Silk Road Cultural Tour
DETAILED ITINERARY
Name: Silk Road Cultural Tour
Type: Group / Private tour
Duration: 07 Days 06 Nights
Country: Uzbekistan
Language: English
Itinerary: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Chimgan Mountain
Day 1: Arrival - Tashkent
Arrival in Tashkent International Airport. Representative of TURON HOLIDAYS will meet you with welcoming drinks and transfer to hotel. Check-in the hotel. Dinner at a local café.
Meals: - / - / D
Accommodation: Bek hotel or similar option.
Day 2: Tashkent - Bukhara - Transfer
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Bukhara by bullet train 'Afrosiyob'. Upon arrival start tour at Ismail Samani Complex. Chashmai Ayyub Complex – where natural water reservoir exists. Museum of Imam Al-Bukhari. Dinner at a local café.
Meals: B / L / D
Accommodation: Caravan hotel or similar option.
Day 3: Bukhara Guided Tour
After breakfast at the hotel continue sightseeing tour from The Ark Castle. Minor Masjid, Minor Minaret and Mir-Arab Madrassah - the only functioning madrassah in Bukhara. Lunch at a local cafe. Continue from domed Great Silk Road Bazaar - here you will have the chance to buy best of souvenirs. Lyabi Hauz Complex. Dinner at a local cafe.
Meals: B / L / D
Accommodation: Caravan hotel or similar option.
Day 4: Bukhara – Samarkand Transfer
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. On the road, visit the Complex of Imam Al Bukhari – the prominent Hadith collector, author of Sakhih Al-Bukhari. 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.
Meals: B / L / D
Accommodation: Konstantin hotel or similar option.
Day 5: Samarkand – Tashkent Transfer
Breakfast at the hotel. 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 and Gur-Emir Mausoleum. Observatory of Mirzo Ulugbek grandson of Amir Temur. Drive to Samarkand Train Station to get to Tashkent by bullet train “Afrosiyob”. Dinner at a local cafe.
Meals: B / L / D
Accommodation: Bek hotel or similar option.
Day 6: Tashkent Guided Tour – Chorsu Bazaar
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.
Meals: B / L / D
Accommodation: Bek hotel or similar option.
Day 7: Tashkent – Chimgan Mountain - Airport
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. After lunch, go back to Tashkent.
Meals: B / L / D
Transfer to Tashkent International Airport.
PRICE OF THE PACKAGE:
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Price Includes:
1.All transfers from/to airport;
2.Air-conditioned comfort transport (Bus; Van; Jeep);
3.Train tickets as per program;
4.Hotels accommodation throughout the tour;
5.Full board meals (B/L/D);
6.Escorted multilingual speaking tour guide;
7.Bottled 0.5L water per person per day;
Price Excludes:
1.Personal stuff such as laundry, or sights not mentioned in the itinerary;