THE GREAT SILK ROAD: FROM TASHKENT TO BUKHARA
Price: $690-1038 per person
Duration — (days): 7 days / 6 nights
Duration — (days): 7 days / 6 nights
Itinerary: Tashkent – Chimgan – Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Bukhara
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
Season: All year round
Arrival at Tashkent International Airport at 08:00.
Meeting with the guide holding a name sign. Start of the sightseeing tour.
Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and the largest city in Central Asia. The city has a history of more than 2,000 years. The name “Tashkent,” meaning “Stone City”, was first mentioned in the 11th century in the works of scholars Beruni and Mahmud Kashgari. Tashkent is the only city in Central Asia with an underground metro system, opened in 1977.
Old City sightseeing:
Hazrati Imam Architectural Complex
Tila Sheikh Madrasah (Khast-Imam), home of the Osman Quran
Chorsu Bazaar
Lunch at the Tashkent Plov Center (traditional wedding plov – Tui Oshi)
Mui Muborak Madrasah
Jami Mosque
Barak-Khan Madrasah
Modern Tashkent:
Independence Square
Amir Temur Square
Orthodox Church
Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre
Minor Mosque (evening illumination)
Clock Tower
Central Square
Overnight in Tashkent.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Charvak Reservoir, an artificial lake surrounded by mountain slopes and snow-capped peaks. The reservoir was created by the Charvak Hydroelectric Power Station and is fed by the Ugam, Chatkal, and Pskem rivers.
Cable car ride to Mount Kumbel (1,600 meters above sea level).
Lunch.
Visit to Karakiyasay Gorge, famous for ancient rock carvings. More than 1,000 petroglyphs depicting animals such as mountain goats, camels, horses, and bulls can be seen here.
Walk through the mountain village of Chimgan.
Return to Tashkent.
Dinner.
Overnight in Tashkent.
Breakfast.
Transfer to the railway station.
Train Tashkent – Samarkand
Departure: 08:00
Arrival: 10:24
Meeting with the guide.
Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in the world, founded in the 5th century BC. Known in ancient times as Marokanda, it later became the capital of Amir Temur’s empire in the 14th–15th centuries.
Sightseeing:
Gur-Emir Mausoleum (tomb of Amir Temur)
Rukhabad Mausoleum
Registan Square
Overnight in Samarkand.
Breakfast.
Sightseeing tour:
Meros Paper Mill
Mausoleum of Prophet Daniel
Ulugh Beg Observatory (15th century)
Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis
Bibi-Khanum Mosque
Siab Bazaar
Overnight in Samarkand.
Breakfast.
Transfer to Shakhrisabz (80 km), the birthplace of Amir Temur.
Sightseeing:
Ak-Saray Palace ruins
Jahongir Mausoleum
Dorus-Saodat Complex
Hazrat Imam Mosque
Gumbazi-Seyidan
Kok-Gumbaz Mosque
Dinner.
Transfer to Samarkand railway station.
Train Samarkand – Bukhara
Departure: 21:43
Arrival: 23:26
Overnight in Bukhara.
Breakfast.
Full-day sightseeing tour of Bukhara, one of the most important cities of the Silk Road with over 2,500 years of history.
Sightseeing:
Samanid Mausoleum
Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
Bolo-Khauz Mosque
Ark Fortress
Poi-Kalyan Square
Kalyan Minaret and Mosque
Miri-Arab Madrasah
Toki Zargaron Trading Dome
Ulugh Beg Madrasah
Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah
Nadir Divan-Begi Khanaka and Madrasah
Dinner.
Overnight in Bukhara.
Breakfast.
Excursion to the Bukhara countryside:
Sitora-i Mohi Khosa (summer residence of the Bukhara emirs)
Bahauddin Naqshbandi Memorial Complex
Chor-Bakr Necropolis (16th century)
Lunch (tandoor-cooked meat recommended).
Transfer to Bukhara International Airport.
End of the tour.
| Group size | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 1038 | 870 | 810 | 750 | 720 | 690 |
Transportation throughout the tour
Guide in each city
Entrance tickets to monuments listed in the program
Train tickets (Tashkent – Samarkand – Bukhara)
Hotel accommodation (double occupancy)
International flights
Medical insurance
Tips for guides and drivers
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
Tashkent: Hotel Marmaris Saray
Samarkand: Hotel Grant Marokand
Bukhara: Hotel Rayyan / Shahnishin