Navruz in Uzbekistan

Meeting guests with a sign VERSAILLES TRAVEL.

Arrival in Tashkent at 17:05.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Free evening for walks and shopping.

Night in Tashkent.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the train station at 08:00.

Departure at 09:15 (07:28) to Bukhara from Tashkent.

Arrival in Bukhara at 15:09 (11:19).

Full day walking tour of Bukhara:

Bukhara has preserved the medieval layout, so that every building, every house on its curved narrow streets carries the charm of antiquity.

Here time boundaries are erased, you lose the feeling of time ...

The architecture of the city includes acquaintance with such monuments as:

• Lyabi Hauz ensemble, formed by the buildings of the Kukeldash madrasah, the Divan-Begi madrasah and the khanaki Divan-Begi;
• Monument to Khoja Nasreddin;
• Walking under the Shopping Domes: Toki Saroffon, Toki Telpakfurushon, Toki Zargaron, are popular attractions, inside of which are mainly souvenir shops and shops selling antiques, souvenirs, handicrafts, such as dishes, clothes, coins, jewelry, figurines, carpets, books, musical instruments, paintings, etc.
• Bukhara caravanserai Tim Abdullahan, an indoor bazaar used to trade in expensive silk fabrics;
• Ulugbek Madrasah (XV century), built by the grandson of Tamerlane. At the entrance there is an inscription in Arabic script, belonging to the Prophet Muhammad: "The pursuit of knowledge is the duty of every Muslim and Muslim woman";
• Madrasah of Abdullaziz Khan (XVII century);
• Kalon Mosque (XVI century);
• The current Mir-i-Arab madrasah (16th century), in which the head of Russian Muslims Ravil Gaynuddin and the deceased president of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov, who was previously a mufti, studied.

Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Free time for independent walks along the old streets of Bukhara, where you can visit the legendary puppet workshop, the famous factory of handmade Bukhara silk carpets, the forge for making knives, and buy colorful souvenirs for memory.

Master class in preparing national pilaf dishes and tasting of festive dishes.

At 14:00, automobile transfer from Bukhara to Samarkand through the city of Gijduvan.

Gijduvan is a small city, since ancient times, being the center of traditional crafts. Gijduvan ceramics has long been known in Asia and is recognizable thanks to its original color and style. You will visit the ceramics center and museum.

Caravanserai Rabat-i-Malik (XI century). You will also see Sardoba Malik (reservoir).

Departure and arrival in Samarkand.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Night in Samarkand.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Tour of Samarkand - one of the most magnificent cities of Uzbekistan, the beloved capital of the great Tamerlane:

• Mausoleum of Gur-Emir (XIV-XV centuries), in which is located the tomb of Tamerlane and his relatives;
• Registan Square (XV-XVII centuries): Ulugbek Madrasah, Tila-Kori Madrasah, Sher-Dor Madrasah;
• Mausoleum of Rukhabad;
• Mausoleum of Shahi Zinda (XII-XV century): one of the alleged graves;
• Kusama ibn Abassa (cousin of the Prophet Muhammad);
• Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV century), built in honor of Tamerlane's beloved wife;
• Ulugbek's Observatory (XV century) - an astronomer, scientist, ruler, beloved grandson of Tamerlane, who was killed on the orders of his son. Hazrat-Khizr Mosque.

Wine tasting of the oldest Central Asian Samarkand winery named after M.A. Khovrenko.

Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the train station at 11:20.

Departure by high-speed railway to Bukhara at 12:44 (09:50).

Arrival in Bukhara at 15:09 (11:19).

Transfer to the airport at 17:20.

Departure flight HY 607 at 19:20.

Arrival in Moscow 21:25.