Tour to Kyrgyzstan -Tasty traditions of the nomadic culture.
Key Tour Information
Duration
1 days
Group Size
2-12
Hotels
3★
Transport
Minivan
Overview
Having bought food at the traditional market, enjoy cooking and eating traditional dish - Plov, at a house of a Kyrgyz family, in the afternoon get to know the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, its historical and cultural legacy.
Meeting point and time: Main door of the State Historical Museum, Ala Too Square, 9 am. 09:00 - 11:00 Food shopping at the traditional market 11:00 - 13:00 Master class of Plov cooking 13:00 - 14:00 LunchPlov Cooking Experience & Bishkek City Tour
Start your day with an authentic immersion into Kyrgyz culture.
09:00 – 11:00 – Visit a traditional market with your guide, where you’ll shop for fresh ingredients, spices, and produce needed to prepare plov, Kyrgyzstan’s most beloved dish. Experience the vibrant atmosphere of the bazaar, with its colorful stalls and aromas. 11:00 – 13:00 – Join a plov cooking master class at the home of a local Kyrgyz family. Learn the secrets of preparing this traditional dish step by step. 13:00 – 14:00 – Enjoy a homemade lunch, sharing plov and other local specialties together with your hosts. 14:00 – 17:00 – Afternoon sightseeing tour of Bishkek, exploring the capital’s cultural and historical highlights. Stroll along leafy boulevards, see iconic Soviet-era monuments, and learn about the city’s unique blend of traditions and modern life.
Meeting point & time: Main door of the State Historical Museum, Ala Too Square, 09:00 am
Useful things to bring: Hair band / headscarf Light walking shoes for the city tour
Small backpack Flask for water Sunglasses
Photo camera:
- 14:00 - 17:00 Bishkek sightseeing tour
- Useful things to take with you:
- Hair bandage
- Light walking shoes for city tour.
- A flask for water.
- Sunglasses.
- Photo camera.
- A smaller backpack.
Bishkek travel highlights
- The Culture and Hospitality of the East
- Unique architecture
- History and sights from the times of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great to the present day
- National cuisine, pilaf, samsa, lagman
- Seasonal Kyrgyzstan fruits, vegetables, berries
Itinerary
Day 1: Bishkek city
In the morning start from the place we agree beforehand in Bishkek city (it can be a hotel, a guest house, In the morning food shopping at the Central Osh Bazar. We buy all the ingredients to cook Plov (traditional dish of rice, carrots and meat) together with the members of a kyrgyz family.
Upon arrival to the house of local family, we start our cooking master class which will take around 2 hours.
Both cooking and lunch take about 3 hours.
After lunch transfer to the city center for sightseeing tour which is mainly on foot and lasts about 3 hours.
Start at the main Ala Too Square with the Manas Monument, then walk around to the Old Square with the Parliament House and the Lenin Statue, walk through the Oak Park to the Statue of Kurmandzhan Datka at Erkindik Boulevard and Open Air Art Gallery, walk to the Opera and Ballet House, further to the Victory Square with the Eternal Flame.
Souvenirs shopping opportunities: ZUM department store at the very end of the city tour.
At the tour one of the two museums in the city center can be visited – the State Historical Museum(at the moment it is closed for repairs) or the House Museum of Frunze.
The tour ends at around 5 pm; you can be delivered to your hotel, or any place agreed in advance..
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