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Uzbekistan 8 Days Private Tour Tashkent-Urgench-Bukhara-Samarkand-Tashkent
Private 8 Days Uzbekistan Tour from Urgench to Tashkent
Private 8 Days Uzbekistan Tour from Urgench to Tashkent
Private 8 Days Uzbekistan Tour from Urgench to Tashkent
Uzbekistan 8 Days Private Tour Tashkent-Urgench-Bukhara-Samarkand-Tashkent

Uzbekistan 8 Days Private Tour Tashkent-Urgench-Bukhara-Samarkand-Tashkent

By Silk Tour Ltd
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Overview

IATA accredited Agent invites you to discover Uzbekistan on the ancient silk road, visit legendary cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva & Tashkent.
Carefully selected highly rated hotels, modern A.C. transport, licensed experience guides & dedicated reservation staff to ensure memorable tour and can assist you even in last minute request to customise this tour at small or no extra cost.
Our city guides will show you highlights of country’s cultural, historic & naturae. You will have the chance to experience local cuisine, mingle with local people & feast your eyes on marvels of Oriental Bazaars.
Pick up at Kazach-Uzbek or Tajik-Uzbek boarder point for minimum extra cost.
We do not cut corners, hide fees, charge extras or compromise quality, satisfaction guaranteed.

Activity location

  • Tashkent
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tashkent
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTrain Khiva-Bukhara, High speed train Bukhara-Samarkand-Tashkent
  • What's includedWhat's includedVisa support if needed
  • What's includedWhat's included24 hour customer service.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance tickets to all sights & museum
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedExperienced Licensed guides in each city
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's included6 nights twin rooms in high rated centrally located 3-4 star or boutique hotel
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips for guides & drivers
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFoto Museum charge to be paid cash at entrance $1-2/site
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSingle room supplement $20/single room/night
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDomestic airline ticket Tashkent-Urgench starting at $50/ticket

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • check if you need a visa to enter Uzbekistan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa*policy*of*Uzbekistan
  • 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

