Splendour 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.

• After breakfast check out from the hotel for the flight HY 1051 Tashkent-Urgench at 07.00. • Arrive Urgench and transfer to Khiva 30 km, an ancient capital of Khorezm, (Khwarazma -“The Land of the Sun”). • Check in to hotel (due to availability) and start your tour by a walk into the splendid historical part of Khiva – Ichan-Kala fort (IVc b.c-XXc). • 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). • Enjoy your free time to take a walk through the old streets of Ichan-Kala and city walls.

• Breakfast and start the drive to Bukhara through the Kyzyl-Kum desert, the second largest desert in Central Asia after Kara-Kum. • On the way stop to enjoy a panoramic view over The Amu-Darya River, the largest river in Central Asia. • Arrive to Bukhara, check in to hotel.

• City tour in Bukhara, the old center of Tajik culture, where locals still speak Tajik language the dialect of Farsi. • Explore one of the gems of Islamic architecture, the center of Mediaeval Islamic Education. Visit: The Ark Citadel (IVc b.c-XVIIc a.d), Bolo-Khauz Mosque (XVIIc), Samanid 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).

• Spend another day in this marvelous city of the Silk Road. • Explore outskirts of Bukhara, spiritual site of Bakhautdin Nakshband, once and a home for dervishes. • Continue to Summer Palace of the last rulers of Bukhara - Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa, a gem of Russian – local architecture. • Return back to the city and enjoy some free time at bazaars of the Bukhara and feel the spirit of The Silk Road. • Overnight at hotel.

• After breakfast check-out from the hotel and drive to Shakhrisabz (110km), the birthplace of Tamerlane, through pasturelands of Hissar Range of Pamir Mountains. • Arrive to Shakhrisabz and start city tour by visiting the magnificent architectural monuments of Timurids period: the ruins of Ak-Saray palace of Tamerlane (XVc), Dorus-Saodat complex (XIVc), Dorut-Tilovat (XIVc), Chorsu trade dome (XVIc). • Depart Shakhrisabz to Samarkand (320km) through the parts of Hungry Steppe. • Arrive to Bukhara check-in to hotel.

• After breakfast city tour in Samarkand, the former capital of the Great Empire of Tamerlane: Gur-Emir mausoleum (XVc), Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek’s Madrasah (XVc), Shir-Dor Madrasah (XVIIc) and Tilla – Kori Madrasah (XVIIc), visit the Museum of Ulugbek’s observatory with the original part of main instrument sextant (XVc), Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis (XI-XIVcc), and last Bibi-Khanum Mosque(XVc) and Siab bazaar,.

• After breakfast, check-out from the hotel and drive towards the capital Tashkent through countryside, crossing The Sir-Darya River on the way, passing the parts of Pamir Mountains. • Arrive to Tashkent and check in to hotel. • After a short refreshment city tour in Tashkent. • Visit the old city with Khazrat Imam Complex, Independence Square, Amir Temur Square, and Monument of Courage.

• After breakfast check out from the hotel for the international flight to the next destination.