Tour to Uzbekistan “Four Pearls” - 9 Days

Departure from Your Home Land  airport to Tashkent. The flight lasts _ hours _ minutes. Airbus flight
Arrival in Tashkent (local time)

It will take you a maximum of 1 hour to go through customs in airport.
… .. Approximate time of exit from the Airport. At the exit you will be met by our driver holding a Minzifa Travel sign.

Transfer to the hotel, check-in, rest
Free day in Tashkent

Overnight at the hotel in Tashkent

11:00 Sightseeing program around the center of Tashkent.
Visit Independence Square, Amir Timur Square, Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Alisher Navoi, the Museum of Applied Arts.

After lunch in Choy-khona (local teahouse) we will visit the old city and  Chor-Su market (one of the biggest bazaars in Tashkent). Kukeldash Madrassah. We will go there by Tashkent metro (subway).
Hasti Imam complex – historical sight where we will see the oldest Othman Koran in the world.

Duration of tour: 4-5 hours
18:00 Dinner at a local restaurant

Overnight in Tashkent hotel

Tashkent – Urgench (by plane ✈ )

05:30 Check out and meet your driver at lobby
06:00 Transfer to Tashkent airport
07:00 Departure from Tashkent
08:30 Arrival at Urgench

Urgench – Khiva (by car )

Transfer from airport Urgench to Khiva (35 km, )
Transfer to hotel to leave Luggage and take some rest.

11:00 Khiva city tour.

Khiva’s old city, known as Ichan Kala, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visit carpet workshop. Guided sightseeing program in Khiva:
You will see palaces with the rich mosaic, unique beautiful minarets, madrassas and mosques such as:

• Kunya-Ark Fortress,
• Pahlavan Mahmud complex ,
• Tash-Khowli Palace (Harem),
• Kalta-Minor Minaret,
• Islam Khoja Complex.

Lunch in chaikhana “National House”
Visit woodcarving and carpet workshop.

Continuation of sightseeing program:

• Juma Mosque and Minaret,
• Karavan-Saray,
• Minaret and Mosque of Khodja-Islam,
• Tim of Ala-Kulikhan,
• Madrassah of Abdulla-Khan,
• Seyyid Allauddin Mausoleum,
• Madrassah of Muhamad Amin-Khan ,
• Madrassah of Muhamad Rakhim-Khan,
• Nurullbay Palace,
• Walls and gates.

Overnight in Khiva

Khiva – Bukhara (by Minivan 400km / 7 – 8 hrs )

Breakfast at hotel
Free time in Khiva or ask out for additional program outside of Khiva.
Lunch at local teahouse

Khiva Bukhara (by car 400 km, 7 – 8 hrs)

13:00 Departure from Khiva
20:00 Arrival to Bukhara
Transfer to hotel, accommodation, rest
Free time in Bukhara

Extra service in Bukhara: evening leisure (upon request)

Bozori Kord Telpak furushon-Eastern men’s bath.
Hamam Kunzhak – Eastern women’s bath near the Kalyan Minaret.
Folklore show in Madrasah Nodir Divan Begi (by availability)
Puppet theater and a workshop for making dolls.
Workshop for the production of scrawl
Bukhara carpet shop
Workshop on embroidery Suzane

Overnight in Bukhara

Transfer to the starting point of the excursion

10:00 Sightseeing program;
Visit the Mausoleum of Ismail Samani – the burial place of Samanid dynasty dated 9 century, one of the most esteemed sights of central Asian architectures,
Chashma Ayub (Job’s well).
Arc Fortress – the center of political events and residence of Bukharian rulers until 1920. Nowadays there is a museum inside.

Break for lunch  in local restaurant “Old Bukhara”
Poi Kalon Ensemble which includes Kalon mosque, best-known minaret and Madrassah Miri-Arab,

Bazar and trading domes,
Lyabi Hauz Complex.

