Uzbekistan is a great journey!

Let's go to Uzbekistan!

An exciting journey along the trails of the Great Silk Road caravans with a visit to three legendary cities of Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara. We will also devote one day to the Tien Shan Mountains. This is a comfortable week-long journey through the “pearls” of the Silk Road. We move forward, time after time in a new place! We have enough time to see all the most important and interesting sights, man-made and non-man-made masterpieces, visit places of power - and at the same time have fun in the company of like-minded people! All this is accompanied by a professional tour leader and a certified local guide.

What is especially good about this tour:

• A thoughtful route from Tashkent to Bukhara and a huge number of beautiful places and interesting objects with its history and heritage
• Unique tour concept. After studying all the major cities, we will understand how the Silk Road influenced the culture and development of these cities. Exciting excursions to the most unusual places will allow you to feel yourself in a real oriental fairy tale. Feel the spirit of magic!
• Have free time for rest and walks! The tour is built in such a way that, despite the rich program, you have the opportunity to walk comfortably through the eastern bazaars, cozy streets, squares, and plunge into the fairy tale of the East with your head. If you wish, you can visit the hammam. Our guide will offer you the best options for spending free time on the tour.
• A lot of delicious and national food - gastronomic orgasm is guaranteed.
• Comfortable accommodation in 3* hotels and boutique hotels with amenities. Double accommodation.
• It all seems like a wonderful dream... But this is reality, this is our new author’s tour, let’s rest on the full program!

Read the program every day and join the trip!

 

Day tour programme

Day 1. Meeting in Tashkent

The capital of Uzbekistan will greet us warmly and hospitable in the East! Harmonious fusion of Eastern traditions with modern infrastructure will cause us a lot of positive emotions.

Immersed in the oriental fairy tale with a head, you can go to rest in the hotel. After all, an interesting and rich tour of the main cities of the Silk Road is ahead!

Day 2: Chimgan Mountains, Amirsoy, Tashkent Sea.

After breakfast, we head to the Tian Shan Mountains. We will drive about 65 km, visit the highest point of the Chatkal Range of the Western Tien Shan - Mount Big Chimgan (3309 m). On Chimgan there are ski resorts of Uzbekistan. We will visit Meeting in Tashkent, the newest resort with modern and developed infrastructure, opened in 2019. We will climb on the funicular to the observation room and drink delicious raft with waffles on the terrace of a cafe with panoramic views. We will have lunch at the foot with a juicy barbecue, which they can cook only in Uzbekistan. We will visit the Charvak reservoir, so large that locals call the reservoir the Tashkent Sea. With the observation room we will admire the surrounding picturesque nature.

 

Day 3. Tashkent is an old and new city. Moving to Samarkand.

After a dense tasty and national breakfast, we will go to study the mystery of Tashkent monuments, holy places, learn many interesting legends about city sights. A professional guide will take us to the most selected places, and show you Tashkent through the eyes of a local resident.

We will have lunch in an authentic teahouse, where a real wedding pilaf will be prepared for us to order. Then we head to the Old Town, explore the rich history of architectural monuments, mosques and madrassas, and visit the legendary Oriental Bazaar Chorsu, where you can find everything from spices to national clothes and gold jewelry. The evening flight is waiting for us high-speed train Tashkent - Samarkand. 2 hours and we're in Samarkand! Comfortable, isn't it?

After accommodation at the Samarkand hotel, you can walk in the evening before tomorrow's excursion and explore the city.

 

Day 4. Samarkand - the spiritual center of Uzbekistan

Today, as always, we have a traditional Uzbek breakfast and then an interesting city tour. Samarkand is the former capital of Uzbekistan. Here are concentrated spiritual and historical values of world importance. Unique bazaars, handmade products, oriental clothing made of silk, spices, dried fruit, carpet factory and much more!

Samarkand will definitely leave its mark on your memory, we will compare all its charms with Tashkent and other cities!

The excursion program includes a visit to the Shahi Zinda Complex, the Mausoleum of the Prophet Daniel, the Pistachio Tree of Desire, the Gur Emir Mausoleum, Registan Square, the Bibi Khanum Mosque, the Stone Koran, the Ulugbek Madrasah, the Sherdor Madrasah, the Tilla Kori Madrasah, the Al Bukhori complex, the Ulugbek Observatory, the Khoja Abdu Darun Mausoleum, the Ruhabad Mausoleum, the Chupanat Mausoleum.

We will also visit the unique Siab Bazaar, where everyone will find what they will bring home – carpets, silk, ceramics, locally produced products and much more.

Come with half-empty suitcases, because the variety of local products will not leave you indifferent!

 

Day 5. Samarkand - Bukhara

Today we will continue to explore this great city of Uzbekistan - Samarkand! In the morning we will walk to the Bibi Khanum Mosque, then go to the ancient acropolis of Shahi Zinda, and then go to the Afrosiyab Archaeological Museum, where we will study the excavations of one of the oldest cities in the world - Samarkand. After that, we will go to the National Uzbek House, where locals will prepare for us a Samarkand dinner (Samarkand pilaf, wedding shurpa, Chuchvara, samsa, etc.). The hospitable owner of the house will tell you how their life is arranged.

After a delicious dinner, we will head to the holy place – the Tomb of St. Daniel, revered in three religions at once. Pilgrims come here, pray and make a wish at the holy pistachio tree. Everyone will have the opportunity to touch this story.

In the evening we are waiting for the high-speed train Samarkand-Bukhara 1.5 hours on the way.

 

Day 6. Eastern Bukhara

After the Bukhara traditional breakfast, we are waiting for an incredibly informative excursion program in Bukhara! We will visit the Kalon Minaret, the Grand Mosque and Madrasah of Miri-Arab, the Abdulazizkhan Mosque, Kosh Madrasse, the Khoja Zainutdin complex, the Magokki Attari Mosque, and many other holy and historical sites. We will also visit local galleries and historical museums. Let's go to the artisan's shop. We will learn how the ancient inhabitants of Bukhara dressed, how to distinguish a “peasant” from a “noble”, see the life of local residents many hundreds of years ago!

For lovers of hammam there will be an opportunity to get into the ancient eastern Bukhara bath and relax soul and body. Farewell dinner tonight.

 

Day 7. Flying home

In the early morning transfer to the airport of Bukhara (any flight) or to the railway station to return to Tashkent for departure home (after 18.00).

 

We invite you to spend this week in Uzbekistan in our friendly company FestTur and be filled with impressions that will last a lifetime!

• Arrival in Tashkent on November 5 at any time - we will meet you and arrange a transfer to the hotel.
• Departure home November 11 from Bukhara morning flight (or from Tashkent after 18.00, additional payment train 15-20 $).

• Transfer from Tashkent airport on day 1 of the tour, and transfer to Bukhara airport on day 7 of the tour.
• Accommodation in hotel 3* and boutique hotels. Double accommodation.
• All transport support during the tour, fuel, driver.
• All breakfast is on tour.
• All lunches on the tour, including lunch at the Central Asian Pilaf Center.
• Gala dinner last night.
• Follow the route and visit 3 cities, mountains.
• Acquaintance with the life of local residents.
• Showtime
• Tickets for the new high-speed train Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara
• Provide water throughout the tour.
• Entrance tickets to museums and paid locations.
• Accompanying a certified guide and organizer throughout the route

A sea of impressions and emotions!

Not included in the price:

• railway or air tickets
• Souvenirs, meals not according to the program (dinners), personal expenses, additional entertainment.