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Accommodation

Tashkent 3 nights 4* Hotels - Lumiere hotel or similar 3* Hotels - Uzbekistan hotel or similar Samarkand 2 nights 4* Hotels - Emir Han hotel or similar 3* Hotels - Diyora hotel or similar Bukhara 2 nights 4* Hotels - Sahid Zarafshon hotel or similar 3* Hotels - Assalam hotel or similar Khiva 2 nights 4* Hotels - Asia Khiva hotel or similar 3* Hotels - Arkanchi hotel or similar

Others

All trips & transfers in comfortable transportation depending on number of people as per the itinerary; Tashkent-Samarkand high speed train economy tickets; All fees to monuments as per the itinerary; All Taxes

Meals

Breakfast In Tashkent, Samarkand & Bukhara, Khiva

Guide

Services of Professional English speaking tour guide in all cities;

Not included:

Others

Lunches and dinners; Charges in hotels for additional services; Photography and video making fees at the sites; Personal insurance; Tips and gratuities; Any services not included in the above itinerary.

Flights

International Air tickets not included Tashkent-Urgench air tickets not included

Insurance

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Day 1 Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tashkent

Highlights: Hast Imam, Charsu Bazaar, Tashkent Metro

02:10 Arrival to Tashkent , meet and transfer to hotel by our guide and driver. Early Check-in hotel. Take rest. Breakfast from 07:30 to 10:00.

11:00 City tour: Excursion through old part of the city: Visiting Monument of Courage (1976). Later visit religious complex Khasti Imam: consisting of Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum (XV century), Barak Khan Madrassah (XVI centure), Muy-Mubarak Mosque - storehouse of the well-known Koran of Khalif Osman (VII centure), Charsu Bazaar (X century), Tashkent metro stations.

Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 2 Tashkent - Samarkand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tashkent - Samarkand

Highlights: Registan square(XV-XVII), Amir temur mausoleum (XIV), Bibikhanum mosque (XIV), Museum of “Afrasiyab”

06:00 -06:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

07:00 Check out from hotel and transfer to railway station to depart to Samarkand by “Afrasiyab” high speed train (343 km, 2h. 10 min)

08:00 Departure from Tashkent , 10:10 Arrival in Samarkand and start Full day city tour in Samarkand: Mausoleum Guri Emir - Tamerlane’s Tomb (XIV-XV), Registan Square - Madrassah Ulugbek (XV), Madrassah Shir-Dor (XVII), Madrassah Tillya-Kori (XVII), Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV), and “Afrasiyab” museum.

Overnight in Samarkand.
Day 3 Samarkand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Samarkand

Highlights: Complex Shakh-i-Zinda (dated XI-XV century). Ulugbek Observatory (XV), Konigil village.

07:00 -08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

Continue city tour and visit Architectural Complex Shakh-i-Zinda (dated XI-XV century). Ulugbek Observatory (XV), Konigil village to explore traditional paper factory.

Overnight in Samarkand
Day 4 Samarkand - Bukhara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Samarkand - Bukhara

Highlights: Potter family in Gijduvan city, Malik Sardoba, ruins of Caravan saray.

07:00-08:00 Breakfast at the hotel.

08:30 Check out from hotel and Transfer to Bukhara via Gijduvan city (290 km, 4 h). On the way to Bukhara visit Malik Sardoba and Malik Caravansaray. Sardoba is a giant water storage that was used to feed the camels on the silk road trade. Then we will visit workshop of a famous Gijduvan potter. The potter will demonstrate us making ceramic dishes by using traditional way that was used many centuries.

Later drive to Bukhara city (40 km). Arrival in Bukhara. Check in hotel.

Overnight in Bukhara.
Day 5 Bukhara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bukhara

Highlights: Bukhara old town

07:00-08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 City tour in Bukhara: Samanides Mausoleum (9-10th c.), Chashma Ayub(14th c.), Bolo-Hauz Mosque (beginning of the 20th c.). Then visit Citadel Ark (4th c. BC), Minaret Kalon (12th c.), Kalyan Mosque (12th c.), Medreseh Miri Arab (16th c.). Later visit Coumpol bazaar, Medreseh Nodir-Divan-Beghi, complex Lyabi-Khauz (14-17th c.), .

Overnight in Bukhara.
Day 6 Bukhara - Kiva
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bukhara - Kiva

07:00-08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

After breakfast we check out and embark on a long train journey though the serene Kyzyl Kum desert to Khiva.

09:00 Departure from Bukhara. After a few hectic days this is time for some quiet contemplation and reflection, plus the opportunity to experience the sheer aridness of Central Asia’s desert environment. Upon arrival in Khiva at 15:00 we settle in. Overnight in Khiva.
Day 7 Khiva
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Khiva

Highlights: Ichan Kala fortress

07:00-08:30 Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 City tour inside Ichan-Kala architectural complex (12-19th c.), the Residence of the last Khan including Ismail Khodja Mausoleum, Mohammed Amin Khan madrassah, Kunya-Ark Castle (16-17th c.), Kalta Minor tower, Tash-Hovli Palace (19th c.), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (14-18th cc.), Juma Mosque (10th c.)

Overnight in Khiva.
Day 8 Khiva- Urgench - Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Khiva- Urgench - Tashkent

Highlights: Amir Temur square, Independence square, Museum of Applied Art.

06:30 Early Breakfast at the hotel.

06:30 Transfer to Urgench city (35 km, 1 h) for morning flight to Tashkent. Take a 09:15 flight from Urgench and 10:30 Arrival in Tashkent. Then start half day tour in Tashkent. Visit Independence square, Amir Temur square, Alisher Navoi opera and ballet theatre from ourside, the State Museum of Applied Arts of Uzbekistan and Tashkent metro stations. Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 9 Tashkent Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tashkent Departure

06:30 Early Breakfast at the hotel.

Check out from hotel and transfer to Tashkent International airport.

End of the tour.

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Tashkent

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Bukhara

Bukhara - Kiva

Khiva

Khiva- Urgench - Tashkent

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