Extra service in Bukhara: evening leisure (upon request, not included in price)

Bozori Kord Telpak furushon-Eastern men’s bath.
Hamam Kunzhak – Eastern women’s bath near the Kalyan Minaret.
Folklore show in Madrasah Nodir Divan Begi (by availability)
Puppet theater and a workshop for making dolls.
Workshop for the production of scrawl
Bukhara carpet shop
Workshop on embroidery Suzane
Overnight in Bukhara

Bukhara – Samarkand (by train)

Breakfast at hotel
10:00 Guided sightseeing program in suburb of Bukhara city.

• Pilgrimage sight – Bahovadin Nakshbandi theologist of sufizm 14 century.
• Sitorai Mohi Khosa – Summer palace of Emir of Bukhara.
• Madrassa Chor-Minor.

Lunch in local teahouse

14:45 Transfer to Bukhara train station
15:55 Departure from Bukhara to Samarkand by train

Arrival to Samarkand
Transfer to hotel, accommodation, rest

Additional Activities in Samarkand on request (is not included in price, please, ask your travel manager for extra services):

• Wine Faktory “Filatov” You will taste about 12 Uzbek wines and learn the history of wine in Uzbekistan.
• Theater of of historical national clothes (performance)
• Evening Samarkand

Overnight in Samarkand hotel

After breakfast:
Guided sightseeing tour around Samarkand
We shall start our tour from another symbol of Samarkand- Gur-Emir Mausoleum (“the grave of Emir”).The construction of the mausoleum, which was started in 1403,was concerned with the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan,the direct heir and beloved grandson of Tamerlane. In 1405 Timur died in Otrar city and his sons decided to move his body and bury him near his favorite grandson. From that time this mausoleum became the burial-vault of Timurids dynasty.
Registan is a square in the center of Samarkand. The main squares in the cities of the Middle East were called “Registan”

Break for Lunch at “Plov Center”
We will visit Bibi Khanym mosque (the 15th century) it was the bigest mosque in CA, Syob bazaar and Shahi Zinda necropolis of Temurids dynasty ( the 12th – 15th century) where was buried Khusama Ibin Abas, he is cousin of Muhammad Prophet. Mausoleumof Hoja Ismail

Lunch Break and Continuation of tour program
Ulugbek Observatory of 15 century, Museum of ancient settlement “Afrosiyob”,
Mausoleum of Saint Daniel (Khodja Daniyor).
Paper factory Meros where you will see the ancient technique of paper production From mulberry tree

Transfer to hotel, accommodation, rest
Overnight in Samarkand hotel

Shakhrisabz – Samarkand short tour (by car 200 km)
9:00 Departure from Samarkand. Transfer to Shakhrisabz (120 km, 1,5 hours) through the mountain pass Urgut.
In Shakhrisabz, an excursion around the city:
On the way mysterious plateau of “Devil’s Valley”
Ak Saroy – the ruins of the palace of Amir Timur of the 14th century. A colossal building, imposing dimensions and amazing beauty are the architecture of the portal entrance to the palace.
Dorut Saodat – the family necropolis of the Timurids, the burial of two sons of Timur and the sarcophagus of Timur (14th century). Khoja Imam Mosque and the tree of chinara (750 years old to this tree)
Dorut Tilyavar – the complex consists of two mausoleums, the Mausoleum of Emir Taragay (Timur’s father) and his spiritual mentor Mir Kulol. Also in the complex there is a 15th-century Kuk Gumbaz mosque and a madrasah with a small minaret.

Lunch at the Urgut pass or in Guest house in Shahrisabz
Samarkand – Tashkent (by fast train)
15:30 Departure from Shahrizabs to Samarkand
17:30 Arrival in Samarkand, Transfer to railway station
18:00 Departure from Samarkand to Tashkent by fast train Afrosiyob
20:10 Arrival to Tashkent
Transfer to hotel, accommodation, rest
Overnight in Tashkent hotel

Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to the International Airport of Tashkent for the further departure back to homeland.
Departure from Tashkent

The End of Tour.