(Tashkent, Samarkand, Shakhrisabz, Bukhara)
Day 1
Arrive to Tashkent. Transfer to hotel for overnight.
After breakfast at hotel drive to domestic airport to take a flight to Bukhara. Upon arrival start city excursion.
Visit Poi Kalon Ensemble (Pedestal of the Great). The square separates the Mir-I-Arab Madrassah and the Kalon Jummi mosque. The Kalon Minaret (in Tajik means Great) is one of the defining symbols of Bukhara.
Also visit 3 remaining domed bazaars – Taqi Zargaron (1570), or Jeweler’s Bazaar, Taqi Telpak Furushon or Cap Makers’ Bazaar and Taqi Sarrafon, or Moneychangers’ Bazaar, which were among dozens of specialized bazaars in the town.
Magok-I-Atori Mosque – the remains of a Buddhist monastery, a Zoroastrian temple and the mosque of the Arab invaders, all sharing the same space, and Lyabi Hauz Ensemble.
Lyabi Hauz, a plaza built around a pool in 1620 (the name is Tajik for “around the pool”). To the east, the Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah (1630), and on the west side the Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka. North across the street is Kukeldash Madrassah.
PM visit the Ark fortress – royal town-within-town, home to the rulers of Bukhara for over a millennium.
Also visit:
Overnight at hotel.
After breakfast at hotel drive to Shakhrisabz (300 km).
Start visit:
Also visit Crypt of Timur.
Continue drive to Samarkand (170 km). Transfer to hotel.
After breakfast at hotel visit:
PM visit:
Overnight at hotel.
Drive back to Tashkent.
Upon arrival visit:
Then:
Also visit Chorsu bazaar.
Transfer to airport for departure flight.
Registan Square, Osman Koran in Tillya Sheykh mosque, Ark fortress, Crypt of Timur (Tamerlane)