Uzbekistan – 8 days tour

Itinerary

Day 1 – Tashkent

• Arrival in Tashkent and meet your Uzbek guide.
• Highlight: Khast Imom Complex, the spiritual heart of the city.
• Chor-Su Bazaar, the market where anything is for sale.
• Ride the impressive metro of Tashkent.
• Highlight: Independence Square, the most famous square in Tashkent.
• Applied Arts Museum.
• Alisher Navoi Theatre, the national opera of Uzbekistan is based here.
• Overnight stay in Tashkent.

Day 2 – Tashkent – Samarkand

• Train ride to Samarkand.
• Highlight: Registan Square – the most famous place in Central Asia.
• Gur Emir Mausoleum, here lies the Turkish-Mongolian conqueror Timoer Lenk.
• Overnight stay in Samarkand.

Day 3 – Samarkand

• Ulugbek Observatory, one of the oldest observatories in the Islamic world.
• Highlight: Visit to one of the most famous cemeteries in Central Asia: Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis.
• The archaeological Afrasiab Museum.
• St. Daniel Mausoleum, this is where the Prophet Daniel would lie.
• Ride to Konigil.
• Highlight: See how they make the traditional Samarkand paper.
• Free time.
• Overnight stay in Samarkand.

Day 4 – Samarkand – Bukhara

• Drive to Bukhara.
• On the way stop at the beautiful Rabati Malik caravanserai. This used to be an important stop on the Silk Road.
• Highlight: One of the most characteristic images of the city is the Kalyan Minaret and Mosque.
• Visit the beautiful Miri Arab Madrassa, one of the most famous places of Bukhara.
• Visit the historic Magoki-Attori Mosque and the Lyabi Hauz Ensemble from the 16th/17th century.
• Free time.
• Overnight stay in Bukhara.

Day 5 – Bukhara

• The oldest building in Bukhara: Ismail Samani Mausoleum.
• Historic Bolo-Khauz Mosque from 1712.
• Highlight: The legendary Ark Fort. This gigantic fort is located in the north of the city.
• Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, where the well of Ayub is.
• Sitorai Mokhi Khosa Summer Palace, the former palace of the Emir of Bukhara.
• Bakhavuddin Naqshbandi Mausoleum, one of the holiest places in the city.
• Overnight stay in Buchara.

Day 6 – Buchara – Xiva

• Drive to Xiva.
• We drive through the Kyzylkum Desert.
• Stop for photos several times.
• Late arrival in Xiva.
• Overnight stay in Xiva.

Day 7 – Xiva – Tashkent

• Highlight: Itchan-Kala fortress, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• The city gate of Ata Darvaza.
• Mukhammad Aminkhan Madrassa, the largest madrassa in Central Asia.
• Fortress of Kuniya Ark, beautiful citadel with blue tiles.
• Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrassa.
• Kalta Minaret, the symbol of the city.
• Juma (Friday) Mosque, one of the most important mosques in the city.
• Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud, he was Xiva’s national hero.
• Minaret of Islam-Khoja, the most beautiful minaret of the city, which reaches up to 45m.
• Drive to Urgench Airport.
• Flight to Tashkent.
• Overnight stay in Tashkent.

Day 8 – Tashkent

• Airport drop-off.
• End of tour.