Destination: Uzbekistan
Route: Tashkent -Samarkand -Bukhara -Khiva –Tashkent
Duration: 10 days/9 nights

Land Cost: $3499-$3999

Single supplement: $490

Day 01 Tashkent - Tashkent Palace 4-Star
Arrival in Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Ceremonial dinner.

Day 02 Tashkent-Urgench - Khorezm Palace 4-Star
City tour: Abul Kasim Medreseh (XIX c), Old City with Hast Imam Complex: Medreseh Barakkhan (XVI c.), Friday Mosque Tello Shayh (XIX c.), Mausoleum Kaffal Shashi (XVI c .), Old bazaar ”Chorsu”, Medreseh Kukaldash (XVI c.). Flight from Tashkent to Urgench. Transfer to hotel.

Day 03 Khiva
Drive to Khiva ( 35 km). Excursion to Ichan Kala (Old city): Ata –Darvaza (West Gate, XVII-XVIII c.), Kalta Minar (XIX c.), Medreseh Mohammad Amin (XIX c.), Kunya Ark (XVII-XIX c.), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (XVIII – XIX c), Medreseh Khodja Islam with Minaret, Tash Hauli Palace (XIX c), Caravanserai (XIX c.), Juma mosque ( XI-XII c.) with 200 wooden pillars. Return to Urgench.

Day 04 Urgench-Ayaz Kala - Yurts
Drive to Ayaz Kala, accommodation in traditional Yurts. Excursion to Ayaz Kala, Toprak Kala, Koykirilgan Kala, Kizil Kala (Fortresses from Zoroastrian period), meet with local archaeologists.

Day 05 Ayaz Kala-Bukhara - Bukhara Palace 4-Star
Drive to Bukhara (450 km). Picnic in Uzbek Chaykhana (tea –house) in Kizilkum desert. Accommodation in hotel.

Day 06 Bukhara
Sightseeing tour: Labi Khaus Complex- the heart of Old Bukhara: Nadir Divan Begi Medreseh, Kukaldash Medreseh, Khanaka Nadir Divan Begi (XVI-XVII c.), Magoki Attari Mosque (XII-XVII c.), Trade domes/markets (XVI c.), Poi–Kalon Complex-Minaret Kalon (XII c.), Mosque Kalon, Miri Arab Medreseh (XVI c.), Summer Residence of Last Bukhara Emir“Sitorai Mohi-Khossa" (XX c.). Dinner with folk-show in Medreseh Nodir Divan Begi.

Day 07 Bukhara
Drive to Paykent (60 km), remains of ancient city. Return to Bukhara. Continuation of city tour: Fortress-Ark ( I c.), Ismail Samani mausoleum - the "Pearl of the East (IX c.) and Chashma- Ayub (XII-XVI c.) mausoleum.

Day 08 Bukhara-Samarkand - Afrosiab Palace 4-Star
Sightseeing day drive to Samarkand (300 km). Accommodation in hotel. Afrosiyob Ruins (VI c) and museum (VI-XIII c.).

Day 09 Samarkand
Samarkand sightseeing tour: Ulugbek’s Observatory (XV c.), Registan Square: Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tilla Kori Medreseh (XV-XVII c.), Mausoleum of Guri Emir ( XV c.) and Bibi Khanum Mosque ( XV c.). Visit to Sinagogue and Jewish Quarters.

Day 10 Samarkand - Shakhrisabz
Sightseeing drive to Shahrisabz (150 km.). Excursion to Shahrisabz: Ruins in summer residence of Tamirlane “Ak-Saroy” ( XV c.), the Mosque Hazrati Imom and Kok Gumbaz – the mosque with blue dome (XV c.) and Darut-Saadat (XV c.). Return to Samarkand.

Day 11 Samarkand
Samarkand sightseeing: Shahi Zinda Ensemble (IX-XIX c.) with more than 20 mausoleums, Medreseh Hodja Ahrar ( XV c.). Visit the bazaar. Free time.

Day 12 Samarkand-Tashkent
Drive to Tashkent. Flight from Tashkent.

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