Adventure tour through Uzbekistan for 10 days, visit famous cities and get quantitated with its ancient architecture and unique cultural heritage. Cities overflowing with turquoise mosques, mausoleums and madrassas. 10 days Tours begs and ends in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. In this trip you will cross the whole Uzbekistan, and follow the footsteps of traders, pilgrims and other historical noblemen as notable personalities like Alexander The Great and Tamerlane himself. You take a walk in an ancient streets of Bukhara, touch blue-tiled buildings, see the disappearing Aral sea, and try national food in a yurt and spend an evening in the desert around the ancient ruins of Fords.
Depart time: 08:45 am from Delhi
Arrival time: 13:00 pm to Tashkent on 11th of November
Transfer to the hotel to take a rest for 2-3 hour
In evening we invite you to have national dinner at one of the most famous restaurants in Tashkent - Karavan restaurant.
Night in Tashkent hotel
Sightseeing program around the center of Tashkent.
After lunch in Choy-khona (local teahouse) we will visit :
Night in Tashkent hotel.
Duration of tour : 4-5 hours
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09:00 Breakfast. Check out of the hotel
10:00 Transfer to Fergana , through the Kamchik mountain.
On our way we visit Kokand city, excursion in palaces of Kokand Khan, further Rishtan city which is famous with its ceramic , we go to the one workshop to see the whole process of producing ceramics.
18:00 Arriving to Fergana , accommodation and leisure at hotel.
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Overnight at Fergana hotel.
In morning drive to Margilan to see the famous workshops of adras fabric (Ikat) And hand made carpets. Visit Edgorlik factory of silk hand made fabric.
In Andijan we will visit house-museum of Babur - the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, the great grandson of Amir Timur - following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor.
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Drive back to Tashkent
Overnight in Tahskent
07:00 Transfer to the train station
Depart from Tashkent at 08:00 by fast train "Afrosiyab'?
Arrival to Samarkand at 10:10, and transfer to the hotel.
Check-in to the hotel.
A full day guided sightseeing tour around Samarkand.
We shall start our tour from visiting the most famous site of Uzbekistan - Registan square, which was the center of Samarkand during centuries.
Registan Square is a complex of three monuments: Ulugbek Madrassah (15 th century), Sher-Dor Madrassah (17 century) and Tilla-Kari Madrassah (17 century).
There is another symbol of Samarkand- Gur-Emir Mausoleum ("the grave of Emir'?).
The construction of the mausoleum, which was started in 1403, was concerned with the sudden death of Muhammad Sultan, the direct heir and beloved grandson of Tamerlane. In 1405 Timur died in Otrar city and his sons decided to move his body and bury him near his favorite grandson. From that time this mausoleum became the burial-vault of Timurids dynasty.
We will visit Bibi Khanym mosque (the 15th century) it was the biggest mosque in CA, Syob bazaar and Shahi Zinda necropolis of Temurids dynasty ( the 12th - 15th century) where Khusama Ibin Abas was buried, the cousin of Muhammad the Prophet.
Meal
Duration of tour: 6 hours
Dinner in famous Samarkand restaurant “Samarkand” with show program , life music and local dance performance.
Night In Samarkand Hotel
After breakfast we will continue excursion by visiting :
Duration of tour: 3 - 4 hours
Additional Activities in Samarkand on request :
Meal
Night in Samarkand hotel
09:00 Departure from Samarkand to Bukhara, the transfer will be arranged by land. 300 km. 4,5 hours of driving
Stop at village on the way , to see the life of rural people.
Lunch on the way , shihs-kabab at Gijduvan city and visit ceramic workshop On the way we will stop at little village of Afshona - the birthplace of Abu Ali Ibn Sino (Avicenna). His main interests were medicine, philosophy and logic, science, astronomy and astrology, chemistry, aromatherapy, poetry and so on. He authored five-volume medical encyclopedia: The Canon of Medicine, which was used as a standard medical textbook in the Islamic and European world up to 18th century. His museum is located in the village of Afshona
14:30 Arriving to Bukhara, Check in hotel.
Lunch in local Choi-khana
Sightseeing program :
Duration of tour: 6 hours ( 10km)
Additional Activities in Bukhara :
Meal
Night in Bukhara hotel.
After breakfast guided sightseeing program in suburb of Bukhara city.
13:00 Lunch in local teahouse, the famous Lagman in Bukhara.
After lunch you have a free time and walk in old Bukhara bazaar.
Duration of tour: 4 hours (30 km. by car)
Additional Activities :
Night in Bukhara hotel
Khiva's old city, known as Ichan Kala, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visit carpet workshop.
Guided sightseeing program in Khiva:
You will see palaces with the rich mosaic, unique beautiful minarets, madrassas and mosques such as:
Lunch in chaikhana.
Visit woodcarving and carpet workshop.
Continuation of sightseeing program :
Duration of tour: 4 hours
Dinner at restaurant in Khiva and Folk Show.
Night in Khiva Hotel
Breakfast in the hotel or lunch boxes in the road.
Departure from Khiva to the Muinaq. The duration of the trip hours.
The road runs through the fortress Gyaur Kala, Mizdakhan necropolis (XIV century.) and further to the "graveyard of ships". We will make a stop on our way - settlement Uchsay previously - the port of the Aral Sea.
The exhibits of the local museum will tell us about the former glory of years past. Then the city of Muinaq. This town was once a thriving center for fishing craft. But after the environmental disaster of the Aral Sea, this city with a population of several thousand inhabitants poorer and virtually deserted.
Meal
Lunch Outdoors In Muinaq.
We will visit Museum of Forbidden Art in Nukus, which holds the largest collection (90 pcs) of forbidden in Soviet Union Avant garde art objects.
Nukus Tashkent
15:45 Departure from Nukus (Flight duration 2 h 15 min)
18:00 Arrival in Tashkent
Tashkent Delhi
23:15 pm Departure from Tashkent (flight 3 hours)
22 Nov 02:45 am Arrival in Delhi
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