PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON YOUR FLIGHT
desert
THROUGH red sands 9days-8nights
Tashkent – Urgench(Khiva) - Bukhara – Nurata - Samarkand – Tashkent
1 DAY TASHKENT
Arrival to Tashkent. Meeting at the airport.
Transfer to hotel. Accommodation in hotel.
SS tour of Tashkent including: Independence Square, Amir Temur Square, Alisher Navoi Theatre Square, Barak-Khan madrassah, Kukeldash madrassah ( XVI c., constructed during the Sheibanids dynasty), visit to the Museum of Applied Arts (where items of traditional Arts & Crafts both antique and modern are displayed).
Dinner & overnight in the hotel.
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2 DAY – TASHKENT/URGENCH/KHIVA
Breakfast in hotel.
Transfer to airport for departure to Urgench by flight HY-1051 (rashkent/Urgench) at 07:00/09:20
Arrival in Urgench. Drive to Khiva (30 km from Urgench).Accommodation in hotel.
Khiva SS including Ichan-Kala ( UNESCO World Heritage List ), which is surrounded by a strong fortress wall, its fortified gates facing east, north, west and south. Kunya-Ark - the Old Fortress. Part of the palace-fortress Kurynysh-khana, Djuma mosque (10th c.)- one of the most ancient structures in Central Asia dates back to the 9th century.
Lunch time
The Seyid Allauddin mausoleum and the Bagbanli mosque were built in the 14th century,
Mukhammad, Khurdzhum and Khirgazi-khan madrassahs - in the 17th and 18th centuries. Kutlug-Murad-inak madrassah, the Pakhlavan-Makhmud mausoleum, Allakulikhan madrassah, the Tash-Khauli palace.
Dinner
Overnight in hotel.
Breakfast in hotel
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3 DAY – KHIVA/BUKHARA
Breakfast in the hotel.
Drive to Bukhara via Kizilkum desert (450 km).
Arrival and accommodation in hotel.
P.M.: Complex Lyabi-Khauz (16th-17th cc.) (includes the Kukeldush and Nodir-Divan-Begi madrassahs located near the pool, which gave the name to the ansemble). Mausoleum Chor Minor (madrassah with four peculiar looking towers).
Dinner and overnight in hotel.
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4 DAY BUKHARA
Breakfast in hotel.
Whole day city tour in Bukhara:
A .M.: Mausoleum of the Samanids (the burial place of the Samanids (9th -10th cc.), Chashma i Ayub , Mosque Bolo-Khauz, citadel « Ark », Kosh madrassah
Lunch time
P.M. Continuation of SS tour in Bukhara:
Ensemble Poi Kalian (Big Minaret from the 12th century.), Madrassah Miri-Arab (One of the largest educational institutions of the 16th century ), Mosque Djuma ( cathedral mosque, with unique acoustics) , Madrassah of Ulugbek (1417 was built by the order of Ulugbek), Mosque MagokiAttari.
Dinner in Madrassah with the show. Overnight in hotel.
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5 DAY BUKHARA/NURATA/YANGIGAZGAN
Breakfast in the hotel.
Drive to Nurata via Navoi (120 km+ 40 km) . ). Nurata SS : the praying place with a holy source, reservoir, Namazgoch mosque (16 c.) component ensemble. The fortress ?? Alexander the Great "Karazi".
Lunch in the national house.
Transfer Nurata-Yangigazgan - the camel stop (75 km ).
Aceommodation in Urta
Ridding on the camels
Dinner with folklore ( akin-singer)
6 DAY YANGIGAZGAN/AYDARKUL LAKE/SAMARKAND
A.M. Breakfast in Urta
Transfer to Aydarkul lake, the length of which is 300 km. The deepth in some places is 70 meters. The fish: sazan, bream. The birds: cormorant, heron, pelican, ducks, swan. Picnic at the shore of the lake. Ridding on the camels.
P.M. Drive back to Samarkand
Dinner and overnight in hotel
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7 DAY SAMARKAND
Breakfast in hotel.
Sightseeing tour in Samarkand:
A.M.: Registan square - the « Sandy place ». The Square is surrounded by the Ulugbek's madrassah
(1417-1420), the Sher-Dor madrassah (1619-1636), and Tilla-Kori madrassah (1647-1660), Mosque Bibi-Khanum (15 c.), bazaar.
Lunch time
P.M.: City SS Observatory of Ulugbek (15 th century partly saved from destruction ). Necropolis Shakhi-Zinda - ensemble of mausoleums of the 11th-19th centuries
Dinner in the national house.
Overnight in hotel
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8 DAY SAMARKAND/TASHKENT
Breakfast in hotel.
A.M.: Continuation of SS tour: Mausoleum Gur-Emir (graves of Tamerlane and his descendants, 15?.)
Visit to the silk carpet factory.
P.M.: Drive to Tashkent (330 km). Arrival and accommodation in hotel.
Dinner in city restaurant.
Overnight in hotel
9 DAY TASHKENT
Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer to the airport
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