Tour to Fergana Valley from Tashkent

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2 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Visit one of the most popular destinations in Uzbekistan with this two-day tour to Fergana Valley. On this tour you meet artisans and master craftsmen in their workshops with our Tour to Fergana Valley. Travelers visit famous Kokand city with the most impressive sight of Khudayar Khan Palace, Margilan where the majority of silk with traditional ikat designs is made in Uzbekistan and Rishtan city—famed for its blue-and-green ceramics.
• Travelers can see traditional methods of weaving along the Silk Road. One of the best-known places is in Margilan in the Fergana Valley, where visitors are welcome to tour in a small factory.
• You learn difference between artificial and real silk (Real silk is warmer to the touch, is more tightly woven and if you care to set fire to a piece, will turn into an ashen ball and smell like burning hair).
• Have a guided tour in the most impressive sight of Kokand in Khudayar Khan Palace which is one of the most glittering royal residences in Central Asia.

What's Included

Train ticket from Tashkent to Kokand
Entrance tickets to the monuments
Air-conditioned vehicle
Breakfast
Accommodations (double or twin shared) in high rated Hotel 3* or central located boutique hotel
Local tour guide for sightseeing in Fergana Valley
Pickup and drop off in Tashkent
Lunch and Dinner
Photo and video charges 5 usd (for photography cameras. It is free if travelers use phone cameras)
Single room supplement 30 usd per night/single room
Personal travel insurance
Hotel extra services
Gratuity/Tips for guide/drivers

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

In the reception and lobby of Uzbekistan Hotel Tour starts at 07:10 am (the train leaves at 08:10) from your hotel in Tashkent. (Please contact us to let us know the exact pickup location for the tour)

Itinerary

Duration: 2 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Tashkent—Kokand—Rishtan—Fergana

    6 stops
  • 1
    Kokand

    Meet your driver at 07.10 transfer to the train station of Tashkent and the train leaves at 08.10 am (on the way train stations: Orzu, Pop, Kokand) and reaches Kokand at 12.28.

    5 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Palace of Khudáyár Khán

    Meet your local guide and driver and start sightseeing tour in Fergana Valley. Visit the most impressive sight of Kokand is the Khudayar Khan Palace , one of the most glittering royal residences in Central Asia. The Palace originally had got 113 rooms set around seven courtyards and this days travelers can visit 19 of rooms which is remained.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
  • 3
    Jome Mosque

    Juma Mosque— Juma Mosque in Kokand was built by King Umar Khan between 1809 and 1812, and it was the khan’s primary place of worship. The mosque remained shut for most the 20th century, but reopened after much-needed restoration in 1989. There is a minaret and 98 glorious redwood columns, carved and imported from India.

    50 minutes • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Norbut-Biya Madrasah

    Norbutabey Madrasa built in the 1790s, has an attached graveyard (Dahmai shakhan or cemetery of the khans) that includes the Modari Khan Mausoleum where Omar Khan and his wife, the poet Nadira Begim, are entombed. Built in 1825, it has a grand entry portal with an ornate mosaic of blue glazed tiles.

    1 minute • Admission ticket included
  • 5

    Rishtan town is famous for its blue-and-green ceramics and the oldest center of ceramic art in Central Asia. Visit one of the pottery studio of the town.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Fergana

    Arrival in Fergana, check in to the hotel for overnight

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
    • Day 2

    Fergana—Margilan—Tashkent

    3 stops
  • 7
    Fergana

    After breakfast check out from the hotel and load your luggage in a car and visit Akhmad Al Fergani Park.

    1 hour • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Margilan

    Nowadays the majority of silk is made large factories and most of these are in China. However, it is still possible to see traditional methods of weaving along the Silk Road. One of the best-known places is in Margilan in the Fergana Valley, where visitors are welcome to tour in a small factory. If it is Thursday or Sunday, visit Kumtepa Bazaar, the largest market in Fergana Valley.

    2 hours • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    Tashkent

    After the sightseeing continue to drive to Tashkent (the total driving for that day 5 hours, 320 km). The road to Tashkent lies through Kamchik Mountain Pass. Kamchik Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.200m (7,217ft) above the sea level, located in the Namangan Region, in far eastern part of Uzbekistan. On the horizon the snow-capped peaks of the Fan Mountains come into view. The pass is located in the Fergana Valley between the Namangan Regions and Tashkent. End of Tour to Fergana Valley.

    5 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
  • After booking send copy of passport for booking train tickets and hotels, please
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