Following in the footsteps of Tamerlane

Description

A journey in which you explore what is left of the powerful kingdom once built by the Great Tamerlane, as well as original cultures that flourished in Central Asia for centuries. Also "heart" of majestic his Empire was beaten with culture life: tall and elegant minarets, grandiose madrassah and mosques, decorated with unique ceramic ornaments, inimitable noise and colors of oriental bazaar, hospitality and ancient traditions you will certainly find here. An exciting trip submerging you into the atmosphere of centuries by showing grand remnants of the past and fine relics of vanished civilizations. During this tour you will be able to see all worth seeing in this country. Visiting ancient cities such as Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, Shakdrisabz, and Samarkand

Program 8 Days / 7 Nights

• Day 1
  1
  

  Home country – Tashkent

  Arrive in Tashkent from Europe by ….. Airlines. Transfer to hotel for the rest, shower and breakfast. And after breakfast beginning of the city tour and visit the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum Applied Arts, founded in 1937, where you can admire different objects such as ceramics ,textile, jewelry, musical instruments and puppets. After visiting Chorusu bazaar where they are put for sale a variety of local products and crafts. After visiting old city: the mausoleum of Abu Bakr Kaffal Shaoshi ,Madrassa Barak Khan ,the mosque Telyashaykh, Madrassa Kukeldash , Juma Mosque.And proceeding the visit from Amur Temur square. Overnight at the group hotel in Tashkent .

• Day 2
  2
  

  Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva

  Early morning transfer to local airport Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Urgench. Meeting in the airport and transfer to Khiva – the most ancient and unique city-museum under open sky. Monuments here are located close to each other, inside the walls of Ichan Qala internal city: UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here you will see the following monuments: Allakulikhan Madrassah(XVIII – XIX cc), Muhammad Amin Khan Madrassah (XIX c), Kalta Minor, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Islom Khoja Minaret, Juma Mosque, Toshhovli and others. Overnight at the group hotel in Khiva.

• Day 3
  3
  

  Khiva -Tuprak-kala – Bukhara

  This day is optional and we offer two options to choose at the time of reservation. The first You are taken to see ancient Khorezmian clay fortresses Tuprak-kala and Ayaz-kala dating back to the 2nd century AD. If lucky, you may still find in the dust archaic debris, such as pieces of ceramics, coins and arrow heads in the gloomy dark of half-buried rooms. You will have lunch in a Yurt (nomadic tent) on the top of a hill right next to the huge clay fortress with a smaller fortification on the slopes of the hill. In the late afternoon transfer to Urgench and domestic flight to Bukhara. (the flight is not daily) Arriving in Bukhara transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Bukhara. The second You take a long drive (480 km, 9-10 hours) through the desert along the course of the Amudarya River to Bukhara. The rest of the day is devoted to checking in the hotel and leisure. The construction of the new road make the course little bit demanding and it takes about 9- 10 hours. Arrival in Bukhara in the late afternoon and accommodation at the hotel. Overnight in Bukhara.

• Day 4
  4
  

  Bukhara

  After breakfast beginning of the city tour.Bukhara is the real Oriental fairy-tale, city with small romantic streets, which unsurpassed has preserved the beauty and charm of the ancient walls. Monuments here are located close to each other and that’s why sightseeing tour will be organized without use of vehicle. Today you will see: Samanids’ dynasty mausoleum (IX-X cc), Chashma-Ayub burial-vault (XIV-XIX cc), Kalon ensemble, Madrassah Miri-Arab, Madrassah Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan, Lyabi Hauz complex (XVI-XVII), Kukeldash Madrassah (1568), Arc Fortress (VI-VIIcc), Chor-Minor Madrassah, Don’t forget to visit trade domes of ancient Bukhara bazaar-even in case you won’t buy any souvenir or Bukhara ancient adornment (that is highly unlikely)you will get many pleasant impressions and gain extensive insight about Orient and its inhabitants. Overnight at the group hotel in Bukhara.

• Day 5
  5
  

  Bukhara – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand

  You drive south-eastward to Samarkand (360km, 6-7 hours) via Shakhrisabz, a city where Tamerlane was born. In Shakhrisabz you visit the famous Ak Saroy (White Palace), Kok Gumbaz, Doru Saodat and Doru Tillovat. After lunch you continue to Samarkand, check in the hotel and have free time. Overnight at the group hotel in Samarkand.

• Day 6
  6
  

  Samarkand

  Breakfast at the hotel. Start of sightseeing tour in “Eden of the Orient”- that name was given to Samarkand by the philosophers and poets of the past. Today you will see this famous city in all its beauty : visit Registan square (XVII c) including Ulugbek Madrassah (1417-1420), Sher-Dor Madrassah (1619-1636), Tillya-Kori (1647-1660) Madrassah, Gur-Emir mausoleum , Bibi-Khanum mosque (XVc.), Shokhi-Zinda (XII-XVc) architectural assemble, Ulugbek observatory(XVc.). Overnight at the group hotel in Samarkand.

• Day 7
  7
  

  Samarkand - Tashkent

  After breakfast free morning or eventually visits lost the day advance. In early afternoon transfer to Tashkent passes for ” Tamerlane’s gate”, a natural rift in the rock of the mountain , where it is said that the subjects expected to welcome the emperor to return from his victorious campaigns. Arriving in the capital. Overnight at the group hotel in Tashkent

• Day 8
  8
  

  Tashkent – Departure flight

  Early morning departure flight to Home.

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