Historical Tour: Uzbekistan in 7 Days

The most famous ancient cities of Uzbekistan for seven unforgettable days, including internal flight.

Start of the tour: Tashkent	Accommodation: 3 stars.
End of tour: Tashkent	Tour category: Historical tours.
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights	Сities: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva.

Day 1: Tashkent

23:00 Meeting and greetings at the airport.
23:30 Transfer to the hotel for accommodation.
Day 2: Tashkent - Samarkand

8:00 Breakfast.
09:00 Morning excursion: visiting the Old part of Tashkent. We start from visiting the Old city with its holy monuments like Khast Imam Complex, which consists of the monuments from different centuries - IX century up to the present time.
You can feel the atmosphere of the previous epochs, enjoy marvelous architecture of mausoleum of Kaffal ash Shashi
Barakhan Madrasah
Friday mosque, also new building of the Muslin Board of Uzbekistan and of course you will see the real pearl of its place – the Original Koran which was written in VI century by Khalif Osman.
13:00 Lunch at the local restaurant with the most famous national dish – palov.
14:00 Transfer to Samarkand (256 km), the capital of the powerful empire of Tamerlane in XIV-XV centuries.
17:00 On arrival, check-in at a hotel.
Free time.
19:00 Dinner at the local restaurant with traditional meal – manti.
20:00 Transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 3: Samarkand - Bukhara

8:00 Breakfast.
09:30 Morning excursion of Samarkand. We begin our excursion by visiting the most famous and beautiful place of Samarkand – Registan square. Registan square consists of three impressive Madrasahs.
After that we visit the Afrosiab Museum and excavation site
Bibi Khanum Mosque
Ulugbek's Observatory
and Gur Emir - Mausoleum of Tamerlane.
13:00 Lunch.
14:00 Departure from Samarkand to Bukhara (256km), visit Gijduvan, ancient pottery school.
16:30 On arrival to Bukhara - sightseeing program: excursion to Sitora-i-Mokhi khosa -the summer residence of the former emir of Bukhara, where you will enjoy beauty of ancient buildings.
After that we visit Taki Zargaron Dome Bazaar (XVI century).
19:00 Dinner at the national house.
20:00 Transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: Bukhara

10:00 Breakfast.
11:00 Full day sightseeing tour of Bukhara: visiting the ancient historical places such as Lyabi Hauz
madrasah Nadirkhon Devanbegi, Khanaka
Mogaki Attari mosque
Poi Kalon Minaret and mosque
madrasah Aziz Khan.
14:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
15:00 Continue the excursion: we will visit the Ark Fortress
Balokhauz Mosque
mausoleum of Ismail Samani, Chashma Ayub and Bazaar.
19:00 Dinner at the local restaurant with a show.
20:30 Transfer to a hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5: Bukhara - Khiva

10:00 Breakfast.
Morning departure to Khiva via Kizilkum desert (Red sands). En route we stop at the sight of Amudarya (Oxus) river.
On arrival transfer to a hotel.
14:00 Lunch.
17:00 Excursion in Khiva - the UNDP workshops for the development of local handicrafts, mausoleum of Pakhlavan Mahmud.
20:00 Dinner at the local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6: Khiva - Tashkent

09:00 Breakfast.
10:00 We begin our excursion of Khiva from visiting an ancient and beautiful place – Ichan Kala and its monuments:
Kalta minor
Kunya Ark
Madrasah Rahimhon.
14:00 Lunch at the national house.
15:00 Continuation of the sightseeing program – we will visit Islam Hoja minaret and museum
Friday Mosque, Tash-Hauli Palace and Caravan Sarai.
16:30 Transfer to the Urgench airport for a flight to Tashkent.
19:30 Flight to Tashkent.
22:00 Transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Tashkent

09:00 Breakfast.
10:00 Morning excursion, visiting part of the modern Tashkent. We drive by the "Courage" monument which was dedicated to one of the biggest earthquake that happened in Tashkent in the middle of XX century.
Then we go to Amir Timur Square
Bolshoi State Opera and Ballet Theater named after Alisher Navoi and the square.
13:00 Lunch at the local restaurant.
15:00 Transfer to the International airport.