UZBEKISTAN SILK ROAD TOUR - Detailed Tour Itinerary
Fixed Departure

Day 1 Thursday: Arrive Tashkent.
Khush Kelibsizar – means Welcome. You will be received at the airport and transferred to your hotel.
Afternoon Tashkent city tour. The tour includes visits to: Old City, Hazrati Imam Complex, Kafelsashi Complex, Barak Khana, Tila Shaikh Mosque, Chorsu Bazaar, Kukeldash Madrassah, Navoi Theatre, Fine Arts Museum, Amir Timur Park and The Friendship Square.
Optional Tours: Museum Applied Arts and History Museum.
Dinner at a city restaurant.
Overnight at Dedeman Silk Road Hotel.

Day 2 Friday: Flight Tashkent to Nukus.
Morning transfer to the airport for your flight HY1001 0700/0945* to Nukus.
On arrival commence city tour. Nukus is a lonely city situated in the desert of the North-Western part of the country. The city is famous for The Savitsky Collection. Igor Savitsky was a collector of the vanguard art that was forbidden in Stalin’s Soviet Union. He literally hid these paintings, a move that could have coasted him his life. The museum also has a rich collection of embroideries, carpets and other handicrafts from the Karakalpakstan region. The tour also includes visit to Khojeyli Tombs and Geor Kala. On the way to Khiva we also visit the desert fortresses of Ayaz Kala and Toprak Kala (1st century). Lunch in a national Karakalpakstan yurt.
Overnight at Hotel Asia Khiva or Hotel Malika

Day 3 Saturday: Khiva.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Full day Khiva excursion. The tour includes visits to: Ichan Kala, Kalta Minor, Kunya Ark, Madrassah Rakhomkhon, UNDP workshop of local handicrafts, Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud, Islam Khodja Minaret and Museum, Friday Mosque, Tashauli Palace Harem and the Caravan Sarai Bazaar.
The tour includes visits to: Ichan Kala, Kalta Minor, Kunya Ark, Madrassah Rakhomkhon, UNDP workshop of local handicrafts, Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud, Islam Khodja Minaret and Museum, Friday Mosque, Tashauli Palace Harem and the Caravan Sarai Bazaar.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Overnight at Hotel Asia Khiva or Hotel Malika

Day 4 Sunday: Khiva to Bukhara.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today you will cross the Kizilkum (red sands) Desert by road (435 km).
The barren countryside is the home to ground squirrels and tortoises. Enroute stop to see the Amudarya River, known to explorers as the Oxus. Due to irrigation of the cotton fields started during the Soviet times, the river is rapidly drying. The journey takes 5 to 6 hours. Picnic Lunch en route.
On arrival at Bukhara transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at Hotel Asia Bukhara.

Day 5 Monday: Bukhara.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Full day Bukhara city tour. The tour includes visits to: Lyabikhauz, Tim Abdullah Khan, Madrassah Nadirrkhon Devanbegi, Poi Kalon Minaret and Museum, Madrassah Ulugbek, Madrassah Abdulaziz Khan, Chor Minor, Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Khanaka, Magoki Attari Mosque, Ark Fortress, Bolohauz Mosque, Chasma Ayub and the local bazaar. Optional Tours: Zindan and Sitora-i-Mokhikhosa Palace.
Later dinner at a city restaurant.
Overnight at Hotel Asia Bukhara.

Day 6 Tuesday: Bukhara to Samarkand by road.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning departure for Bukhara (268 km).
On arrival transfer to the hotel.
Afternoon first of the two part city tour of Samarkand. The 2nd part will be on the next day.
The tour includes visits to: Registan Square, Bibi Khanum Mosque, The Silk Road Bazaar, Shahi Zinda Necropolis, Afrosiab Museum and site, Ulugbek`s Observatory, Gur Emir, the Mausoleum of Tamerlane. The Imam Bukhari Mausolem visited en route from Samarkand to Bukhara.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight at Regal Palace Hotel.

Day 7 Wednesday: Samarkand to Tashkent by road.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning continuation of the Samarkand city tour.
Lunch at a traditional Uzbek house.
Afternoon journey by road to Tashkent (330 Km). The journey takes about 4 hours.
On arrival transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at Dedeman Silk Road Hotel.

Day 8 Thursday: Tashkent departure.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to airport for your departure flight.
Khayir Sogh Buling – Uzbek traditional farewell and good wishes.

End of the tour.

Optional extension

Day 8 Thursday: AM Flight Tashkent to Termez.
On arrival at the airport commence city tour.
The tour includes visits to: Fayz Tepe, Archaeological Museums of Termez, Kampir Tepe, Hakim al Tirimzi, Kirk-kiz Fort, Zurmal Stupa, Sultan Saodat Complex and Kara Tepe (restricted zone, subject to permission being granted).
Transfer to the hotel. Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight at Meridian Hotel.

Day 9 Friday: Termez/Tashkent.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Take a peek of the Friendship Bridge that forms the border check-post to Afghanistan.
Later transfer to the airport for flight HY1152 1225/1410* to Tashkent.
On arrival departure by road to Ferghana Valley.
Dinner at overnight at Asia Hotel Ferghana.

Day 10 Saturday: Ferghana.
Breakfast at the hotel.
The tour includes visits to: Kokand: The fort residence of the last ruler, Khudayarkhan Fort/Palace. Margilan: Yaddgorlik Silk Factory, Madrassah Sayid Huja Ishan. Andijan: Memorial Park to the first Mughal Emperor – Babur. Rishtan: Pottery workshop of Master Rustam Usmanov.
Dinner and overnight at Asia Hotel Ferghana.

Day 11 Sunday: Ferghana to Tashkent.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Continue Ferghana Valley tour.
Later departure for Tashkent by road. On arrival transfer to the hotel.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight at Dedeman Silk Road Hotel.

Day 12 Monday: Tashkent departure.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to airport for your departure flight.
Khayir Sogh Buling – Uzbek traditional farewell and good wishes.
End of the tour.

*All flight timings are subject to change.

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UZBEKISTAN FIXED DEPARTURE TOUR DETAILS - 2012

ALL TOURS ARE GUARANTEED TO OPERATE WITH A MINIMUM OF JUST TWO PARTICIPANTS.

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