12 Day Uzbekistan Highlights

Tashkent

Pick up from AirPort Transfer to hotel

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

12.00 Transfer to sightseeing to city with a break to the lunch: MingUrik is an ancient settlement on the territory of Tashkent (Legend says that once the mighty city of Chach towered on this place. But the city was haunted by misfortunes, it burned in fires more than once, as the invaders constantly disturbed its peace. Each time, the city rose from the ashes, but one day the inhabitants decided to leave this cursed place forever and settle elsewhere). Complex Hazrati Imam in the Old city (The Qur'an of Uthman, or the Qur'an of Uthman, or the Samarkand Kufic Qur'an, is the oldest surviving manuscript of the Qur'an, believed to have been stained with the blood of the third caliph, Uthman. It is kept in Tashkent in the Muyi Muborak Madrasah, which is part of the Ensemble of Hazrati Imam).

6 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bukhara

Transfer from Hotel to airport Flight Tashkent to Bukhara Transfer to hotel

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bukhara

The history of Bukhara is very interesting and fascinating. According to one legend, this city appeared thanks to Prince Siyavush, who built the Ark fortress. This fortress will subsequently play the role of the center of the city, in which the rulers live with their organizational retinue. The same city, “Shakhristan”, was located outside the Ark fortress. Bukhara also served as a huge trading point through which the Great Silk Road ran) City tour around Bukhara: Ark Citadel (VI-XX cc), Monument of medieval Bukhara – Bolo Hauz Ensemble, Poi Kalyan ensemble (XII-XIX cc), Miri Arab madrasah, Ulugbek madrasah, Abdulazizkhan madrasah, Shopping Mall (Toki Zargaron, Toki Telpak Furrushon, Toki Saraffon), Lyabi-Hauz (It’s the largest artificial reservoir of medieval Bukhara)

4 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bukhara

City tour around Bukhara: Chashma-Ayub (1380-1384/85) mausoleum, Shopping Mall (Toki Zargaron, Toki Telpak Furrushon, Toki Saraffon), Sitorai Mohi Hosa (country residence of Bukhara Amirs)

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Paykent - Sixty kilometers from Bukhara are the ruins of the Paykend settlement, occupying an area of about twenty hectares. Some sources say that Paykend, unlike other cities of Central Asia, did not have a ruler. It was a kind of "merchant republic" where the silk trade flourished. But after the conquest of Central Asia by the Arabs, Paykent became in the 8th century one of the largest centers of the Bukhara oasis for the fight against nomads. Paykent is often referred to as the "Pompeii of Asia". The city was swallowed up by the desert, which explains the fact that it, gradually covered with sand, is well preserved.

4 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Bukhara

Transfer from hotel to airport Train to Samarkand Transfer to hotel

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Samarkand

City tour around Samarkand with a break to the lunch: Shakhi Zinda Necropolis – the Burial places of Tamerlan’s relatives (XII-XVI cc), Gur Emir - Mausoleum with the tomb of Tamerlan (XIV-XV cc), Mosque Bibi Khanim (XV cc), Place of Registan (XV-XVII cc). Visiting Bagizagan Winery in the suburbs of Samarkand + tasting of Uzbek wines and cognacs.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Nurata

Camel’s riding Picnic on the lake of Aydarkul. Fishing in the lake

6 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Samarkand

Visiting the ruins of ancient capital of Samarkand with a break to the lunch – Afrosiab and Historical museum, Burial place of Saint Doniyor (The Prophet Daniel is revered by three world religions. He is one of the four great prophets of Israel in Judaism, a prophet whose Book was included in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and a prophet in the Islamic tradition. Khoja Daniyar (Daniel) was born in Jerusalem in 603 BC. and came from the line of kings David and Solomon. When Israel in 586 B.C. was captured by the king of Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar. The place is an object of pilgrimage, both for local residents and visitors from all over the world. In 1996, the late Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II, who arrived in Samarkand, visited the Mausoleum and consecrated it. They say that after the consecration, the pistachio tree, which was considered dry, bloomed again near the Mausoleum ), Mirzo Ulugbek Observatory, bazaar.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

Transfer from hotel to train station Train to Tashkent Transfer train station to hotel

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Charvak Reservoir

Transfer to thee Charvak lake A pleasant and non-tiring one-day trip from Tashkent to the Chimgan and Beldersay mountains and to the Charvak mountain reservoir. Magnificent views of the mountains of the western Tan Shan and the man-made Charvak reservoir will leave you with an unforgettable experience. You will also visit Khodzhikent, where, surrounded by centuries-old plane trees, you can see the caves of ancient man and petroglyphs - rock paintings of the late Stone Age. The end of this wonderful trip will be a lunch of national dishes.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Tashkent

Time to explore the city. The guide/host will be available to help with this day whether the group wants to stick together or go off independently

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

Transfer from hotel to airport

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free