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- Follow the Silk Road for an incredible tour in Uzbekistan, beginning with Tashkent and its beautiful mosaic-adorned architecture which extends even to the metro stations!
- Dine on the terrace in Bukhara and admire the panoramic view of the old city.
- Visit the oldest factory producing tissue paper made from mulberry bark in Samarkand, in the heart of the Silk Road.
- Stay in comfortable Double (Twin) rooms throughout your stay, in a selection of 3* or 4* hotels, all with a complimentary breakfast!
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Carefully selected by our experts especially for you
Your Itinerary In Brief —
Follow the same paths as the traders, pilgrims, refugees and diplomats who travelled the routes of the infamous Silk Road. Explore awe-inspiring architecture, desert citadels, mosaic-covered medressas and busy market bazaars.
Discover the wonders of Uzbekistan through a 5 nights/ 7 days or 7 nights/ 9 days tour from Tashkent. Visit the cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, as well as the beautiful Khiva, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, if you choose the 7-night tour.
Explore Uzbekistan with the help of local English-speaking guides on the appointed days on your itinerary, or choose to be accompanied by a guide throughout your stay for an even more enriching experience.
Our offers
5-night/ 7-day tour in 3* and 4* hotels
7-night/ 9-day tour in 4* hotels only
Your itinerary:
Tour in 5 nights/ 7 days
Day 1 : UK – Tashkent (flight)
Day 2 : Tashkent
Day 3 : Tashkent – Bukhara (train)
Day 4 : Bukhara – Samarkand (train)
Day 5 : Samarkand
Day 6 : Samarkand
Day 7 : Samarkand – UK (flight)
Tour in 7 nights /9 days
Day 1 : UK – Tashkent (vol)
Day 2 : Tashkent
Day 3 : Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva (flight)
Day 4 : Khiva – Bukhara
Day 5 : Bukhara
Day 6 : Bukhara – Samarkand (train)
Day 7 : Samarkand
Day 8 : Samarkand –Tashkent (train)
Day 9 : Tashkent – UK (flight)
Your Itinerary In Detail —
Five Night / Seven Day Tour
Day 1: UK - Tashkent (flight)
Flight to Tashkent on regular Turkish Airlines flights. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 2: Tashkent
Theme of the day: a city of contrasts where modern and traditional cultures combine.
Arrive at Tashkent airport where you’ll be welcomed by your transfer driver. Drop off at the hotel and breakfast in the hotel restaurant. The rooms are available from 2pm.
Meet your local guide at the hotel at 10 am. First up on the agenda is exploring the Uzbek capital, starting with Khast-i-Imam, the religious centre of Tashkent. The sightseeing tour includes:
The madrasa and BarakKhan mausoleum
The al-Kaffal Shashi mausoleum
Friday mosque and Moyie Mubarek madrasa, which houses the Ousman Koran,
Museum of Applied Arts
Stop for a lunch break and sample some local cuisine.
In the afternoon, head to the very beautiful Koukeldach medersa, and the Independence Square and War Memorial. Art lovers will appreciate the Alisher Navoy Opera and Ballet Theatre, and guests are encouraged to head to Tchorsu Bazaar, the largest market in Uzbekistan for a chance to shop.
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to visit the splendid Tashkent metro. While it may seem like an odd choice for tourists, the metro was the first of its kind in Central Asia and boasts magnificent mosaics in glass and ceramic.
Finish off the tour and head for dinner and rest up in the hotel.
Day 3: Tashkent - Bukhara (train)
Theme of the day: The city, a masterpiece of Muslim architecture
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. At 06:00 am, take a transfer to Tashkent station and at 07:28 am, leave by train to Bukhara. Arrive in Bukhara, where you’ll be welcomed by the driver, and transferred to the hotel to drop off your luggage.
Discover the old city of Bukhara, the most secret of the caravan cities with its narrow streets and monuments that visitors find simply irresistible.
Greet your local guide at the hotel at 11 am. You’ll have a full day dedicated to visiting the old city of Bukhara including:
- the Po-i -Kalyan set,
- domes of money changers and hatters domes, jewellers domes
- Ouloug-Beg and Abdoulaziz Khan madrasah,
- Tim Abdhoulla Khan, with its covered market,
- Magok-i -Attari Mosque, one of the oldest in the city, built on the site of an ancient Zoroastrian temple
Lunch break. In the afternoon, continue visits to:
- the entire Liabi-Khaouz which includes the Koukeldash madrasah, the khanagha and the Nodir-Devon Begui caravanserai
- the Medersa Tchor Minor, or "four minarets", hidden in the alleys of the old quarters of the city
Return to the hotel. Dinner time. Accommodation at the hotel.
