of History based at Residency of Jewish Merchant Kalantarov;
• Shakhi Zinda Necropolis;

• Silk Paper Mills based on 9th century technology.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel and check out.

Continue tour of Glorious Samarkand by visiting:

• Bibi-Khanum Mosque;

• Siab bazaar;

• Afrosiab Archeology Museum;

• Saint Daniel Mausoleum;

• Museum of Ulugbek's Observatory with the original part of main instrument.

Transfer to Railway station for "Afrosiab" train to Tashkent.

17:00-19:10 Time on train.

Arrival and transfer to hotel for check in and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

08:00 Check out and start tour in capital of Uzbekistan:

• Khazrat Imam Comlex consisting of Khazrat Imam Mosque, Barak Khan Madrasah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, Tilla Sheikh Mosque; and Museum of Koran of Caliph Othman fom XVII century;

• Independence Square;

• Victory Monument;
• Romanov Palace;
• Amir Temur Square;

• Tashkent Metro.

 Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to airport if necessary