Meeting the sun. Group tour to Uzbekistan

Thursday.

Arrival in Tashkent, individual transfer to the hotel.

Friday.

Meeting with guide, start of bus tour in capital. You will see: Independance Square,

Square and monument of Amir Temur,

Alisher Navoi Theatre,

"Courage" monument,

Chorsu bazaar,

TV Tower (from outside),

new Minor mosque.

Free time.

19:00 Transfer to railway station. Night train to Urgench (20:20-12:14 +1).

Overnight in train.

Saturday.

12:15 Arrival in Urgench, meeting and transfer to Khiva.

Check-in and rest at the hotel.

Meeting with guide and walking excursion in the fortress of Ichan-Kala, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Today Ichan-Kala is an open-air museum - the old part of the city, surrounded by a fortress wall and turned into a state historical-archeological museum-reserve. It is here that on an enormous territory of 26 hectares an exotic image of the eastern city is preserved. About 60 historical buildings have been preserved in Ichan-Kala.

You will see Madrasah of Muhammad Aminhana,

Minaret of Kalta-Minor,

Juma mosque,

Tash-Hovli Palace,

Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Mahmud,

Minaret of Islam Hoja,

Kunya Ark.

Sunday.

In the morning: departure from Khiva to Bukhara (480 km, 7-8 hours). The modern highway crosses the Kyzylkum desert, repeating the ancient route of the Great Silk Road *. Stop on the way, during which you will have the opportunity to enjoy panoramic views of the desert and the Amu Darya River. 

Arrival in Bukhara at the end of the day, check-in and rest at the hotel.

Overnight at the hotel.

Monday.

Meeting with guide. Walkind and bus tour in the old part of the sacred Bukhara. 

You will see famous Kalyan Minerat,

Lyabi-Khauz square (XVII century),

unique Mausoleum of Samanids,

Ark Fortress (IV century)

with visiting the heart of great ancient city as it showed in "1001 nights" fairy tail .

Tuesday.

Trandfer to Samarkang on comfortable touristic bus (4-5 hours, 274 km). Arrival and check-in at the hotel. Free time.

Excursion to the local winery and tasting 10 different wines and brandies  and also the famous Samarkand 48-herb balsam.

Overnight at the hotel.

Wednesday.

Early morning bus excursion in Samarkand. You will see: the largest mosque in Central Asia - Bibi-Khanum Mosque,

walk at the oriental bazaar, where you can buy lots of fruits, sweets, souveneers.

You will walk the sunny boulevard to Registan square.

Also you will visit beautiful Mausoleum Gur-Emir (XV century) - tomb of Amir Timur and the Timurids.

After excursion - transfer to railway statoin. Comfortable "Afrosiab" train will quickly bring you to Tashkent (2 hours 10 minutes). Meeting the driver and transfer to the hotel by bus.

Thursday.

Individual transfer to the international airport (according to your departure time).