Guests might enjoy an evening visit to Poi-Kalyan square to marvel at the view from the high minaret out to the madrasa and the mosque.
Day 4: Bukhara - Samarkand (1h30m train ride)
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am.
Wander round the Jewish Quarter where ancient houses have been transformed into restaurants, allowing you to see the interiors with traces of what they might once have resembled. The synagogue is delightful in itself, and well worth a visit.
Continue to visit monuments outside of Bukhara including:
- Ark Citadel, fortress of sovereigns
- Bolo-Khaouz mosque with its twenty pillars
- The mausoleum of Ismail Samani, one of the oldest monuments in the city
- Tchachma Ayyub mausoleum.
Lunch break. In the afternoon, at 2:30 p.m, take your transfer to Bukhara station and at 3:50 p.m, leave for Samarkand. At 5:20 pm, arrive in Samarkand, and settle into your hotel room before dinner and a good night’s sleep.
Day 5: Samarkand
Theme of the day: Grand monuments and historical icons
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am, for a full day dedicated to exploring the city.
The sightseeing tour will include:
- Reghistan Square, with its three unique medersas: Tilia-Kari, Shirdor, Oulough Beg,
- Visit to the Gour Emir mausoleum.
Lunch break. In the afternoon, explore:
- the Ouloug Beg observatory, the first observatory in the East
- Afrosiab Museum
Guests will also visit the original tissue paper workshop where the workers still produce tissue paper from mulberry bark. You’ll have the opportunity to have a go yourself, and even learn about marbling paper. For an unusual gift, send a tissue paper letter to friends as a token of your trip.
Day 6: Samarkand
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am. Continue your discoveries of Samarkand with:
- Shakh-i -Zinda necropolis, a real architectural pearl in Samarkand
- Bibi Khanoum mosque, the largest mosque in Central Asia
- the heady yet picturesque Siab bazaar
Lunchtime. In the afternoon, take your time to see the rest of your city at your own pace, and fill up your camera roll with fabulous holiday photos.
Day 7: Samarkand - UK (flight)
Breakfast. Transfer to Samarkand airport (2 hours in advance), for your flight with Turkish Airlines.
Seven Night / Nine Day Tour
Day 1: UK - Tashkent (flight)
Flight to Tashkent on regular Turkish Airlines flights. Dinner and overnight on board.
Day 2: Tashkent
Theme of the day: a city of contrasts where modern and traditional cultures combine.
Arrive at Tashkent airport where you’ll be welcomed by your transfer driver. Drop off at the hotel and breakfast in the hotel restaurant. The rooms are available from 2pm.
Meet your local guide at the hotel at 10 am. First up on the agenda is exploring the Uzbek capital, starting with Khast-i-Imam, the religious centre of Tashkent. The sightseeing tour includes:
The madrasa and BarakKhan mausoleum
The al-Kaffal Shashi mausoleum
Friday mosque and Moyie Mubarek madrasa, which houses the Ousman Koran,
Museum of Applied Arts
Stop for a lunch break and sample some local cuisine.
In the afternoon, head to the very beautiful Koukeldach medersa, and the Independence Square and War Memorial. Art lovers will appreciate the Alisher Navoy Opera and Ballet Theatre, and guests are encouraged to head to Tchorsu Bazaar, the largest market in Uzbekistan for a chance to shop.
Don’t miss out on an opportunity to visit the splendid Tashkent metro. While it may seem like an odd choice for tourists, the metro was the first of its kind in Central Asia and boasts magnificent mosaics in glass and ceramic.
Finish off the tour and head for dinner and rest up in the hotel.
Day 3: Tashkent - Urgench - Khiva (flight)
Theme of the day: travel back in time, behind the fortress walls, and watch fabulous sunsets.
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Take your transfer to Tashkent airport, for a 07:25 am flight to Urgench. Arrive at 08:55 am in Urgench and transfer to the hotel in Khiva to drop off your luggage. The rooms are available from 2 p.m.
Meet the local guide at the hotel at 10 am, and get ready to explore the city of Khiva, or Itchan-Kala. The visit will include:
- Moukhammad Amin Khan madrasah
- Kalta minaret
- Koukhna Ark fortress which brings together the Juma mosque, the Throne Room and the Chancellery
- madrasah Mohammed Rakhim (the khan poet, known by the pseudonym Ferouz)
During your lunch break, taste Khiva’s speciality, shivitoshi. The dish is composed of a local pasta with a green hue, combined with beef stewand a side of tangy yoghurt. In the afternoon, continue your visit of Khiva with:
- Tach Khaouli, or of the “Pierre Palace” and its harem,
- Madrasah and the Allakouli Khan caravanserai,
- Friday mosque with its 218 sculpted wooden columns
- Islam Khodja madrasah and its highest minaret in the city
- Pakhlavon Makhmoud mausoleum,
- Sayid Alaouddin mausoleum.
