Uzbekistan - All the Colors of the Orient” Tour

3rd day

Tashkent – Samarkand (350 km, 5 hrs)

Breakfast in hotel.
Transfer to Samarkand in a vehicle.
On the road you will enjoy the picturesque countryside.
Arrival and accommodation in hotel.
After lunch the initial acquaintance with the city:
Guri Amir Mausoleum – the tomb of Tamerlane (14-15th centuries) – the burial site of Amir Temur, his sons and grandsons.
Registan Square - Sher-Dor Madrasah (built in 1619-1636) and Tilla-Kari Madrasah (built in 1647-1660) where you can flip the pages of multi-millennial history of Samarkand.

Bibi Khanum Mosque, the largest in Central Asia and one of the largest in the entire Muslim world. At this magnificent building, anyone who enters the city immediately set her astonished eyes. Huge, majestic, silent…

The architectural complex Shakhi-Zinda (11-15th century) is one of the most picturesque places in Samarkand. Burial site of royalty and nobility of the Tamerlane Epoch. The history of this place is shrouded in mystery, legends and secrets. The name of the burial place translated from Persian as "The Living King".

Free time.

Overnight stay in hotel

4th day

Samarkand

Breakfast in hotel.
City tour of Samarkand:
Morning visit to Siyob Bazaar, the largest bazaar of the city. Free time to buy souvenirs and oriental sweets.

Mausoleum of Prophet Daniel.

Ulugh Bek Observatory (15th century). Ulugh Bek, Timurid king and scholar, authored his scientific works due to the unique observatory he had erected in Samarkand in 1420s. The giant quadrant placed inside a cylindrical building with a diameter of 48 meters (the remains of the foundation and trenches rediscovered during archaeological excavations in 1908) served as the main stationary tool.
Overnight stay in hotel.

5th day

Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Bukhara (350 km)

Breakfast in hotel.
Transfer to Bukhara via Shakhrisabz: visit to memorial complex of Dorus Saodat, Jakhongir’s Mausoleum, the remnants of Amir Temur’s Ak-Saray, Dorut Tilovat Complex and Kok-Gumbaz Mosque.
After lunch transfer to Bukhara.
Arrival, accommodation in hotel.
Free time.
Overnight stay in hotel

6th day. Bukhara

Breakfast in hotel.
City tour of Bukhara: Ark Citadel - a palace city inside the city (4th century BCE), Bolo Haouz Mosque (early 20th century). The architectural ensemble Poi-Kalon (Pedestal of the Great), the religious heart of Sacred Bukhara, consists of the Kalyan Minaret, the Kalyan Mosque and the Miri-Arab Madrasah. Ulugh Bek Madrassah (1417), Nodir-Divan-Begi Madrassah, Abdul Aziz Khan Madrassah, Magoki-Attori Mosque (12-16 centuries), Lyabi Hauz Ensemble ((14-17 centuries), Kosh-Madrese Ensemble (consisting of two opposing Madari-Abdullakhan Madrasah (Abdullakhan's mother) and Abdullakhan Madrasah, Samanid Mausoleum (burial site of representatives of the Samanid dynasty of the late 9th - early 10th century), Chashma Ayub Mausoleum (Spring of Job), Chor Minor (Four minarets).
Free time.
Overnight stay in hotel.

7th day. Bukhara – Tashkent, by Afrosiyob train

Breakfast in hotel.
Free time for shopping.
Transfer to train station and departure to Tashkent, after arrival transfer to hotel.
Overnight stay in hotel.

8th day. Tashkent

Check-in at hotels is after 2:00 PM, check-out is before 12:00 PM.

Payments for all early/late arrivals/departures are made on the spot to the hotel administrators

The program includes