Across the four medieval capitals

(9 nights/10 days)

Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Khiva- Urgench - Tashkent

Highlights and advantages:

• Visit the historical monuments of Uzbekistan;

• Possibility to expend the tour to the Sea Aral;

Day -1/ Tashkent
Arrival at Tashkent and you will be met with the guide and driver at the airport, transfer to hotel. Lunch. Visit the capital of Uzbekistan: The main bazaar “Chorsu”, the Khast-Imam Complex, the place Independence and Amir Timour Square, and the Metro of Tashkent. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-2/ Tashkent-Samarkand
Breakfast. Drive to Samarkand, arrival and check in hotel. Lunch. Starting the sightseeing tour by Afrasyab museum and the workshop of silk papers Samarkand production by old-time technology. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-3/ Samarkand
Breakfast. Visit to the mausoleum Gur Emir (Tamerlane’s Tomb), Registan Squar. Lunch. Cintinue the sightseeing tout by Bibi-Khanym mosque and the town's excellent bazaar Syab, Shaki-i-Zinda necropolis. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-4/ Samarkand
Breakfast. Visit the complex Khoja Akhror Vali situated in the south side of Samarkand and wander through Samarkand to discover individual. Lunch. Free time. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-5/ Samarkand-Bukhara
Breakfast. Drive to the Bukhara. Arrival at Bukhara et check in to hotel. Lunch. Start the sightseeing tour to the summer residency of Emir of Bukhara- Mokhi-Khossa, and the complex of Bakhouddin Naqishbandy. In the end of the day transfer to hotel and check in. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-6/ Bukhara
Breakfast. In the morning to continue the sightseeing tour in old part of Bukhara. Visit Ismal Samani Mausoleum (IX-X c), Chasma- Ayub Mausoleum, Bukhara local bazaar, Ark Fortress or town citadel and Bolo- Hauz Complex. Lunch. Currently still used old madrasah Miri-Arab, Poi-Kalon Ensemble including the minaret Kalyan, Taqi Zargaron (Tading dome of the jewelers), Ulug-Bek madrasah, Abdulaziz-khan madrasah, Taqi Telpak Furushon (trading dome of the hatters), Magoki Attori mosque, Toqi Sarrafon (Trading dome of the money changers), Labi Khaouz complexe. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-7/ Bukhara
Breakfast. Free time. Wander through the best architectural monuments of city (If that day falls on monday there is the possibility to fly at night to Khiva. If that day falls on Wednesday evening, there is the possibility to take the night train to Khiva). Lunch. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-8/ Bukhara-Khiva
Breakfast. In the morning we leave from Bukhara to Khiva. We pass through the Qizil-qum desert. Stop at the Chaykhana (tea-house) having lunch. Arrival later afternoon and accommodation at hotel (if we are able to take the train or the plan we can visit Khiva). Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-9/ Khiva
Breakfast. In the morning guided sightseeing tour program in Khiva. You start the visit by the entrance to the fortress gate "Ata Darvaza" in Itchan- Qala. Visit Kalta minar, Kunya-Ark, Said Alauddin mausoleum, Mukhammad Rakhim-khan madrasah. Lunch. Continue sightseeing tour by Pakhlavan Makhmud mausoleum, minaret of Islam-Khoja, Tash- Khovli Palace and harem, Juma mosque. Dinner. Overnight at hotel. (In case of flight or the train Bukhara – Khiva, free time to explore the city).

Day-10/ Khiva-Urgench-Tashkent
Transfer to airport, and leave for Tashkent. Then flight Tashkent-Home

Extinction: a journey at Aral Sea

(4 days/ 3 nights)

Khiva – Ayazqala – Nukus – Mouynak – Nukus – Tashkent

Day-10/ Khiva – Ayazqala – Nukus
Breakfast. Drive to the ancient fortress of Korazem, arrival to the Ayazqala and visit this qala-fortress. Lunch in a Yurt. We drive to Nukus stop off the archaeological search at Toprak-kala and Chilpik-qala for visit the ruins of an ancient civilization. Arrival in Nukus in the end of the day. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-11/ Nukus-Mouynak
Breakfast. Road to Mouynak. Arrival in Mouynak in the afternoon and homestay accommodation. Lunch with accepting family. Visit the village with the remains of fishing boats. Meet the local people. Dinner and overnight at the local’s house.

Day-12/ Mouynak – Nukus – Tashkent
Breakfast. Come back to Nukus. Arrival in the afternoon. Lunch. Visit the museum of Art Savitskiy. Transfer to the airport and the flight to Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel Tashkent. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day-13/ Tashkent
Breakfast. We will guide morning tour in the capital of Uzbekistan, and transfer to the airport for available time the flight.

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Prices per pax for 2013 for program initial

(In dollar US)

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Prices per pax for 2013 for extinction

(In dollar US)