Turqouise-domed cities of the Silk Road.
Day 1 / Thursday: Bishkek – Tashkent
Departure to Tashkent with Uzbekistan Airways.
Arrival at the airport in Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 / Friday: Tashkent – Bukhara
Breakfast at the hotel.
At 09:00 the city tour around Tashkent starts. City tour includes a visit to the Independence Square, Theater Square, Hast Imam Square, where the mosque Kafal Shashi is located, Barakkhan madrasah, and the Koran Museum, which has one of the oldest Korans in history.
At 18:00 transfer to the Afrosiab fast train station to Bukhara at 18:50-22:37. Arrival at Kogan station and transfer to Bukhara (15 km). Hotel accommodation and overnight in
hotel.
Day 3 / Saturday: Bukhara
City tour: Lyabi-Hauz Ensemble, Kukeldash madrasah, hanka nadir Divanbegi, Madrasah Nadir Divanbegi, Madrasah Miri-Arab, Juma Mosque, Madrasah Ulugbek, Chor-Minor mausoleum, Magoki Attori Mosque, trade domes, Chashma Ayub mausoleum, Bolo House mosque and Ark fortress, Poi-Kalyan ensemble, Mausoleum of the Samanides, visiting the bazaar.
In the evening, we will see a folklore show with dances, songs and an Uzbek national costumes fashion show.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4 / Sunday: Bukhara – Samarkand
Breakfast. Departure to Samarkand. Arrival and accommodation at the hotel.
The beginning of the tour in Samarkand. The first tour of the city with a visit to the Gur-Emir mausoleum (XV century). Panoramic view of the settlement of Afrosiab (the place where the city of Samarkand was established) and its museum.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5 / Monday: Samarkand
Breakfast. Full day city tour:
Registan Square (the most beautiful square in Central Asia), Ulugbek Madrasah, Sher – Dor, Tilya Kari, Bibi Khanum mosque. A walk through the Siab Bazaar, where you can taste the various gifts of nature, oriental sweets and famous Samarkand flatbreads.
The necropolis of Shahi-Zinda (XI-XIXc.), where we will climb the ancient staircase, which keeps one wisdom in it. A visit to the observatory of Ulugbek, the great astronomer who accurately calculated the duration of the year, mistaken only by 1.25 seconds.
Visit the center of the ancient silk paper manufacturing, where you can have tea in a pleasant courtyard workshop.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6 / Tuesday: Samarkand – Tashkent – Bishkek
Breakfast. Departure to Tashkent and transfer to the airport for the international flight with Uzbekistan Airways.