Splendours of Uzbekistan
Duration 7 days. April – October
Itinerary
Day-01: Arrive Tashkent
Arrive Tashkent, welcome reception in the capital city of Uzbekistan earlier called Binket in the 8-9th century and was renamed Tashkent in the 11th century. O/N Htl.
Day-02: Tashkent/Samarkand
AM visit applied art museum with its interesting displays of traditional Uzbek crafts as well as fine pieces of modern workmanship, and drive to Samarkand. O/N Htl
Day-03: Samarkand
Full day city sightseeing of the Golden Samarkand (town on the black river). By the 4th century Samarkand was the major urban centre of Sogdiana, famous for its size and general magnificence and located at the very centre of the great silk road, visit the Registan square. Bibi Khanum mosque, Shahizinda, Gori Amir Mausoleum and the Ulugbek Observatory. O/N Htl.
Day-04: Shahrisabz/Bukhara
Drive to Bukhara, via Shahrisabz (green city) - birthplace of Tamerlane, formerly known as Kesh, visit Tamerlane’s ruined summer palace called Ak-Saray which means white palace, symbolizing his noble descent, other antique and fabulous places being Kok-Gumbar mosque & Dorut Tilovat, Doru Saadat Complex.
Day-05: Bukhara
Full day city sight seeing of one of the Central Asia’s oldest city-Bukhara, has more than 2500 years history, the name came from Indian Sanskrit word – Vikhara (monastery), visit Labi Haus, covered bazaars, Kalyan minaret-probably the tallest in Central Asia, from which prisoners were once hurled to their death on market days and was also used as a beacon and watch tower. O/N Htl
Day-06: Urgench
Drive to Urgench, a modern city, amongst the monuments and along the back streets you will have a real taste of this historic city. O/N Htl
Day-07: Khiva
Drive along the Karakum desert to Khiva - the unique museum town, with its mosques, madrassas, minarets and palaces, is another place which offers an enchanting peep into history, visit Ichan-Qala, Kuhna Ark. Evening flight to Tashkent. Fly home.