Return to the hotel for time to rest after a day’s sight-seeing.. Dinner time. Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 4: Khiva - Bukhara (450 km, 8-9h drive)
Theme of the day: Route of the great desert caravans
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Early in the morning, admire the sunrise above the ancient citadel Ichan-Kala, over the fortress walls, illuminating the ancient city with a golden glow. Drive to Bukhara, passing the red sands of the Kizil-Koum desert. On the road, stop near the rice field for a chance to glimpse traditional agriculture.
Continue on your path, looking out for herds of local astrakhan sheep, before coming to the majestic Amu-Darya river.
Lunch break. In the afternoon, continue driving to Bukhara. Arrival at the end of the afternoon, with enough time for guests to settle in, have dinner and stroll around the old town of Bukhara.
Day 5: Bukhara
Theme of the day: The city, a masterpiece of Muslim architecture
Discover the old city of Bukhara, the most secret of the caravan cities with its narrow streets and monuments that visitors find simply irresistible.
Greet your local guide at the hotel at 9 am. You’ll have a full day dedicated to visiting the old city of Bukhara including:
- the Po-i -Kalyan set,
- domes of money changers and hatters domes, jewellers domes
- Ouloug-Beg and Abdoulaziz Khan madrasah,
- Tim Abdhoulla Khan, with its covered market,
- Magok-i -Attari Mosque, one of the oldest in the city, built on the site of an ancient Zoroastrian temple
Lunch break. In the afternoon, continue visits to:
- the entire Liabi-Khaouz which includes the Koukeldash madrasah, the khanagha and the Nodir-Devon Begui caravanserai
- the Medersa Tchor Minor, or "four minarets", hidden in the alleys of the old quarters of the city
Return to the hotel. Dinner time. Accommodation at the hotel.
Guests might enjoy an evening visit to Poi-Kalyan square to marvel at the view from the high minaret out to the madrasa and the mosque.
Day 6: Bukhara - Samarkand (1h30m train ride)
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am.
Wander round the Jewish Quarter where ancient houses have been transformed into restaurants, allowing you to see the interiors with traces of what they might once have resembled. The synagogue is delightful in itself, and well worth a visit.
Continue to visit monuments outside of Bukhara including:
- Ark Citadel, fortress of sovereigns
- Bolo-Khaouz mosque with its twenty pillars
- The mausoleum of Ismail Samani, one of the oldest monuments in the city
- Tchachma Ayyub mausoleum.
Lunch break. In the afternoon, at 2:30 p.m, take your transfer to Bukhara station and at 3:50 p.m, leave for Samarkand. At 5:20 pm, arrive in Samarkand, and settle into your hotel room before dinner and a good night’s sleep.
Day 7: Samarkand
Theme of the day: Grand monuments and historical icons
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am, for a full day dedicated to exploring the city.
The sightseeing tour will include:
- Reghistan Square, with its three unique medersas: Tilia-Kari, Shirdor, Oulough Beg,
- Visit to the Gour Emir mausoleum.
Lunch break. In the afternoon, explore:
- the Ouloug Beg observatory, the first observatory in the East
- Afrosiab Museum
Guests will also visit the original tissue paper workshop where the workers still produce tissue paper from mulberry bark. You’ll have the opportunity to have a go yourself, and even learn about marbling paper. For an unusual gift, send a tissue paper letter to friends as a token of your trip.
Day 8: Samarkand
Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Meet the local guide at the hotel at 9 am. Continue your discoveries of Samarkand with:
- Shakh-i -Zinda necropolis, a real architectural pearl in Samarkand
- Bibi Khanoum mosque, the largest mosque in Central Asia
- the heady yet picturesque Siab bazaar
Lunchtime. In the afternoon, take your time to see the rest of your city at your own pace, and fill up your camera roll with fabulous holiday photos.
At 4:30 p.m. transfer to the station for a 17:30 train to Tashkent. Arrival in Tashkent.
Dinner time. Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 9: Samarkand - UK (flight)
Breakfast. Transfer to Samarkand airport (2 hours in advance), for your flight with Turkish Airlines.
Your Hotels —
Just for you:
- Local English-speaking guides
- Museum entry
- Mineral water in bus
- Sanitation pack (medical mask, gloves, antiseptic solution and wipes)
- Onsite assistance available 24/7
HAND-PICKED JUST FOR YOU
This offer is based on a Double Room (or similar) in carefully selected hotels.
