Off the beaten track travel to Uzbekistan 7 days | 6 nights

Day 1 Homeland –Tashkent

Flight from homeland to Tashkent. Our team will welcome you at Tashkent International Airport. Transfer to hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you will have a city tour or free time.Check in time 14:00

Overnight at hotel.

Day 2 From Tashkent to Bukhara

Early breakfast at hotel. Transfer to the Railway station to take fast speed train “Afrosiab” to Bukhara. Departure at 07h28, arrival at 11h19. Transfer to hotel to leave the luggage (check-in at 14:00). Meet your guide

Sightseeing tour in Bukhara and visits to:

-Architectural complex Poi-Kalyan (means «Foot of the Great»), situated at the foot of the minaret Kalyan.
-The madrasa of Ulug Beg and Abdulaziz Khan.
—Tim Abdullah Khan – a covered bazaar built in 1577.
— Magok-i Attari Mosque (today, Museum of Carpets) is one of the oldest architectural monuments.
-The architectural ensemble Laybi-Hauz (means «the shore of reservoir») consists of three monumental buildings.
—Ark-Citadel –a residence of Bukhara khans, a massive fortress, built and occupied around the 5th century AD.
-Bolo-Hauz Mosque, built in the 17th century, was a place of prayer for the Emirs and their entourage.
-The mausoleum of Ismail Samani, one of the most ancient monuments in the city.
-The mausoleum Chashma Ayub, or «Source of Job».

Overnight at hotel.

Day 3 Bukhara –Nurata – Yangui Gazgan (Yurt camping)

Breakfast at hotel.

In the morning drive to the Nurata direction. On the way make a stop en-route in Guijduvan, a small village 40 km far from the Bukhara. Guijduvan ceramic workshop is known throughout the country and is protected by UNESCO. Alisher Narzullaev will demonstrate with a great pleasure our National ceramics which are very interesting.

Further, make another stop in the naval region, to visit ancient caravanserai Rabat-i-Malik (XI c) and medieval water keeper Sardoba (XV c). After arriving, visit local house for a lunch.
Afternoon- visit the ruins an ancient Citadel of Alexander the Great and finally arrive to a camping yurt. Accommodation in yurt camping, riding Camels and dinner in a desert around the fire.

Overnight in yurts.

Day 4 Yangui Gazgan –Asraf village

Breakfast at camp.

Transfer to Asraf village. In the village you will be a guest in one of Uzbek local family. Authentic meetings and various exchanges between the visitors and local residents are the best ways of cross-cultural understanding; as well, participation to various kinds of activities leads to familiarization with lifestyle of local people.

Upon arrival, transfer to local guesthouse in Asraf village.

The guesthouse owner will show you their facilities. The guesthouse has a very nice garden, where you can spend some time to relax. Lunch at guesthouse.

In the afternoon excursion to next village named Eski Forish. On the way explore ancient petroglyphs on stones. Visit historic look-out point in Eski Forish, which was used to observe the Kyzylkum plains in order to avoid sudden attacks of enemies.

Return to Asraf and have a rest.
(Free of charge traditional music performance is organized for the groups of above 10 people).

Dinner and overnight at guesthouse.

Day 5 Asraf village –Samarkand

Breakfast with local family.

After breakfast start guided hike up from the guesthouse to the mountains. Particularly in spring, you can see the diverse flora and fauna of the region and admire lush green landscape. You have a great view of Lake Aydar and the vast plains of the Kyzyl-kum steppe.

You can have a walk around the village to see the daily livelihood activities of the rural people or have a rest and relax on one of the tapchans (comfortable tea beds) or on a supa (traditional loom built tea bed) in the garden. The guesthouse has a big lush green garden with a brook passing under one of the tapchans, which makes it pleasant during hot summer days.

Return to guesthouse and have lunch.

In the afternoon transfer to Samarkand. Arrive by the evening and check-in to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 6 Samarkand –Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel . Meet your guide

Sightseeing & visit to:  The Registan Square (“Sandy Place”), the ensemble of three madrasahs (the Ulughbek Madrasah (1417-1420), the Sher Dor Madrasah (1619-1636) and the Tillya Kori Madrasah (1646-1660) is a unique example of town-building art, a remarkable pattern of the architectural planning of the main town square; The Gur-Amir Mausoleum –a world known masterpiece of Central Asian architecture, the family crypt of the great dynasty of Tamerlane, with a fine ribbed dome and decorated with paper-maché inside. the Shakhi-Zinda Ensemble with more than 20 buildings, built from early XI up to XIV cc. Each mausoleum has its own style of decoration and great fantasy of skillful artisans; The Pearl of Samarkand – Bibi Khanum Mosque. Constructed in 1399 by the best architects and artisans of Khorossan, Azerbaijan, Persia and India, the mosque was compared on the beauty and shining with the Milky Way; the Siyab Bazaar, the most ancient and biggest in Samarkand. At 17h00 transfer to railway station and take fast speed train to Tashkent. Arrival in Tashkent at 20h10, transfer and check-in to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 7 Tashkent –Departure

Breakfast at hotel, departure to airport for taking flights. Flight at ___.

Have a safe flight!

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NOTE: Silk Road Destinations reserves the right to make changes to the exact order of visits and activities (museums and sites), if it is deemed necessary (because of bad weather, unforeseen circumstances or all others, which are beyond our control), but they always take place during the tour.