7 days - Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Khiva - Qaly - Chimgan
7 days - Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Khiva - Qaly - Chimgan
Day 1.Tashkent
Visiting the Khast-Imam complex, formed around the grave of the prominent Muslim scholar Khazrati Imam.
Here in the library you will have the opportunity to see Osman's Quran (the oldest surviving Quran in the world)
Continue to the Barakhana Madrasah near the Khastim mahalla.)
After the complex you will visit the Chorsu market, the largest in Central Asia.
After visiting the market, you will head to the pilaf center, where you can see and taste the process of making pilaf
It is the tallest building with an observation deck open to the public in Central Asia and the second tallest building in Central Asia.
In the new part of Tashkent, not far from the Uzexpocentre exhibition complex and the luxurious International Hotel, there is one of the new sights of Tashkent - the Minor Mosque
To wait out the summer heat, we will head to the hotel and pass by the Monument of Courage, dedicated to the strongest earthquake of 1966.
Walk in the evening Tashkent with a guide:
The guide will accompany you until you return to the hotel.
Then we head to Mustakillik Square, exit to Broadway and move to the large theater of Alisher Navoi, which was built by Japanese prisoners of war.
Then we will go to the entertainment complex "Magic City" - a new bright and interesting point on the map of new Tashkent.
The final element of the evening tour will be the new modern Tashkent City complex. Here you can take a break from the bustle of the city, enjoying the atmosphere of lightness and spaciousness, which includes restaurants, beautiful fountains and stunning skyscrapers surrounding the park
Day 2. Samarkand
Transfer to the railway station for the train to Samarkand.
Meeting in Samarkand with a guide and a car. Excursion around the city.
Most of the main attractions of Samarkand are the creations of Timur, his grandson Ulugbek and the Uzbek Sheibanids. Mausoleum Gur-Emir - the burial place of Timur, his 2 sons and 2 grandsons
Stop at the majestic Registan, the shopping center of medieval Samarkand and the huge bazaar.
Walk along the street of Shah-i-Zinda tombs. The name means the tomb of the Living King.
The Bibi-Khanum Mosque, built shortly before Timur's death and named after his Chinese wife.
Visit the Ulugbek observatory, see the remains of a huge astrolabe
Hotel accommodation
Day 3. Bukhara
Transfer to the railway station for the train to Bukhara.
Transfer to the hotel.
Walking tour of Bukhara with a guide.
Buildings included in the UNESCO list, with a thousand-year history.
The tour includes the Ark Citadel, which is the residence of the Bukhara khans, the Kalyan minaret, known as the Tower of Death (in the Middle Ages, criminals were thrown to death from the top) and the Samanid mausoleum of the 9th century.
dynastic mausoleum of the Samanids in the historical center of Bukhara (Uzbekistan), built at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries
Madrassah of Abdulla Khan (Uzbek Madrassah of Abdullaxon) - a medieval building of a higher educational institution
The Chashma-Ayub mausoleum is a religious building in the center of Bukhara, it includes a mausoleum and a sacred spring.
Madrasah Nodir-Divan-Begi is a madrasah in Bukhara, part of the architectural ensemble of the XVI-XVII centuries Lyabi-Khauz.
You will relax with a cup of fragrant green tea in Lyabi-Hauz, a quiet square overlooking the pool, which was created in 1620. It sits in the shade of mulberry trees as old as the pool.
This evening you will attend an open-air folklore show with dinner, which includes national dances, a musical performance on national instruments and a fashion show of national clothes.
Day 4. Transfer from Bukhara to Khiva
Transfer from Bukhara to Khiva by car (420 km)
Our road will run through one of the largest deserts - Kyzyl Kum, through the city of Gazli, along the bed of the Amu Darya River.
There will be a stop at the observation deck where the Amu Darya River is the border between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
A stop for lunch will be at a cafe where you will taste fresh Amu Darya fish. Hotel accommodation.
Day 5. Khiva
Walking tour of Khiva.
During the tour you will immerse yourself in the history of this ancient city. Once the main slave market of Central Asia, Khiva retains the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. You will visit the minarets of the famous madrasahs, gates and powerful walls of the Ichan-Kala fortress. To see the elegantly decorated wooden columns of the mosques of the 10th century and the amazing oriental Khiva baths, you just need to get into the part of the old city to contemplate all the splendor of the ancient oriental architecture.
Day 6. Kyzylkum desert - Kalas
Khiva – Kyzylkum Desert – Khiva
Visiting ancient fortresses
In the Kyzylkum desert, on the motley cliffs of one of the eastern spurs of the Sultauizdag, the ruins of one of the largest fortresses of Ancient Khorezm, Ayaz-Kala, rise.
Also nearby are other fortresses - Kyzyl Kala and Toprak Kala.
Lunch on the shore of Akcha Kul lake in the yurt camp Ayaz kaly..
Upon returning to Khiva, you will have a master class on cooking the national Khiva dish in the family of a local resident.
Evening flight to Tashkent. Meeting in Tashkent, hotel accommodation
Day 7. Chimgan.
After breakfast, departure to the Chimgan tract, spurs of the Western Tien Shan
Moving along the mountain serpentine, we climb the sandy pass, 1830m high, descend to the Chimgan tract, where you can enjoy the clean mountain air. Trekking on horseback, ride a cable car.
Then we descend to the Charvak reservoir, which is formed by the confluence of three mountain rivers - Chatkal, Koksu and Pskem. We pass the Charvak dam 300m high. Then we go down to the village of Khodjikent, where the oldest 700-year-old plane tree (plane tree) is located. Encampment of an ancient man, rock paintings.
We have lunch at the national tea house. In the evening we return to Tashkent.
