GREAT SILK ROAD TOUR
GREAT SILK ROAD TOUR
Destinations:Tashkent-Samarqand-Shahrisabz-Bukhara-Mary (Merv)-Ashgabat-Tashauz (Bakharden)- Kunya Urgench - Khiva-Tashkent
Duration: 14 days/13 nights
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Days | ITINERARY |
Day 1 | Arrival to Tashkent, meeting at the airport, hotel transfer and accommodation, dinner. |
Day 2 | Drive to Samarkand. The trip to the magnificent monuments of the Medievial Architecture of the Timurids Epoch: The Registan Square, the Gur-Emir mausoleum, the Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, the Bibi Khanum mosque. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 3 | Full day city tour: visit of Afrosiyab ancient city, Ulugbek Observatory,Ishrat Khona Mausoleum, Khoja Akhrar complex, the famous Samarkand bazaar. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 4 | Drive to Shakhrisabz, Tour of Shakhrisabz: Visit Ak Saray Palace, Kuk Gumbaz, Gumbazi Saidon, Khazrati Imam mosque, Mausoleum of Jakhangir ( Temurlan's son). Lunch. Continue drive to Bukhara. Check-in to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 5 | Full day in Bukhara: visit Kalyan Minaret and Poi Kalyan Mosque, Miri Arab madrassah, Ulugbek and Abdullazizkhan madrassah ,Magoki Attory mosque, Ismail Samonid mausoleum, Chashmai Ayub and bazaar. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 6 | Full day in Bukhara: visit Trade Domes with presentation of traditional uzbek costumes, Lyabi House complex, Ark fortress, Bolo House mosque. Lunch. In the afternoon outside trip with visiting Bahoutdin Nakshbandi and Gijduvan Private pottery masters. Return to Bukhara, dinner and overnight. |
Day 7 | Drive to Mary, meeting at the Farab border. After border formalities drive to Chardjou for lunch. Afterwards continue drive to Mary. Upon arrival to Mary check in hotel Sanjar for dinner and overnight. |
Day 8 | After hotel breakfast drive to Merv for excursion. Return drive to Mary for lunch. Visit of the Museum of History. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 9 | After hotel breakfast drive to Ashgabat. Upon arrival check in to the 4 star Ak Altyn hotel for lunch. Rest in the hotel. PM visit of Nissa fortress. Dinner at local restaurant. Hotel overnight. |
Day 10 | After breakfast drive to Bakharden underground lake Kov Ata. Picnic lunch in Kov Ata. Return drive to Ashgabat. En route visit of Ertogul Gazi Mosque. Free time. PM flight to Tashauz. Check in to hotel Tashauz 2* for dinner and overnight. |
Day 11 | After breakfast drive to Kunya Urgench (120 km) for excursion . Lunch in Kunya Urgench. Return drive to Tashauz border. Border crossing. After border formalities drive to Urgench. Settlement at the hotel. Dinner and overnight. |
Day 12 | After breakfast transfer to Khiva ( 30 km). Full day city tour: visit of Madrassah Allakulikhan, Madrassah Muhammad Amin Khan, Kalta Minor, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Ismail Khoja Minaret, Juma Mosque and Tashhovli. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. |
Day 13 | Transfer to APT for a morning flight to Tashkent according time-table. Arrival to Tashkent. Settlement at the hotel. City tour: visit Amir Timur Square, Courage Monument, Hasti Imam Complex, People's Friendship Square, Abul Kasim madrassah (handicrafts workshop) Barakhan madrassah, Chorsu bazaar, Kukeldash madrassah and Applied Art museum. Lunch during the tour. Dinner and overnight. |
Day 14 | Breakfast, transfer to airport, flight to Native land. |
The cost of the tour includes the following:
Accommodation in hotels, full boards, transfer to/from airport, sightseeing service, guide-interpreter during itinerary, air ticket, visa support, bus for inter-city transfers.
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