After breakfast, we will meet at the hotel in Tashkent or other place (depending on the agreement).
Explaining the details of the program with the representative of our company.
Start excursions in Tashkent: Visiting Charsu old bazaar, Religious center of Tashkent – Hazrat Imam Complex, Kaffalyaash – Shashi and Baroqkhon Madrasah, Library of Islamic literature and Applied Arts Museum, where Osman Koran – the oldest manuscript of Koran is preserved.
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch.Visiting Amir Timur Museum and Square. Walking on the Broadway of Tashkent. Independence square and the Monument of Courage – a monument to the victims of the earthquake in 1966, visiting the remains of the ancient settlement of Ming Urik.
17:00 – End of excursions.
Free time.
Night at the hotel in Tashkent.
5:45 – Check out from the hotel in Tashkent.
06:30-07:00 Transfer to the railway station.
07:30 – 11:17 The high-speed train, Afrosiyob leaves from Tashkent at 07:30 and arrives in Bukhara at 11:17. Upon arrival you will be met by our driver and transferred to the hotel. Leave your luggage at the hotel. Check in at noon.
12:30-14:30 Meet with our guide and lunch at national restaurant.
Take a walking sightseeing tour with a guide in historic center of Bukhara which has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Visit Lyabi-Khauz Ensemble, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasah, trade domes, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah, legendary Ark Fortress and Bolo-Khauz Mosque.
Overnight at the hotel in Bukhara.
8:30 – Check out from the hotel in Bukhara.
Visit Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa, the summer residence of Bukhara’s last emir, the unique site combining Oriental and Russian architecture. Continue to the Mausoleum of Bakhouddin Naqshbandi. Return to Bukhara and visit Ismail Samani and Chashma-Ayub mausoleums.
13:00-14:30 Lunch.
14:30-15:20 transfer to the train station. Take Afrosiyob train to Samarkand.
15:52-17:25 The high speed Afrosiyob train to Samarkand from Bukhara (270 km). Upon arrival the driver will transfer you to the hotel in Samarkand.
Overnight at the hotel in Samarkand.
08:30-09:00 Breakfast.
Excursions in Samarkand: Visiting Guri-Emir Mausoleum, burials of the Timurids dynasty, the famous Registan Square – heart of ancient Samarkand, which consists of three majestic structures: Ulugbek Madrasah,Tilla Kori Madrasah and Sherdor Madrasah.
13:00-14:30 Lunch at restaurant.
Continue excursions in Samarkand. Visiting the biggest ancient construction in the region – Bibi-Hanum, Mosque, shopping in the Samarkand Siab Bazaar, unique ensemble of the Shahi Zinda burials of the Timurids dynasty, Ulugbek Observatory – the greatest ancient astronomical observatory of Central Asia.
Night at the hotel in Samarkand.
8:30-9:30 Breakfast
visit Afrasiab Museum and the Tomb of Saint Daniel. Then drive to Konigil village to explore ancient way of making Samarkand old paper from mulberry trees.
13:00-14:30 Lunch at the restaurant.
Continue to the Mausoleum of Muslim scholar Imam al-Bukhari, the author of the collection of Hadis, sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad. Being a pilgrimage place for Muslims, Al-Bukhari complex is also famous for the modern mosque built in 1998.
18:32-20:47 Leaving for Tashkent on high speed “Afrosiyob” train. Arriving to Tashkent. Meeting at the railway station with our guide, transfer to the hotel.
End of the tour
— Full transportation service and all transfers on vehicles with a/c according to the program;
— Roundtrip train tickets Tashkent – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent («Afrosiyab» economy class or the regular trains if high speed train tickets are unavailable or sold out);
— Hotel accommodation in double / twin sharing or single rooms with breakfast;
— Local English/Spanish/Italian/German/French/Russian/Turkish/Chinese or other language speaking guides;
— All entrance fees to the monuments and museums as specified in the program;
— Tourist tax;
— Other services if agreed.
— Full transportation service and all transfers on vehicles with a/c according to the program;
— Roundtrip train tickets Tashkent – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent («Afrosiyab» economy class or the regular trains if high speed train tickets are unavailable or sold out);
— Hotel accommodation in double / twin sharing or single rooms with breakfast;
— Local English/Spanish/Italian/German/French/Russian/Turkish/Chinese or other language speaking guides;
— All entrance fees to the monuments and museums as specified in the program;
— Tourist tax;
— Other services if agreed.