3 Days Private Train Tour from Tashkent to Samarkand

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Travel by train from Tashkent to Bukhara and have sightseeing in the city
8 stops
1
Tashkent
The driver comes to the reception lobby of your hotel and picks you up. Tour starts at 07:00 am (starting time can be change by train time). (Please contact us to let us know the exact pickup location for the tour)
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Bukhara
Upon arrival outside of train station of Bukhara met by driver and transfer to hotel. Meet your local tour guide in the hotel and start sightseeing.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Ark of Bukhara
The Citadel Ark (I-XX centuries) — the construction of the citadel is dated to beginning of the 1st millennium BC. During the history the fortress has been destroyed several times but has been restored again. All buildings of the citadel have been reconstructed mainly during the XVIII-XX centuries
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Great Minaret of the Kalon
Poi Kalon complex (“The foot of tall” in Uzbek) from XII-XVI centuries. Consisting of mosque, madrassah and minaret, one of the great center of trade and scholarship along the Silk Road. The beauty of the minaret amazed Genghis Khan (Temuchin or Temujin)
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Magoki-Attari Mosque— Central Asia’s oldest surviving mosque. Prior to the Arab invasion there was a Buddhist monastery and then a Zoroastrian temple on the site. It now houses the dull Museum of the History of Carpet Weaving
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
Lyab-i-Hauz
Labi Hauz Complex (“The edge of the pond” from Persian) constructed by Nadir Divan Begi, The Grand Vizier of Bukhara, around 1620
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
Bukhara Synagogue
XVI century Synagogue— to the south of Labi Hauz Square spreads the Jewish Quarter of the old town. Jews have been an important minority in Bukhara since their forced migration from Merv and Shiraz in the 14th century (the majority having emigrated to Israel and the US since 1970s). (Note: most of the time it is closed if it is open travelers can visit inside and see old Torah)
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
8
Monument to Hodja Nasreddin
Statue of Hodja Nasruddin— the homespun philosopher and humorist on his donkey. Elsewhere in the world he is generally accepted as Turkish, but Uzbeks claim he was born in Bukhara and is one of their own
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Continue your visit in Bukhara and afternoon catch a train to Samarkand
2 stops
9
Bukhara
Morning free time at leisure or optional tour 4 top Places Outside of Bukhara City
4 hours • Admission ticket free
10
Samarkand
Late afternoon transfer to Bukhara train Station 15 km and catch the train to Samarkand (subject to availability) upon arrival outside of train station of Samarkand met by driver and transfer to hotel
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
The sightseeing in Samarkand and in the late afternoon travel by train from Samarkand to Tashkent
7 stops
11
Samarkand
Check out the hotel and load your luggage in the car and start sightseeing in Samarkand. Samarkand— a fairy tale city along the ancient Silk Road. “The Mirror of the World”, “The Garden of the Soul”, “The Jewel of Islam”, “The Precious Pearl of the Moslem World” are some the names given to this unique city. In ancient Greece, this city was known as Marakanda
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
12
Ulugh Beg Observatory
The Ulugbek Observatory, built by Amir Temur’s grandson astronomer-king Ulugbek in XV century
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
13
Shah-i-Zinda
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
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Bibi Khanym Mosque
Bibi Hanim mosque XV century. The mosque was built in honour of Temur’s chief wife, Saray Mulk Khanum
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
Gur Emir Mausoleum
Gur-Amir mausoleum (“the tomb of the king” in Uzbek) from XV century
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Registan
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
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
Tashkent
In the late afternoon travel by train from Samarkand to Tashkent (subject to availability) upon arrival outside of train station of Tashkent met by driver and transfer to hotel in Tashkent
3 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Check in to hotels is after 14:00
• Note: In a high tourist season when the high-speed train is unavailable, we will replace this with the most-comfortable class of regular train

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