Day 1: Fly from home destination to Tashkent
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated 3-4 star hotel
Tashkent
  • 15m
meet your driver at arrival hall exit with name shield, transfer to hotel, o/n Hotel
Day 2: sightseeing Tashkent, Fly Urgench
  • 7 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated centre located 3 star or boutique hotel
Navoi Opera Theater
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Designed by Alexey Shchusev, the building of the theatre was built in 1942-1947 and was opened to the public, celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Alisher Navoi. A tour of this facility is conducted outside the building
Ensemble Hazrati Imam
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
One of the spiritual monuments of Tashkent is the Khazrati-Imam ensemble, popularly called Khast-Imam. The square is located in the heart of the old city. The complex consists of Tillya Sheikh mosque, Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, Barak Khan madrasah and Imam al-Bukhari Islamic Institute.
Amir Temur Square
  • 30m
Central to the modern city, Amir Timur Square is a lush, green space with plenty of flowers and fountains. In the centre of the square you will find a statue of Tamerlane on horseback.
State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, previously known as the National Museum of Turkestan, was founded in 1876 and is one of the oldest museums of the Central Asia.
Metro Taschkent
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Tashkent metro was the first underground in Central Asia. It was completed and opened in 1977. All stations have their own unique architectural appearance: marble, granite, rows of columns, colourful bas-reliefs, hand crafted Gypsum ornament
Urgench
  • 2h
transfer to airport, fly Urgench
Khiva
  • 30m
Arrive Urgench, Transfer to hotle in Khiva, o/n Htl Khiva
Day 3: sightseeing in Khiva, Train to Bukhara
  • 9 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated centre located 3 star or boutique hotel
Itchan Kala
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Itchan Kala has a history that spans over two millennia. The inner town has 26 hectares and was built according to the ancient traditions of Central Asian town building, as a regular rectangle (650 by 400 metres) elongated from south to north and closed by brick fortification walls that are up to ten metres high. Ichan Kala was the site of the khan's palace. High officials and clergy and rich merchants used to live here. The ordinary people, small merchants, craftsmen and peasants lived in Dishan Kala
Kalta Minor Minaret
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The minaret is well regarded, thanks to its unique decor and its incompleteness. The Kalta-minor is a unique minaret completely covered with glazed tile and majolica. It was commissioned in 1851 by Mohammed Amin Khan, the ruler of Khiva, as an architectural marvel intended to rise over 70 metres. But the construction stopped at a height of 29 m, which is why the name the Kalta-minor (or Short minaret) was assigned to it.
Citadel Kunya-ark
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Kunya Ark is a fortified citadel at the heart of Khiva, nestled against the western ramparts of the Ichan Kala immediately north of the city's west gate. Originally built as early as the 12th century, the nucleus of its current layout was first constructed by Arang Khan (r. 1688-94). The Ark is the largest of Khiva's myriad buildings.
Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Pahlavan Mahmud is a local poet and philosopher who was famous for his heroic strength and the ability to heal people. Originally the construction of the mausoleum was very modest but soon there was built khanaka and mosque where pilgrims said their prayer. Later the building was rebuilt into a magnificent construction with the largest dome in the city, covered with blue tiles.
Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Khiva's Juma, or Friday Mosque is a unique architecture wonder with 64 hand hand carved column of different designs.
Islam Khodja Complex
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Islam-Khodja complex stands to the southeast of the main east-west street in Khiva's Ichan-Kala (old city) and includes a madrasa and minaret. The site is named after Islam Khodja, the grand vizier (and also first cousin) of Muhammad Rahmi Bahadur II.
Stone Palace (Tash Khauli)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Located in the eastern part of Ichan-Kala, Tash-Khauli Palace built in 1830 - 1838 is an example of Khorezm architectural grandeur of those times. The palace was built by order of Allakuli-Khan.
Khiva Silk Worshop
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Community sponsored workshop run by local women for designing and hand weaving of famous khiva silk carpets
Bukhara
  • 6h
Transfer Khiva Train Station, train ride khiva-Bukhara 15:00-21:00 or 18:00-00:00
Day 4: Sightseeing Bukhara
  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated centre located 3 star or boutique hotel
Lyab-i-Hauz
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Built in the 16th - 17th centuries, Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble is still one of the major Bukhara squares. Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble is probably the most popular Bukhara tourist attraction, often used as a rest stop, thanks to its grandness, tranquility and old age. Lyab-i Hauz is located in the southeast shakhristan near the main Bukhara trade street.
Poi Kalyan Mosque
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Kalyan Minaret is the last surviving fragment of the Kara-khanid era mosque built by Mohammad Arslan Khan in 1127, predating the Mongol conquests. Standing tall at 45.6 metres, this unlikely survivor of the city's early days—which so astonished Genghis Khan that he refused to order its destruction—continues to serve as the centrepiece of the city at the Po-i-Kalyan square.
Ark of Bukhara
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Ark, a royal town-within-a-town, is Bukhara’s oldest structure, it was home to the rulers of Bukhara for over a millennium. The Ark is as old as Bukhara itself. The founding of the original fortress is blurred in antiquity, but it was certainly the focus around which developed the medieval town.
Trading Domes
  • 1h
Colourful old bazar with oriental flair dotted with artisans workshops
Maghak-i 'Attari Mosque
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Oldest Mosque in Central Asia that once served as a Buddas and Zoroastrian temple, amazing brickwork architecture
Moschea Bolo-khauz
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Bolo Hauz stands opposite the Ark Fortress in a Kosh arrangement with the resistance between them. Its name means "above the pool", referring to the octagonal hauz, or artificial pond, located directly in front of it. Begun in 1712, early in the reign of Abu'l-Faiz Khan (r. 1711-47), it is one of the last and finest of Bukhara's major buildings prior to the modern era.
Day 5: Free Time or Optional Tour, Train Samarkand
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated centre located 3 star or boutique hotel
Bukhara
  • 4h
Discover city on your own or purchase optional 1/2 day tour to Bukhara country side incl Summer Residence of Emir, Bakhautdin Naqsband Mausoleum & Samani Mausoleum
Samarkand
  • 3h
Afternoon 15:00 transfer to Kagan train station 15km, High speed train Bukhara-Samarkand (subject to availability), Arrive Samarkand, transfer to Hotle, o/n Hotel
Day 6: Sightseeing Samarkand
  • 5 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in centrally located high rated centre located 3 star or boutique hotel
Registan
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Registan square became the city square when life in Afrosiab stopped. Since that time Registan was reconstructed several times. Today it is surrounded by the three medreses Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillokori.
Gur Emir Mausoleum
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Gur Emir Mausoleum – As a conqueror there are few that are Tamerlane’s equal, both in territory and legacy left. Today one can visit his tomb in the beautifully reconstructed Gur-Emir Mausoleum (1404-1405, 15-17 centuries) and reflect on his life while looking at the largest piece of jade (greenstone) in the world.
Shah-i-Zinda
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Shakhi-Zinda Ensemble – (IX) situated on southeastern mound of Afrosiab. This architectural complex consists of 44 tombs in more than 20 mausoleums. The greatest significance of Shah E Zinda is that he was the First cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and resembles the Prophet the most.
Bibi Khanym Mosque
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Bibi-Khanym Mosque – named after the wife of Temur and built between 1399-1404 – is one of best-known architectural attractions of Central Asia. The Mosque was erected on Timur's order after his combat of Delhi. The Minaret of the Mosque was supposed to be the tallest.
Siab Bazaar
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Siab Bazaar in Samarkand is still as impressive as it was many years ago. Its abundant produce and handicrafts is evidence of the natural wealth of Uzbekistan and its people’s talents and diligence.
Day 7: Free Time or Optional Tour, Train Tashkent
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Samarkand
  • 4h
Discover city on your own or purchase 1/2 day optional tour to Ulugbek Observatory, Afrosiyob Museum & Hodji Danior Mausoleum.
Tashkent
  • 3h
Late Afternoon transfer to train station, High speed train Samarkand-Tashkent (subject to availability)
Day 8: Depart Tashkent
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Not included
Tashkent
  • 30m
transfer to Tashkent International airport for flight departure

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Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTashkent
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

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  • PEOPLEPEOPLETashkent
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

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