Heritage of Uzbekistan

• Arrive to Tashkent International Airport. • After passport and customs controls you will be met by your guide/driver. Tashkent - The Capital of Independent Uzbekistan, the cosmopolitan city in the heart of Central Asia, the crossroad of different cultures. • Depart airport to hotel. Check in, rest. • Dinner and o/n.

• Early breakfast and transfer to the airport for the flight Tashkent-Urgench. • Upon arrival drive to Khiva 30km and start your day by a walk into the splendid historical part of Khiva – Ichan-Kala fort (IVc b.c-XXc). • Your tour includes: Muhammad Aminkhan Madrasah and Kalta Minar (XIXc), Kunya Ark, the Museum of Zindan and Muhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah (XIXc), take a walk to The Mausoleum of local Saint Pakhlavan Makhmud (XIV-XXcc), Shergazi-khan Madrasah (XVIIIc), beautiful Minaret and Madrasah of Islam Khodja (XXc), Juma Mosque (Xc), Allakuli khan Madrasah and Caravan saray(XIXc), Tash-Khauli Palace and Harem (XIXc). • Check in to the hotel and enjoy free time for a walk through old streets of Ichan-Kala and city walls. • Dinner and o/n.

• Breakfast and start the drive to Bukhara through the Kyzyl-Kum desert, the second largest desert in Central Asia. • On the way stop to see The Amu-Darya River, the largest river in Central Asia. Arrive to Bukhara check in to hotel. • Dinner and o/n.

• City tour in Bukhara, the old center of Tajik culture, where locals speak Tajik language the dialect of Farsi. • Explore one of the gems of Islamic architecture, the center of Mediaeval Islamic Education. • Visit: The Ark (IVc b.c-XVIIc a.d), Bolo-Khauz Mosque (XVIIc), Samanid’s Mausoleum (IXc-Xc), Mausoleum of Chashmai-Ayub (XII-XVIcc), city walls (XVIc), Kalon Minaret (XIIc), Miri-Arab Madrasah (XVIc), Kalon Mosque (XVIc). • Visit Madrasah Of Ulugbek (XVc), Madrasah of Abdul-Azizkhan (XVIIc), trade domes from (XVIcc), Magoki-Attor mosque (XIIc), Lyabi-Khauz complex consisting of Nadir-Divan Begi Madrasah (XVIIc) and Khanaka (XVIIc), and the Khauz-water-pond (XVIIc). • Enjoy cultural performance in old madrassah. • Dinner and o/n.

• After breakfast check-out from the hotel and drive to Shakhrisabz. • Upon arrival city tour in Shakhrisabz, second major city of Tamerlane’s Empire. • Visit: Ruins of Ak-Saray Palace, Dorut-Tilovat and Dorus-Saodat Complex. • Continue to Samarkand check-in to hotel and rest. • Dinner and o/n.

• Breakfast and start SSG in the former capital of Tamerlane’s Empire. • City invaded by the horde of Mongols and destroyed to the ground, the Eden of the East; visit Gur-Emir mausoleum (XVc), Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek Madrassah (XVc), Sherdor Madrassah (XVIIc) and Tilla – Kori Madrasah (XVIIc), the Museum of Ulugbek’s observatory with the original part of main instrument sextant (XVc), Museum of Afrosiyab displaying the object from the archeological excavations (Vc b.c-XIIIc a.d), Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis (XI-XIVcc), lunch, and continue SSG by visiting Bibi-Khanum Mosque(XVc) and Siab bazaar. • Dinner and o/n.

• After breakfast, check-out from the hotel and drive to Tashkent, through countryside, crossing The Sir-Darya River on the way, passing the parts of Pamir Mountains. • Arrive to the capital and check in to hotel, short rest. Start SSG in Tashkent; visit the Museum of Applied Arts, Khazrat Imam Complex, Independence Square, and Monument of Courage. • Dinner and o/n.

• After breakfast check out the hotel for International flight back home