TASHKENT - URGENCH - KHIVA - BUKHARA - SAMARKAND - SHAKHRISABZ - SAMARKAND - TASHKENT

Tour duration: 08 DAYS/07 NIGHTS 

Day 1: Arrive Tashkent

Arrive Tashkent, welcome at the airport and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Time for rest. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Tashkent for 4 hrs: a visit to the Amir Timur Square, Theatre Square with the Opera House, Applied Art Museum, Earthquake Memorial, People's Friendship Palace with Abdul Kasim Madrassah and Alisher Navoi National Park, Independence Square. Night in Tashkent.
 

Day 2: Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva

Early transfer to the airport and fly to Urgench. Arrive Urgench and drive to Khiva (30 km), hotel check-in and breakfast. Full day for sightseeing of Khiva - AM sightseeing including visits to the inner town of Ichan Kala (XIV-XX CC) with Muhamad Amin khan Madrassah, Kalta Minor Minaret, Kunya Ark, Muhamad Rahim khan Madrassah, Djuma Mosque and Minaret, Tash Hauli Palace. PM sightseeing for 2 hrs: Islam Khodja Minaret and Madrassah, Shirgazi khan Madrassah Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. Night in Khiva.

Day 3: Khiva – Bukhara

Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Bukhara via the Kizilkum desert (460 km,7 hrs).
Stop en route near the Amu Darya River and for picnic lunch. Arrive Bukhara, hotel check-in, free time. Night in Bukhara. 

Day 4: Bukhara

Breakfast in the hotel. Full day in Bukhara. AM portion of city tour for 4 hrs with visits to the Ark Fortress (I-XX CC), Bolo Hauz Mosque (XVIII C), Samanids Mausoleum (IX-X CC), Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (XII-XVI CC). PM portion of s/s tour on foot along the old town of Bukhara from Poi- Kalyan complex with Kalyan Minaret (XII C) through orient bazaars with three trade domes of Toki Zargaron (XV C), Toki Sarrafon (XVI C), Toki Telpak Furushon (XVI C), Ulugbek Madrassah (XV C), Abdulazizkhan Madrassah (XVII C) to the Lyabi Hauz complex (XVI -XVII CC). Night in Bukhara. 

Day 5: Bukhara - Samarqand

Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Samarqand. Hotel check-in. Sightseeing tour in Samarqand: Ulugbek Observatory (XV C), Excavation of an ancient city and museum of Afrosiyab, Tombstone of Saint Danyar. Registan Square (XV-XVII CC), Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV CC) and Samarqand local bazaar. Night in Samarqand. 

Day 6: Samarqand - Shakhrisabz – Samarqand  

Breakfast in the hotel. One day trip to Shakhrisabz (150 km, 2,5 hours). Shakhrisabz is a home - town of Tamerlane and during our 2 hour sightseeing tour we can enjoy the bright example of Central Asian architecture of XIV-XV centuries by visiting: The Ak Saray Palace, Ulugbek’s Blue Domed Mosque, Jakhangir’s Mausoleum. PM drive back to Samarqand (150 km, 2,5 hours). Arrive Samarqand. Night in Samarqand.  

Day 7: Samarqand

Breakfast in the hotel. Half day in Samarqand. AM city tour for 4 hours to the Gur-Emir Mausoleum- Grave of Timur (XV C), Rukhabad Mausoleum (XIV C), Shakhi Zinda Necropolis (XIV-XV CC). Drive to Tashkent (320 km, 5 hours). Arrive Tashkent and hotel check-in. Night in Tashkent. 

Day 8: Depart TashkentT

ransfer to the airport and depart Tashkent. End of the tour.    

Here is the Quotation required for your group of:

Price for 8 days-7 night itinerary:

FOLLOWING SERVICES ARE INCLUDED TO THE PRICE:

- Visa invitation letter

- Transport service on comfortable tourist class vehicle ((Car Daewoo Nexia for 2 pax) or for more than 2 pax Mini bus with A/C and driver during the entire itinerary only for your disposal)

- Air tickets Tashkent - Urgench with preliminary booking

- Double/twin sharing accommodation in the hotels with full breakfast

- English speaking guide accompanying you during the entire itinerary

- SS programs with English speaking guide & entrance fees for the monuments specified in the program

FOLLOWINGS ARE NOT INCLUDED:

- Cost of the visa for Uzbekistan

- Fees for the use of cameras and videos in the monuments and tourist sites

- Fees for extra service (folklore show, meetings, tickets for a theatre and visits to museums which are not specified in the program)

- Alcohol drinks

- Lunches, Dinners

- Items of personal nature