2010 Departures:

May 17-May 24, 2010
October 04- October 11, 2010

Destination: Uzbekistan
Route: Tashkent -Urgench (Khiva) -Bukhara -Samarkand -Tashkent
Duration: 8 days/7 nights

Land Cost: $ 2599- $2999
Single supplement: $399

Day 01 Tashkent
Arrival at International Airport of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Meeting and transfer to hotel . Sightseeing tour: Handicraft center in Abul Kasim Medreseh, legendary part of old Tashkent with Hast Imam Complex: Medreseh Barakkhan, Friday Mosque Tello Shayh (XIX c.), Visit the exotic and colorful oriental bazaar ”Chorsu”. Dinner and meeting with businesswomen of Tashkent.

Day 02 Tashkent-Urgench
Breakfast. Flight from Tashkent to Urgench. Accommodation at Malika (Princess) Hotel owned by businesswoman. Drive to the fairy tale city of Khiva ( 35 km.). Excursion to Ichan Kala (old city) surrounded by high wall of air-dried bricks. Colored pink in the sunset, when darkness falls the light of the moon and srats brighthen the tops of the minarets and the entrances to the Medresehs and you can imagine the tales of Sheherrazadh coming to life.Visit the Ata – Darvaza (West Gate , XVII-XVIII c.), Kalta Minar (small tower). Lunch at the national restaurant owned by woman. Continue the sightseeing tour. Medreseh Mohammad Amin (XIX c.), Kunya Ark (old fortress, XVII-XIX c.), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (XVIII –XIX c), Medreseh Khodja Islam with minaret (tower), Tash Hauli Palace (old harem- stony Palace), Caravanserai ( traditional inn for traveling merchants), Juma Mosque ( XI-XII c.) with 200 wooden pillars. Folklore show. Return to Urgench.

Day 03 Urgench-Bukhara
Breakfast. Drive to Bukhara (450 km). Picnic in Uzbek Chaykhana (tea–house) in Kizilkum desert. Accommodation at hotel. Dinner.

Day 04 Bukhara
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour: Labi Khaus Complex: Nadir Divan Begi Madreseh (given as a gift to the wife of the king in the XVII century), Khanaka Nadir Divan Begi ( hotel of dervishes ), Magoki Attari Mosque (XII-XVI c.), trade domes/markets of world-known Bukhara carpets textiles and silk. Visit a traditional Uzbek house, which includes courtyard, outer house, inner house for women with tandur oven for baking bread. Poi –Kalon Complex, majestic part of old Bukhara, the highest and oldest minaret in Central Asia. Lunch at Bukhara Hotel. Meeting with association of Bukhara businesswomen.Visit and shopping at factories, plants, hotels and handicraft centers owned by women. Fortress-Ark (winter residence from the first century AD), Ismail Samani (IX c.) mausoleums. Dinner with Folklore show in Medreseh Nodir Divan Begi.

Day 05 Bukhara-Samarkand
Breakfast. Drive to Samarkand (300 km). Accommodation at Hotel Malika. Meeting with local businesswomen of Samarkand in the hotel conference room for cultural exchange.

Day 06 Samarkand
Samarkand sightseeing tour: Ulugbek’s Observatory (XV c.), Registan Square – the main location for international music festivals. Ulugbek, Sherdor And Tilla Kori Medreseh(XV-XVII c.), Mausoleum of Guri Emir (XV c.) and Bibi Khanum Mosque (the Queen of Samarkand in the fourteenth century), Shahi Zinda Ensemble with more than 20 unique old mausoleums. Lazer-show in Registan Square. Dinner.

Day 07 Samarkand-Tashkent - Uzbekistan Hotel 4-Star
Drive to Tashkent. Accommodation in the hotel. Visit the museum of Applied Art (embroidery items and jewelry, made by women), Museum of Amir Temur. Walk down main boulevard where everything is on show or sale. Ride by Metro. Dinner.

Day 08 Flight from Tashkent
Transfer to the International Airport of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Departure

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