Uzbekistan Classic Tour 2020

Day 01: Arrive Tashkent.
Khush Kelibsiz – 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 Square, Fine Arts Museum and Amir Timur Park.
Optional Tours: Museum of Applied Arts and History Museum.

Day 02: Tashkent to Samarkand.
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning journey by train to Samarkand (330 Km). The journey takes 2 hours.
On arrival at Samarkand transfer to the hotel.
Overnight.

Day 03: Samarkand.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Full day Samarkand city tour. 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.
Overnight.

Day 04: Samarkand to Bukhara by road.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for Bukhara (408 km). En route visit to Shakhrisabz. This tour includes visits to: Ak Saray Palace ruins, Dorus Tilavat seminary, Kok Cumbas, Dorus Saidat, Friday Mosque, and Hazrati Imam.
On arrival at Bukhara transfer to the hotel.
Overnight.

Day 05 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.
Overnight.

Day 06: Bukhara to Khiva.
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 around 6 hours.
On arrival at Khiva transfer to the hotel.
Overnight.

Day 07: Khiva & Tashkent.
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.
Later afternoon transfer to the airport at Urgench for evening flight to Tashkent.
On arrival transfer to the hotel.
Overnight.

Day 08: Tashkent departure.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to airport for your departure flight.
Khayir Sogh Buling – Uzbek traditional farewell and good wishes.