Navruz Holiday, 8-Day

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Ismoil Somoni Memorial Complex
5 stops
1
Statue of Ismoil Somoni
Admire a landmark of the capital city-Dushanbe at Statue of Ismoil Somoni, an impressive bronze statue of the national 10th century hero. The statues stands on a huge red marble stairway pedestal flanked by two cross-legged lions. Standing in front of a monumental arch topped by a large gilt crown, Isma’il ibn Ahmed--founder of the Samanid dynasty who renounced Zoroastrianism, embraced Islam, and even gave name to national currency--holds a gold-leafed coat of arms of the country. Erected in 1999, this 25 m (82 ft) tall monument honors the 1,100 anniversary of the Samanid Empire. Climb the pedestal to get a nice view behind the monument.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
2
National Library of Tajikistan
The National Library of Tajikistan is the main national book depository of Tajikistan, which is a particularly valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Republic of Tajikistan.The National Library is a state cultural institution, a national repository of the heritage of science and culture, an archive of the national periodical press, a scientific and research information and cultural center of national significance, with its functions it complies with the main UNESCO requirements for libraries of this type. The library has 25 reading rooms, which have 274 workstations for readers, 3 exhibition halls: for displaying ancient manuscripts and rare books; galleries for the exhibition of books on branches of science and knowledge; exhibition hall of new literature; For mass events, conferences and symposia, the library has 9 rooms (for 1100 seats).
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Flagpole with the Flag of Tajikistan
The Dushanbe Flagpole (Tajik: Боғи парчами Тоҷикистон, romanized: Boghi parchami Tojikiston) is a free–standing flagpole located in front of the Palace of Nations in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. At 165 metres (541 feet), it was the tallest flagpole in the world from its completion in 2011 until the 2014 erection of the 171 m (561 ft) Jeddah Flagpole. It is now the third tallest flagpole in the world. It flies a 30 m × 60 m (98 ft × 197 ft) Flag of Tajikistan weighing 700 kilograms (1,540 pounds)
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Palace of the Nation
The Palace of the Nation (Tajik: Қасри Миллат, romanized: Qasri Millat; Russian: Дворец Нации) is the official residence of the President of Tajikistan. It is located on Shirinshoh Shohtemur Street in central Dushanbe. The Presidential Palace is surrounded by Dushanbe Flagpole to the north, Rudaki Park to the east, Independence Monument to the south and Varzob River to the west.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Dushanbe
The National Park Navruzgoh build in 10 km square in the center of the Dushanbe in close of Dushanbe river. In Navruzgoh every year conducting more culture actions including Navruz festival with more cultural programs. This park every year involves thousands tourist for participating in the Navruz celebration. If the visit days coincidences to the last decade of March we will spend hall day in this object with participating in the Navruz festival.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Navruz festival in Dushanbe
3 stops
6
Kokhi Navruz
The complex building begun in 2009 and completed in September 2014. From the very beginning the complex – “Kohi Navruz” was planned as the biggest national tea house in Central Asia, but in the process of building it turned into a real museum of national handicrafts of Tajik people. The whole territory of the complex including fountains, summer pavilions and garden – takes more than four hectares. Approximately four thousands of craftsmen from all parts of Tajikistan were involved in the process of building. Generally, the handicrafts of the complex are about forty thousand sq. m., they are: decorative wood carving of colon and ceilings, wall decorations: woodcarving, Florentine mosaic in colored mirrors, painted ceilings. Height of the biggest cupola is forty meters. The complex has seven lifts, including panorama elevator, bowling, billiard, movie theater 3D, night club, shop art gallery and a small national teahouse, but the most breathtaking side of the building is its halls.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
7
National Museum of Tajikistan
The museum has a total area of 24 000 m2, of which over 15 000 m2 are exhibition halls. It is composed of four exhibition departments—Department of Natural History, Department of Ancient and Medieval History, Department of Modern and Contemporary History, and Department of Fine and Applied Arts. The National Museum of Tajikistan (Tajik. Osorkhonai Milli Tojikiston) is located in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe.  The museum consists of 22 large and small exhibition halls. These are the exposition departments of nature, antiquity and the Middle Ages, modern and recent history, visual and applied arts.  The exposition area of the National Museum of Tajikistan is 15 thousand m². In 1934, the museum had a total of 530 exhibits. The new exposition of the National Museum of Tajikistan collected objects of material heritage, flora and fauna from all museums in the country. The number of exhibits exceeded 50,000
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Rudaki Park
Walking tour through Rudaki Avenue. Rudaki Avenue runs from North to South in a roundabout kind of way, as it cuts through the heart of the city. The street is home to many government buildings responsible for the running of the country; it also has shops, city squares, universities, apartments and restaurants dotted along its path.  The Avenue shaded by beautiful trees incorporates a central tree-lined boulevard perfect for cover on those hot summer days.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Hisor Fortress
2 stops
9
Hisor Fortress
Tour to Hisor city, from Dushanbe. Hisor (Tajik: Ҳисор, Persian: حصار) is a city in western Tajikistan, about 15 km west of Dushanbe. The city was the seat of the former Hisor District, and is part of the Districts of Republican Subordination. It lies at an altitude of 799–824 m, surrounded by high mountains (Gissar Range to the north, Babatag and Aktau ranges to the south).[2] The river Khanaka, a tributary to the Kofarnihon, flows through the town. Its population is estimated at 29,100 for the city proper and 308,100 for the city with the outlying communities (2020).[3] As of 2002, its population was composed 81.6% of Tajiks, 12.3% Uzbeks, 3.6% Russians, and 2.5% others. It was once an independent Khanate, and then the winter residence of the governor of East Bukhara. The large fort is said to date back to Cyrus the Great and to have been captured twenty one times.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Hisor Fortress
TEAHOUSE KHARBUZA is unique in the world, it was built in the form of a melon (the Taj: - kharbuza). The teahouse, with a height of 43 meters, length 100 meters, width of 55 meters, is designed to receive 2.3 thousand visitors at a time Back to Dushanbe
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Navruz in Boktar region
3 stops
11
Bokhtar
Tour to Boktar city, from Dushanbe. Bokhtar (Tajik: Бохтар), previously known as Qurghonteppa or Kurganteppa, is a city in southwestern Tajikistan, which serves as the capital of the Khatlon region. Bokhtar is the largest city of southern Tajikistan, and is located 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Dushanbe.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
12
Museum Bibikhonum
In 1999, the museum Bibikhonum was organized by the decision of the city government, and its exposition is located in the city center in a building built on the site of an ancient city fortress. A round building with a tower in the middle is the architectural dominant of the city. The collections number about 1,600 exhibits on the history of the city of Kurgan-Tube and the culture of its inhabitants. Some of the exhibits were transferred from the Kurgan-Tube Regional Museum of Local Lore
2 hours • Admission ticket included
13
Buddhist Monastery Ajina-Tepa
Ajina tepe (Tajik: Аҷинатеппа) is an ancient Buddhist cloister situated at a distance of 12 km east from the city of Bokhtar, Tajikistan. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites that have "outstanding universal value" to the world. Buddhism in Tokharistan is said to have enjoyed a revival under the Western Turks. Several monasteries dated to the 7th-8th centuries display beautiful Buddhist works of art, such as Kalai Kafirnigan, Ajina Tepe, Khisht Tepe or Kafyr Kala, around which Turkic nobility and populations followed Hinayana Buddhism. 13 meter-long sleeping Buddha (Buddha in Nirvana) Back way to Dushanbe
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Navruz festival in the North of Tajikistan
2 stops
14
Khujand
Tour to Khujand city, from Dushanbe, North of Tajikistan Khujand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, dating back about 2,500 years to the Persian Empire. Situated on the Syr Darya river at the mouth of the Fergana Valley, Khujand was a major city along the ancient Silk Road. After being captured by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, it was renamed Alexandria Eschate and has since been part of various empires in history, including the Umayyad Caliphate (8th century), the Mongol Empire (13th century) and the Russian empire (19th century). Today, the majority of its population are ethnic Tajiks and the city is close to the present borders of both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
15
Khujand Fortress
Khujand Fortress was founded in VI-V centuries BC. According to the data obtained by the North Tajik archaeological complex expedition (STAKE), Khujand Fortress was first surrounded by an embankment, later by a wall of considerable thickness of raw material The city and the citadel-components of ancient Khujand, had separate fortress walls surrounded by a wide and deep moat filled with water. The remains of these fortifications were found under the Central part of the left Bank of Khujand and surround the territory of the ancient city with an area of 20 hectares. Walking tour in Khujand central Park.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Arbob Cultural Palace
2 stops
16
Arbob Cultural Palace
The Arbob Cultural Palace is a building in Khujand, Tajikistan. The centre was built in the 1950s under the leadership of Urukhojaev, the head of the collective farm. Urukhojaev was a significant Tajik who sat on Soviet committees and was well known in the area around Khujand and in Tajikistan generally. The building had particular significance in 1992, when it was the site for the meeting of the Tajik Soviet which officially declared independence from the Soviet Union. It was the site where the Tajik flag was chosen. More recently, in the late 1990s it was also the site where peace conferences following the Tajik civil war were held. In particular, Tajik President Emomalii Rahmon first came to prominence speaking at the Palace, and it was the site for a "plov of peace" which celebrated successful negotiations towards an agreed end to the Tajik civil war.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
17
Panjshanbe Market
Covered market Panjshanbe is one of the most colorful sights of Khujand. Its name sounds similar to the name of the capital city – Dushanbe for a reason. Both names mean days of the week: Dushanbe – Monday, Panjshanbe – Thursday. They used to have trade on Mondays in Dushanbe, and on Thursdays in Khujand. Panjshanbe Market or, bazaar, is located in the center of Khujand, opposite Sheikh Muslihiddin mausoleum. The bazaar consists of the main pavilion and many stalls, tents and shops adjust to it. It is always noisy there since not only residents of the city but also neighboring villages flock there for shopping
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Navruz festival in Khujand
2 stops
18
Visit Navruz celebration places in Khujand or in the districts around Khujand city as B.Ghafurov, Buston, Guliston. Participation in Navruz festival and national tradition concerts
8 hours • Admission ticket free
19
Navruzgoh Park
Participation in Navruz festival and national tradition concerts
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Dushanbe walking tour
1 stop
20
Back to Dushanbe—walking tour and free time, visit to local baazars
8 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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