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Itinerary: Tashkent-Urgench (Khiva)- Bukhara -Malik Rabat (caravanserai ÕIc.)-
Sarmysh gorge-Samarkand-Tashkent.
Duration: 7 days/ 8 nights.
Transport: Tashkent-Urgench by plane, the rest of the itinerary by bus.
Meal: Only breakfast (half board and full board are also available)
Accommodation: Hotels from ** to ***** stars

Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting at the airport, transfer to a hotel. Accommodation. Short rest. Sightseeing in Tashkent. P.m. Flight to Urgench. Transfer to Khiva (30km). Accommodation. Rest.
Day 2 Khiva. Full day sightseeing in the inner-city (a city-museum) Ichan-Kala (VI-XX cc.)
Day 3 Departure to Bukhara through Kyzyl-Kum desert (470km)
Day 4 Bukhara. Full day sightseeing.
Day 5 Departure to Samarkand via Malik – Rabak caravansary (XI c), Sardoba well. (XI c.), Sarmysh mountain gorge ( rock carvings of the Bronze Age) Picnic in the mountains. Transfer to Samarkand. Accommodation in a hotel. Rest.
Day 6 Samarkand. Full day sightseeing.
Day 7 Continue sightseeing in the city. A visit to Samarkand bazaar.
After lunch transfer to Tashkent (360km). Accommodation. Rest.
Day 8 Departure from Tashkent. Have a safe way home!

A program of city tour:

Tashkent: Barak-Khan madrasah (XVI c.), Khast Imam square with «Friday» mosque, Kaffal Shahy mausoleum ( XVI c.), Abdul Kasym madrasah (XVI c.), a museum of Applied Arts, «Courage» monument – memory of the earthquake
in Tashkent 1966 y.
Khiva: Kalta Minor minaret (XIX c.), Islam Khodja madrasah and minaret (XIX c.), Kynya Ark fortress (XIX c.), Pakhalavan Makhmud mausoleum, «Friday» mosque (XVIII c.)
Bukhara: Ismoil Samani mausoleum ( IX –XIV cc.), Chashma Ayub mausoleum (XII – XVII c.) Poi- Kalyan ensemble (XII – XVI cc.), Ark fortress – the former winter residence of Bukhara Emirs (V – XIX cc.), Lyabi-Khauz ensemble ( XVI – XVII cc. ). Abdulaziz Khan madrasah (XVII c.)
Samarkand: Afrosiyab historical-archeological reserve (VI b.c.- XII c.)
Gur-Emir mausoleum (XV c.), Bibi Khanum mosque (XIV –XV cc.), Registan the square of three madrasah (XV – XVII cc.), Shakh-I-Zinda Necropolis (XIV- XV cc.), Ulugbek Observatory (XV c.)


At guests’ request:

You may see a musical performance of the national miniature theatre called “The Life of Makhallya” in «Sher-Dor» madrasah in Samarkand.
In Bukhara, in “Nodir Devan Begi” madrasah, a concert of “Melodies and dances of the Orient” folklore ensemble.

ALONG THE ANCIENT
LAND OF BAKTRIA AND SOGDIANA
ADVENTURE UZBEKISTAN
ALL UZBEKISTAN
FROM HOT DESERTS TO ETERNAL SNOW
GREAT SILK ROAD
UZBEKISTAN - KYRGYZSTAN – KASHGAR
TRANSIT TO KASHGAR
AROUND THE ANCIENT TOWNS OF ORIENT
ALONG THE GREAT SILK ROAD 700 YEARS AGO AFTER MARCO POLO
ANCIENT AND MYSTERIOUS ORIENT
ANCIENT CITY OF FERHANA VALLEY