Uzbekistan - Oriental Tale
Cities:
Tashkent - Khiva - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent - Ferghana - Margilan - Tashkent
Length:
10 days / 9 nights
Description:
The tour “Uzbekistan – Oriental Tale” – has been created to show you most interesting places of Uzbekistan. It will let you not just discover such wonderful and ancient areas as Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva, but we also make a journey to the Golden Valley of Central Asia, the area of Ferghana. Ferghana Valley has quite a big area and divided between Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. So in our trip we are visiting the part of Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley.
Itinerary:
Day 01: Arrival to Tashkent
Meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
After lunch Tashkent sightseeing tour.
We will visit the old part of the city, the place where the largest and most ancient bazaar Chorsu is located in Tashkent. Next we will head to Hazrat Imam Square. The old Barakkhan madrasah hides a centuries-old history, when young students learned the secrets of Islam here, today the madrasa is the center of craftsmen of Tashkent, wood carvers, metal stamping, national embroidery and much more.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 02: Tashkent - Urgench HY 1051 07: 00/08: 40 - Khiva (35 km)
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Urgench.
This early morning we will fly to the city of Urgench, which is located 35 kilometers from the city of Khiva. Upon arrival to Urgench, we will drive to Khiva by car. Upon arrival in Khiva, check-in at the hotel.
Sightseeing tour in Khiva. A local guide, a connoisseur of antiquity and history of Khiva, will share the secrets of the city with us. Will tell the history and show the most interesting places in the city. Khiva consists of two parts: Ichan Kala - the Inner City and Dishan Kala - the External City. The most interesting place is Ichan Kala, because it is located inside the fortress, where all the ancient monuments are concentrated. Here we will begin our tour. We will also visit Kunya Ark, Rahimkhan Madrasa, Juma 10th century mosque, Tash Hawley Palace and much more. We will have lunch at the local teahouse.
Then we continue the tour. Before dinner, we’ll go back to the hotel, get some rest and go to a concert of local Khorezm music. After the concert, dinner at the local teahouse.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 03: Khiva - Bukhara - 470 km
Morning departure to Bukhara through the desert Kizil Kum (Red sand).
This morning we will drive to the once-capital of the Bukhara Emirate, the beautiful Bukhara, the journey will take about 7-8 hours, it will not be boring. We will drive through the Kyzyl Kum desert (Red Sand), the name is quite strange but no less interesting. And if you ask what is interesting there, a desert is a desert? And I'll tell you, come and see it yourself. We will stop for lunch at a local teahouse, a kind of desert oasis.
Upon arrival to Bukhara, accommodation at the hotel.
Discover the sights of Bukhara.
Dinner at a local teahouse.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 04: Bukhara
Today we will spend the whole day in beautiful Bukhara and enjoy its beauty. The Ark fortress, the Samanid mausoleum, the exalted Lyabi House will open their doors of history to us and allow us to look into the old days. We will go through the old streets of the city, talk to the local people. We will have lunch in the house of the famous embroidery master Rakhmon Toshev, after lunch Nasiba, the daughter of the master, will tell us about the secrets of the national embroidery Suzanne. After lunch, we will continue our tour of the city of Bukhara. Trade domes, like sails filled with the wind of the past, are located at the crossroads of old roads. To this day, these architectural complexes play a large role in the life process of the old city, to this day, just like a hundred years ago, merchants placed their goods on display in the cozy little cells of shops for passing by buyers, truly a beautiful sight.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 05: Bukhara - Samarkand - 268 km
Morning departure to Samarkand on the way visit to Gijduvan - the center of famous masters of ceramics, demonstration of the process of making unique ceramics.
Upon arrival in Samarkand, accommodation at the hotel.
Sightseeing in Samarkand:
Our day we begin with a visit to the beautiful Registan Square. Three magnificent madrasahs, were once special educational institutions in which young people received sacred knowledge. At the beginning of the 15th century, the wise ruler of Samarkand, the grandson of the great Amir Timur, the great astronomer, philosopher and mathematician Mirzo Ulugbek, who dreamed of turning Samarkand into the center of science of the Muslim world, conceived the construction of the first Madrasa, and brought his desire to life.
After 200 years at the beginning of the 17th century, Yalantgush Bakhodur builds his first madrasah opposite the madrasa of Mirzo Ulugbek. After 20 years, according to his own order, Tillo Cory Madrasa is being built, as if completing a beautiful view of the architectural complex.
Overnight at the hotel.
День 6: Самарканд – Ташкент (330 км)
Morning sightseeing of Samarkand:
Today we will walk along the shopping street to the Bibi Khanum Mosque, built in the 15th century, by order of Amir Timur. At the Siab Bazaar which is located next to the mosque, we can find everything your heart desires, vegetables and fruits, souvenirs and shawls, as well as well-known Samarkand flatbreads.
After lunch at a local restaurant, we will continue our tour of Samarkand and go to the memorial complex of Shahi Zinda. After that we will go to the mausoleum of the great Amir Timur.
Lunch. Departure to Tashkent. On arrival check in hotel
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 07: Tashkent - Fergana - 398 km
Early in the morning transfer to the Fergana Valley.
On the way visit Kokand. Upon arrival to Kokand lunch in the local teahouse.
Visit Urda – the palace of Khudoyar Khan. Khudoyar Khan was the last ruler in Kokand Khanate, and his palace was built in 1871. It had large rectangular shape, the entrance was made as a ramp to the huge gates. It was built in the traditions of the architecture of Central Asia.
Moving to Fergana
Upon arrival transfer to the hotel
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 08: Ferghana
Full day tour of the Fergana Valley:
Visit Rishtan - famous center of ceramics in Uzbekistan. But Rishtan is known not only for its beautiful ceramics. There are also deposits of red clay, natural minerals and mountain vegetation, which are so necessary in the production of ceramics.
Visit to the workshop of Rustam Usmanov
Visiting Margilan inspecting the process of silk production at the famous Edgorlik factory. Located in the south-east of the Fergana Valley, Margilan is considered one of the oldest cities in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, and is also a huge center for international trade.
Dinner at a local restaurant
Overnight at the hotel
Day 09: Fergana - Tashkent HY1402 09:50 - 11:05
Early in the morning transfer to airport for flight to Tashkent
Upon arrival in Tashkent, check in hotel
A little free time for rest in the hotel
Visiting Mustakillik Square (Independence) in the heart of Tashkent and the famous Tashkent metro, decorated with marble and granite as if underground palaces, visiting Amir Timur Square, Navoi Theater.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 10: Tashkent - Departure
Morning departure from Tashkent
End of the Tour
The tour includes:
- Meeting and seeing off at the airport
- Booking and accommodation in the hotels;
- Transport;
- Guides throughout the tour;
- Entrance fees to all attractions;
- Water
Tour not includes:
- International flight;
- Medical insurance;
- Optional excursions outside the tour program;
- Tips for guides and drivers.
- Photo and video shooting