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Day 1 Tashkent (B/D)
Arrive to Tashkent early in the morning, meet in airport and transfer to hotel.

Afternoon begin guided tour Tashkent visits (old part); Hast Imam Square, Kaffal Sashi Mausoleum, Barak-Khan Madrassah where the world’s oldest the Uthman Qur’an is kept, Juma Mosque, Tillya Sheikh Mosque Kukeldash Madrassah with Chorsu bazaar. Dinner in local restaurant.

Gloria Hotel Tashkent

Day 2 Tashkent – Samarkand (B/D)
Morning transfer to train station for depart by fast train “Afrasiab” (2nd Class) to Samarkand.

On arrival to Samarkand,  transfer to hotel, check-in. After short rest begins guided tour Samarkand visits; Ensemble of Registan: (Ulugbek, Sher Dor and Tillya Kari Madrasah’s) and Gur-Emir Mausoleum (graves of Tamerlane and his descendants). Dinner in local restaurant.

Grand Hotel Samarkand Superior

Day 3 Samarkand (B/D)
Half day guided tour Samarkand visits Bibi-Khonym Mosque with Siab bazaar, Shakh-i-Zinda Ensemble, Khazrat-Khizr Mosque, Aancient settlement Afrosiab with Museum, Mausoleum of Khodja Doniyor (Prophet Daniel) and observatory and memorial museum of Ulugbek. Dinner in local house.

Day 4 Samarkand – Bukhara (B/D)
Drive to Bukhara once was former capital of the powerful Emirate of Bukhara with more than 140 architectural monuments, is a “town museum” dating back to the Middle Ages- 2300 year old. City was once a big commercial centre of the Great Silk Road, en route visit Gijduvan ceramic centre.
Arrive in Bukhara and check-in to hotel. Dinner in Lyabi Hauz restaurant.

Asia Hotel

Day 5 Bukhara (B/D)
Full day guided tour Bukhara visits remaining of city wall and gate of Bukhara, Samonid’s Mausoleum, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, Kosh Madrasah Ensemble (Abdullakhan Madrasah & Modarikhan Madrasah), Bolo Khauz Mosque, Ark citadel & Zindan (ancient prison), Khodja Zaynuddin Complex, Poi Kalyan Complex: (Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque & Miri Arab Madrasah), Trading Dome: (Toki Zargaron, Тoki Telpak Furushon & Toki Sarrafon), Ulugbek Madrasah, Abdullazizkhan Madrasah, Khodja Gaukushan Ensemble, Magoki Attoron Mosque, Architectural ensemble Lyabi Hauz (Kukeldash Madrasah, Khanaka and Nodir Devan-Begi Madrasah) and Synagogue. In the evening visit a local family to experience Uzbek lifestyle and hospitality; and participate in a master class of making plov – our national dish from rice.

Day 6 Bukhara – Khiva (B/D + folk show)
Morning visit Summer Palace (residence) of last Bukharan Emirs Sitora-i-Mokhi Khosa and then drive between the Kara-Kum (black sands) and the Kyzyl-Kum (red sands) deserts to Khiva, en route stop to see the Amudarya River, known to many western explorers as the Oxus. Arrive in Khiva & check-in to the hotel. Dinner in “Toza Bog Palace’’ with folk show (summer residence of Mohammed Rakhim Khan II).

Malika Khevak Hotel

Day 7 Khiva – Urgench – Tashkent (B/D)
Full day guided tour Khiva visits Monument of Al Khorezmiy, Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah & Kalta Minor, Palace Complex Kuhna Ark: (Korinishona, Winter & Summer Mosque and Ak-shikh-bobo), Muhammad Rakhimkhan Madrasah, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Shergazi Khan Madrasah, Minaret and Madrasah of Islam-Khodja, Djuma Mosque, Ota Darvaza “Father Gate”, Ak Mosque, Anushakhan bath-houses, Palvan Darvaza ‘’Warriors Gate’’, Alakulihan Madrasah, Qutlugh Murad Inaq Madrasah, Caravansary Tim Allah Kuli Khan with bazaar and Tash Khauli Complex. Complete visit transfer to Urgench airport for flight to Tashkent (flight HY 1058 dep at 21:00 arr at 23:15), on arrival transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 8 Tashkent (B)
Transfer to the airport and back flight to home.