Your hotels for tour of 5 nights/ 7 days :
In 3* and 4* category
- Tashkent (1 night) : Ichan Kala 4* or Ramada 4* or Royal Mezbon 4* or similar
- Bukhara (1 night) : Fatima 3* or Komil 3* or Basilic 3* or Volida 3* or similar
- Samarkand (3 nights) : Grand Samarkand 4* or Alexandre 4* or Emirkhan 4* or similar
In 4* category only
- Tashkent (1 night) : Ichan Kala 4* or Ramada 4* or Royal Mezbon 4* or similar
- Bukhara (1 night) : Hotel Malika 4* or Emir Garden’s 4* or Turon 4* or Asia Bukhara 4* or similar
- Samarkand (3 nights) : Grand Samarkand 4* or Alexandre 4* or Emirkhan 4* or similar
Your hotels for tour of 7 nights/ 9 days :
In 3* and 4* category
- Tashkent (1 night) : Ichan Kala 4* or Ramada 4* or Royal Mezbon 4* or similar
- Khiva (1 night) : Htl New Star Khiva 3* or Euro Asia 3* or Orient Star Khiva 3* or Zarafshan 3* or similair
- Bukhara (1 night) : Fatima 3* or Komil 3* or Basilic 3* or Volida 3* or similar
- Samarkand (3 nights) : Grand Samarkand 4* or Alexandre 4* or Emirkhan 4* or similar
In 4* category only
- Tashkent (1 night) : Ichan Kala 4* or Ramada 4* or Royal Mezbon 4* or similar
- Khiva (1 night) : Erkin Palace 4* or Zarafshan 4* or similar
- Boukhara (1 night) : Htl Malika 4* or Emir Garden’s 4* or Turon 4* r Asia Bukhara 4* or similar
- Samarkand (3 nights) : Grand Samarkand 4* or Alexandre 4* ou Emirkhan 4* or similar
Your Board Basis
This offer is based on a Bed and Breakfast stay.
For an even more relaxing stay, choose to upgrade to Full Board dining (Breakfast, lunch and evening meal served in the main restaurant - excludes drinks) at the next stage of the booking process for an additional fee.
Your Optional Extras —
English-speaking Guide During Entire Stay
For an even more enriching break, choose to be accompanied by an English-speaking guide throughout the whole of your stay, in addition to the appointed days. Upgrade at the next stage of the booking process for an additional fee.
Your Journey —
Flights:
You may choose from Economy, Premium or Business class flights on sectors that they operate, at the next stage of the booking process. The flights included are with either a scheduled or no-frills airline and are subject to live availability and prices can change. You can choose your preferred departure times during the booking process. Please select your flight options carefully as departure and arrival airports may differ.
Transfers:
Return transfers are included for flight-inclusive offers. For inbound transfer arrangements please confirm with your transfer provider when you arrive. Alternatively, please check with the reception of your accommodation. If you still require assistance, please call the transfer provider directly.
Your Destinations —
Tashkent
Tashkent is the hub of Central Asia’s hub where everything in Uzbekistan happens. An impressive cultural mix of modern capital, leafy Soviet city, and quiet Uzbek town, it’s a fascinating jumble of contradictions. Spot traditionally clad farmers cart their foods through a maze of houses to the bazaar.
Tashkent boasts excellent museums, including the Museum of Applied Arts, and a great dining scene. Those eager to escape the metropolis can head out to explore Ugam-Chatkal National Park, a one and a half hour drive away, for hiking, rafting and skiing in stunning surroundings.
Bukhara
Central Asia’s holiest city, Bukhara (Buxoro) has buildings spanning a thousand years of history, and an old centre that hasn’t changed much in two centuries. It is one of the best places in Central Asia for a glimpse of pre-Russian Turkestan.
Most of the centre is an architectural preserve, full of medressas and minarets, a massive royal fortress and the remnants of a once-vast market complex. The city’s accommodation options are by far the best and most atmospheric in the country.
Samarkand
No name is as evocative of the Silk Road as Samarkand (Samarqand). On the ground the sublime, larger-than-life monuments of Timur (Tamerlane) and the city’s long, rich history are enchanting. You can visit most of Samarkand’s high-profile attractions in two or three days. The Registan, Gur-e-Amir, Bibi-Khanym Mosque and Shah-i-Zinda are undoubtedly some of the finest attractions.
Samarkand is a modern city, that still retains its old town and plenty of grandeur to ensure it’s a breathtaking place to visit.
