Ancient Cities of the Orient - 14 Days
New York -Tashkent – Khiva – Bukhara – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand - Ferghana - Kokand - Margilan - Andijan - Tashkent – New York
Traveling around Uzbekistan is an adventure filled with fascinating cultural discoveries, history and breathtaking natural beauty. Tourists have the opportunity to travel through living history, not just among remains kept in the confines of a museum, but also experience the silence of the distant past in sites of ancient settlements, temples and tombs - a great place to have rest from impetuous civilization. They still serve as places for religious pilgrimage, as they have for a thousand years. You will always remember tall minarets, grandiose madrassahs and mosques, palaces and mausoleums decorated with incredible ceramic ornaments, noisy and colorful oriental bazaars, interesting legends, warm hospitality and ancient traditions of local inhabitants.Duration: 14 days, 14 nights.
Season: Year round.
Description: Trip around Uzbekistan. Tour package consists of combination of historical, architectural and cultural components.
What is included in this tour program?
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14
Day 1 - Tashkent
19:05 - Arrival to Tashkent.
Meeting and transfer to hotel.
Accommodation at the hotel.
20:30 - Dinner.
Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 2 - Tashkent
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Day 3 - Tashkent - Urgench (Khiva)
Early Breakfast.
6:00 - Transfer to Tashkent Domestic Airport
for flight to Khiva (Urgench), at 07:00.
8:40 - Arrival to Urgench and transfer to Khiva (15 miles).
Accommodation at hotel.
12:00 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN KHIVA: Kunya Ark fortress.
13:00 - Lunch.
14:00 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN KHIVA: Feruz madrasah,
Pakhlavan Mahmud mausoleum, Juma mosque, Kalta Minar minaret, Allakuli Khan
Madrasah.
19:00 – Dinner and musical show performance.
Overnight in Khiva.
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Day 4 - Khiva (Urgench)
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Breakfast.
8:00 - Transfer to Bukhara via Kizilkum deserts (red sands) by a/c car or bus (250 miles).
13:30 - Lunch on the way.
15:30 – Arrival to Bukhara.
Accommodation at hotel.
Free at leisure.
17:30 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN BUKHARA:
Lyabi Haus Ensemble, Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah (17c),
Nadir Devanbegi Khonako, Kukeldash Madrassah (16c).
19:00 - Dinner.
Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 6 - Bukhara
Breakfast. |
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Day 7 - Bukhara
Breakfast.
8:30 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN BUKHARA:
Excursion to Ismael Samani mausoleum (9-10c)- vault of Bukhara rulers' dynasty,
Chor-Minor, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleums (14 c), excursion to Registan
Ensemble, Ark Fortress (16c) and Bolo-Hauz complex (18 c).
13:00 - Lunch.
14:00 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN BUKHARA:
Excursion to Summer Residence of Last Bukharian Emir (12 miles),
Old Ruin Walls of ancient Bukhara.
19:00 - Dinner.
Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 8 - Bukhara - Shakhrisabz - Samarkand
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Day 9 - Samarkand
Breakfast.
9:00 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN SAMARKAND:
Khazret Khizr Mosque, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis (14-15c), “Stars above
Samarkand”: tour to Ulugbek observatory (15c),
“Ruins of Afrosiab” State archaeological reserve (6 BC-13 AD).
13:30 - Lunch.
14:30 - SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN SAMARKAND:
Gur-Emir Mausoleum (15c), Rukhabad Mausoleum.
19:00 – Dinner.
Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 11 - Tashkent - Ferghana - Kokand
Breakfast.
8:30 - Transfer to domestic airport for flight to Ferghana.
Transfer to Kokand through Ferghana Valley by a/c bus (60 miles – 1.5 Hours).
13:00 - Lunch.
14:00 – SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN KOKAND:
Hudoyar Khan Palace (19cc), Darma-i-Jahon(19cc), excursion to Jami
and Emir Mosques (18 cc.).
PM: Arrival to Ferghana.
Accommodation at hotel.
20:00 - Dinner.
Overnight in Ferghana.
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Day 12 - Margilan - Andijan - Tashkent
Breakfast. |
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Day 13 - Tashkent
Breakfast.
9:00 – SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN TASHKENT:
Old Part of Tashkent: Zangi-ota Memorial complex (19c., 10 miles from Tashkent),
Abul-Kalim Madrasah (16c) Char-Su Bazaar and Kukcha Mosque.
13:30 - Lunch.
14:30 – SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN TASHKENT:
Excursion to Tillya Sheikh Mosque, Islamic Library with highlight immense Osman
Koran (worlds oldest copy 1200 y.o.), Khast-Imam & Kukeldash Madrasah
(16cc), Shayhantour Complex (14c. including Yunushan,
Kaldirgachbey Mausoleums).
19:30 - Farewell Dinner with Uzbek musical program.
Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 14 - Tashkent - Departure
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