Eastern Great Silk Road Tour

Arrival in Tashkent International Airport. Representative of TURON HOLIDAYS will meet you with welcoming drinks and transfer to Tashkent Domestic Airport to take connecting flight to Urgench (1 and half hours). Arrival in Urgench Airport. Dinner at a local café. Check-in the hotel.

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Accommodation: Asia Khiva hotel or similar option.

Breakfast at the hotel. Start tour in Ichan-Kala architectural complex, the Residence of the last Khiva Khan including Ismail Khodja Mausoleum. Lunch at a local café. Proceed to Kunya-Ark Castle, Kalta Minor Tower, Tash-Hovli Palace and other Khiva tourist sights. Dinner at a local café.

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Accommodation: Asia Khiva hotel or similar option.

After breakfast drive from Khiva to Bukhara. In old days, the route from Khiva to Bukhara lasted more than a month. Today it takes 6-7 hours by vehicle, through mysterious red desert “Kyzyl-Kum”. Meanwhile, you are invited to view the exotic landscapes of the desert with the old Amudarya River (Oxus). Upon arrival in Bukhara have a dinner at a local café.

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Accommodation: Caravan hotel or similar option.

Breakfast at the hotel. Start tour from Bakhouddin Naqshbandi Complex – the founder of Tarikah Nakshbandiya. Continue tour at Ismail Samani Complex. Chashmai Ayyub Complex – where natural water reservoir exists. Lunch at a local café. The Ark Castle. Minor Minaret. Mir-Arab Madrassah. Great Silk Road Bazaar. Lyabi Hauz Complex. Dinner at a local café.

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Accommodation: Caravan hotel or similar option.

After breakfast direct check-out the hotel and drive to Samarkand, on the road visit the ceramics workshop in Gijduvan. Lunch at a local café in Navoi Region. Proceed on the road, visit the Complex of Imam Al-Bukhari, author of Sahih Al-Bukhari Collections of Hadiths. He was born in Bukhara, at the age of 14 he learnt 35 thousand hadiths by heart. Upon arrival in Samarkand, dinner at a local restaurant.

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Accommodation: Konstantin hotel or similar option.

After breakfast start city tour from Registan Square. Continue sightseeing tour from remains of Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Siab Bazaar. Lunch at a local café. Continue tour from Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, Gur-Emir Mausoleum. Observatory of Mirzo Ulugbek grandson of Amir Temur. Dinner at a local café.

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Accommodation: Konstantin hotel or similar option.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Samarkand Train Station to get to Tashkent by bullet train “Afrosiyob”. Arrival and start city tour in Tashkent. Visit Amir Temur Square, Tashkent Broadway, Russian Bolshoi Theatre under Name of Alisher Navoi, TSUM. Lunch at Pilov Center “BESHQOZON”. Continue tour at Shakhid’s Square, Samarkand Darvoza, Magic City, International Friendship Square, Central Public Park. Dinner at a local café in Tashkent.

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Accommodation: Bek hotel or similar option.

Breakfast at the hotel. Today, we will visit Chorsu Market - blue-colored domed one stop shopping mall. In this bazaar you will be able to find all the Uzbek national products such as: clothes, souvenirs, carpets, dried and fresh fruits. Lunch at a local café. In the afternoon proceed to The Museum of the Qur’an - the original VII century Mushaf Uthman written on a deerskin. Independence Square, Amir Temur Square. Dinner at a local restaurant.

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Accommodation: Bek hotel or similar option.

After breakfast direct check-out the hotel. Drive to Chimgan Mountain. Visit Beldersoy resort for cable car ride. When you reach the peak at Beldersoy there is more space walk around along the mountain and there are coffee shops at that area (approx. 3usd). If the cable car is functioning, take 3 km long ride in Beldersay gorge to Kumbel peak (2400m) where the longest ski track has its start. Dinner at hotel.

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Accommodation: Charvak hotel or similar option.

After breakfast drive back to Tashkent. Today, it is a day for you to explore how Uzbeks are cooking their delicious and nutritious food. Visit locals home to join masterclass cooking Uzbek meals such as Kebab, Samosa or Pilov.

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Transfer to Tashkent International Airport!