Trip along the Silk Road
Duration: 11 days, 10 nights
Rout: Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent – Fergana valley – Tashkent
Domestic airfare: Tashkent – Urgench
1
Day
Arrival to Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation.
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour: Amir Temur square, Memorial to the Victims of Repression, Monument of Courage, an architectural complex Hazreti-Imam: Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum, Madrasah of Barak-Khan; Madrasah of Abdulkasym, Kukeldash madrasah, Jami Mosque.
Diner at the national restaurant.
Overnight in Tashkent.
2
Day
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the airport for morning flight to Urgench. Arrival to Urgench. Transfer to Khiva (35 km)
Arrival and hotel accommodation
Sightseeing tour in Ichan-Qala: Muhammad Amin-Khan madrasah and Kalta-Minor, Kunya-Ark fortress, Pahlava-Mahmud necropolis, Tash-Hauli palace, Djuma mosque, Islam Khodja ensemble, Madrasah of Khurdjum and Allakuli-Khan.
Overnight in Khiva.
3
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Bukhara via Kyzyl-Kum desert (480 km. 6-7 hrs.)
On the way stop to see Amu-Darya river.
Lunch box.
Arrival to Bukhara and hotel accommodation. Free time for rest and walking.
Overnight in Bukhara.
4
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Sightseeing tour: Samanid Mausoleum, Chashma-Ayub, Bolo-Hauz mosque, Ark citadel, Kalyan mosque, Miri-Arab madrasah, trading domes and other architectural monuments.
Overnight in Bukhara.
5
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Samarkand via Shahrisabz city (290 km. 4 hrs.)
Sightseeing tour: ruins of Ak-Sarai palace, Jahongir Mausoleum, complex Dorus-Siadat, Hazreti-Imam mosque, Gumbazi-Seidon, Kok-Gumbaz mosque
Transfer to Samarkand (90 km. 1,5 hrs.). Arrival and hotel accommodation.
Overnight in Samarkand.
6
Day
Breakfast at the hotel
Sightseeing tour: Gur-Emir Mausoleum, Registan square: Ulugbeg, Sher-Dor and Tillya-Kari madrasahs, Bibi-Khanym mosque, Siab bazaar
Overnight in Samarkand.
7
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Sightseeing tour: Observatory of Ulugbeg, Mausoleum of Khodja Daniyar (stn. Daniil), Shahi-Zinda necropolis. Lunch. Transfer to Tashkent (350 km. 5 hrs.)
Arrival and hotel accommodation.
Overnight in Tashkent.
8
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Fergana Valley through the pass Kimchik (420 km.) by cars.
Arrival to Kokand city.
City tour by bus: Palace of Khudoyar-Khan- architectural complex (1870),
Visit the Rishtan pottery workshops of Rustam Usmanov.
Lunch in local house.
Transfer to Fergana.
Hotel accommodation.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight in Fergana.
9
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Margilan city (by bus)(18 km).
Visit the big silk factory “Yodgorlik”, visit Local bazaar.
Lunch in local guest house. Visit silk workshop of Turgunbay Mirzakhmedov.
Transfer to Fergana.
City tour in Fergana.
Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight in Fergana.
10
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Tashkent through the pass Kimchik (420 km) by cars. Hotel accommodation. Free time.
Overnight in Tashkent.
11
Day
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport.