Silk Route Tour (Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Kyrgyzstan) 10N-11D

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival Almaty
1 stop
1
Almaty
After arrival meet and transfer to hotel. Dinner at local restaurant. Check in Hotel. Overnight in Almaty.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Almaty
4 stops
2
Park Named After Panfilov’s 28 Guardsmen
After breakfast visit named after the 28 Panfilov guards from Almaty, who died heroically defending Moscow against the Nazi invasion in 1941
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
Ascension Cathedral
the world’s most elevated wooden church
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Central State Museum of Kazakhstan
The largest museum in Kazakhstan, and one of the largest museums in Central Asia. The museum houses the most significant collection of Kazakh historical, archaeological, and modern cultural and political artifacts
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
Where you will have a brief stop on the huge Medeo dam, which protects the city from destructive mudflows formed on the tops of the western Tien Shan. Medeo - Shymbulak cable car (gondola, way up) - mountain ski resort Shymbulak- - amazing views of the snow peaks and the Tien-Shan mountains .
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Almaty-Tashkent
6 stops
6
Ensemble Hazrati Imam
After breakfast take flight to Tashkent. 12:15 Departure from Almaty and 12:50 Arrival in Tashkent. Meet by our guide and driver. Lunch at local restaurant and visit Ensemble Hazrati Imam- cultic architectural complex and the religious heart of Tashkent, is located in the old part of the city. Here you will visit Barak Khan madrasah was built in the 16th century, Kaffal Shashi mausoleum was built in the 16th century, The Namazgah mosque built in 1965, Muyi Muborak madrasah was built in the 16th century. Currently, the madrasah houses the library of the Administration of the Muslims of Uzbekistan, which contains rare manuscripts and the Koran of Caliph Osman (7th century) – the world’s oldest manuscript consisting of 353 unusually large parchments with the earliest version of the Koran.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
Kukeldash Madrasah is the largest of the 23 madrasahs of old Tashkent, built in 1569 by the Minister of Tashkent Sheibanid Sultans Barak Khan and Dervish Khan, nicknamed "Kukeldash."
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
Chorsu Bazaar Tashkent
Chorsu Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, located in the old part of Tashkent called Eski Shahar. Bazaar "Chorsu" was known in the Middle Ages and was of great importance on the road of the Great Silk Road.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art
It was founded in 1937 on the basis of a temporary exhibition of handicrafts. The museum’s exhibition funds contain over 4 thousand exhibits that reveal the history of decorative art of Uzbekistan: wood carving, ceramics, embossing, art of jewelers, gold seamstresses, embroiderers, samples of mass production of local industry.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
Located in the center of Tashkent. The major state events and parades are held here on national holidays.
Admission ticket free
11
Amir Temur Square
Amir Temur Square is one of the most favorite places not only for local residents but also for visitors of the capital, located in the center of Tashkent. Overnight in Tashkent.
Admission ticket free
Day 4
Tashkent-Urgench-Khiva
1 stop
12
Itchan Kala
After breakfast take flight to Urgench. 09:00 Arrival in Urgench. Drive to Khiva city (35 km). Arrival in Khiva, leave luggages in hotel and tour in The historical complex Ichan-Kala is an almost intact medieval old town area in Khiva. It was the first site in Central Asia to be included in UNESCO World Heritage List. Overnight in Khiva
5 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Khiva-Dashowuz-Gaz Crater
4 stops
13
Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum
After breakfast, drive to UZB-TURKM border (100 km) Cross border after formalities and meet our guide and driver. Later drive to Kunyeurgench to visit SultanTekesh Mausoleum- was the 12th century Khorezm Shah who made Khorezm great. The first major tomb in central Asia with raised turquoise ceramic ornament.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Nedjmeddin Kubra Mausoleum
The Najm ad-Din al-Kubra Mausoleum honors Najmuddin-e Kubra (1145-1221), a Sufi mystic and founder of the Kubrawiya, a branch of Sufiism.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
Sultan Ali Mausoleum
The Mausoleum of Sultan Ali, who ruled in the 16th century, is located across. It is a hexagonal monument, with a dome measuring 9.5 meters
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Darvaza Gas Crater
Drive to The Darvaza gas crater , also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, is a natural gas field collapsed into a cavern located in Derweze. Arrival in point . check in tent. Visit gas crater . dinner at tent.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Gas Crater-Ashgabat
4 stops
17
Ashgabat
Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, famous for its white marble buildings and grandiose monuments.
Admission ticket free
18
Bokurdak village with sightseeing yurta and modern style Turkmen house.
Admission ticket free
19
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nisa – capital of Parthian Kingdom .Old Parthian Ruins.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
20
Russian Bazaar
Local Bazaar
45 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Ashgabat-Merw-Mary-Bukhara
5 stops
21
State Historical and Cultural Park Ancient Merv
Mary formerly named Merv, Meru and Margiana, is a city on an oasis in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, located on the Murgab River. It is the capital city of Mary Region
Admission ticket free
22
Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar - the mausoleum of one of the most famous Seljuk soltans of Ahmad Sanjar, located in Merv. Sanjar himself ordered to build a mausoleum and called it “Dar al ahira” (“House of the Afterlife”). In 1157 he was buried. The mausoleum was destroyed by the Mongols during the invasion of Khorezm in 1221 and was rebuilt later.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
23
Erk Kala
Erk Kala, was founded in the 6th century BCE; in the 3rd century BCE it became the citadel for the larger Hellenistic city of Antiochia Mar- ginana (today known as Gyaur Kala).
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
24
Turkmenabat
Turkmenabad - a city in Turkmenistan, the administrative center of the Lebap province
Admission ticket free
25
Bukhara
Bukhara is a province in Uzbekistan
Admission ticket free
Day 8
Bukhara-Samarkand
6 stops
26
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 (the part of the city within the city walls but outside the citadel) near the main Bukhara trade street.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
27
Bukhara Synagogue
The synagogue was built in 16 century.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
28
Magoki Attari Mosque - a monument of medieval architecture; column-domed mosque of the 12th-16th centuries in the historical center of Bukhara. Located more than 4.5 meters below ground level, it is interesting for its carved decor. The oldest surviving monuments of Bukhara.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
29
Poi Kalyan is an architectural ensemble located at the foot of the Kalyan minaret. The complex consists of three buildings built in the XII - XVI centuries: the Kalyan minaret, the Kalyan mosque and the Miri Arab madrasah. Poi Kalyan is located on the Registan Square, and is the central architectural ensemble of Bukhara.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
30
Ark of Bukhara
Ark is an ancient citadel in Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan; a monumental fortress, rising almost 20 meters above the level of the surrounding area and covering an area of about 4 hectares.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
31
Samarkand
15:50 take high speed train "Afrasiyab" to depart to Samarkand. 17:15 Arrival in Samarkand - the 3rd largest city in Uzbekistan, the administrative center of Samarkand region. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Samarkand
Admission ticket free
Day 9
Samarkand-Tashkent
6 stops
32
Gur Emir - the mausoleum of Tamerlane, his mentor Mir Sayyid Barak, and some members of the Timur family - in Samarkand.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
33
Registan
Registan square with 3 huge madrasahs: Ulughbek (XVc.), Shirdar (XVIIc.) & Tillakori (XVIIc.)
1 hour • Admission ticket included
34
Ulugh Beg Observatory
Ulugbek Observatory is one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, built by Ulugbek on Kuhak Hill in the vicinity of Samarkand in 1424-1428
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
35
Shah-i-Zinda
Shahi Zinda - a monument of medieval architecture in Samarkand, an ensemble of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The complex that has reached us consists of eleven mausoleums that were sequentially attached to each other during the XIV-XV centuries
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
36
Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum
The Bibi Khanum Mosque is an architectural monument from 1399-1404 in Samarkand, the grandiose cathedral mosque of Tamerlane, richly decorated with tiles, carved marble and murals.
Admission ticket free
37
Tashkent
at 17:30 Take Afrasiyab high speed train to Tashkent. (2 h 10 min). Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan, which is famous for its numerous museums and a combination of modern and Soviet architecture. 19:40 Arrival in Tashkent. Check in hotel. Overnight in Tashkent
Admission ticket free
Day 10
Tashkent-Bishkek
5 stops
38
Bishkek
After breakfast take flight to Bishkek- is the capital of Kyrgyzstan, located at the foot of the Tien Shan mountains in Central Asia.
Admission ticket free
39
Ala-Too Square
Ala-Too Square is the central square of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Along its perimeter are the State Historical Museum, the Friendship of Peoples Monument, Oak Park with an open-air sculpture museum and St. Nicholas Church, the oldest building in the city
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
40
Oak Park or Chingiz Aitmatov Park is the oldest park in Bishkek. Here is the Open Air Sculpture Museum
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
41
Mikhail Frunze Museum
Frunze Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
42
Ala-Archa Gorge
Ala-Archa National Park
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 11
Bishkek-Burana Tower-Almaty
2 stops
43
Burana Tower and Konorchek Canyon
The Burana Tower is a minaret of the X-XI centuries of the Karakhanid empire in the Chuy valley in the north of Kyrgyzstan. Located 80 km from the capital of Bishkek,
2 hours • Admission ticket included
44
Almaty
After tour in Burana tower take flight or car to drive to Almaty. End of the tour.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available

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