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Samarkand Walking Tour

By Samaria Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is €68 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Overview

On this walking day trip you see the most the city has to offer and explore new areas and hear all about ancient history from your local guide. Go at your own pace on this private tour.
Start your tour with the most photogenic places in Uzbekistan complex of Shah-i-Zinda
Travel back in time in a famous Registan square of Samarkand
Don’t miss a chance to buy the best postcards in Samarkand

Activity location
  • Shah-i-Zinda
    • Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Shah-i-Zinda
    • Shohi Zinda ko'chasi
    • Samarqand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan

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Samarkand Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h
    6h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€68.14 x 1 Adult€68.14
Total
Price is €68.14
Until Tue, 16 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    English speaking tour guide with you for the walking trip
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance tickets to the monuments 20 usd

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • On this tour you visit architectural marvels which have a rich history and important religious sites. It’s recommended to follow a specific dress code when visiting these iconic landmarks. Both men and women should wear clothing that covers their shoulders and knees. Avoid wearing tight, revealing, or transparent clothing. Women should cover their hair with a headscarf or shawl when they enter to holy places.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Shah-i-Zinda
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The complex Shahi Zinda (“alive king” in Uzbek) from XII-XX centuries. Burial place of royal persons and nobles. One of the most spiritual place in Uzbekistan.
Hazrat Khizr Mosque
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Hazrat Hizr Mosque— named in honour of a mythical saint, travellers have a good view of old town from the top. There have been several buildings on this site. It was first a Zoroastrian temple, but was sacked and converted into a mosque soon after the Arab invasion. The present mosque dates from 1854 and has finely painted ceilings and plasterwork. Atop there is mausoleum of the first President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Siab Bazaar
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Local Siab market (“black river” in Uzbek). Travellers can find in this market spices, fresh and dry fruits and different souvenirs
Bibi Khanym Mosque
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
Bibi Hanim mosque XV century. The mosque was built in honour of Temur’s chief wife, Saray Mulk Khanum.
Mausoleum Rukhabad
  • 20m
  • Admission ticket not included
Rukhobod Mausoleum— Samarkand’s oldest surviving monument. Built by Amir Temur in 1380, this simple, cream stone structure marks the burial place of Sheikh Byrhan ad Din Sagarji, a Sufi preacher who spread the message of Islam from Asia to India and was mentioned by the Arabic traveller Ibn Battuta after they met in the 1340s.
Gur Emir Mausoleum
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
Gur-Amir mausoleum (“the tomb of the king” in Uzbek) from XV century.
Registan
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Registan square (“sandy place” in Uzbek) from XV-XVII centuries. A spectacular architectural ensembles, with fantastic Islamic designs and calligraphy etched into the facades of its mosques and madrassahs.

Location

Activity location
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    Shah-i-Zinda
    • Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    Shah-i-Zinda
    • Shohi Zinda ko'chasi
    • Samarqand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan

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