8 Days Classic Uzbekistan Family Tour with Private Guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Airport Pick-up; Tashkent Highlights: Khast-Imam Complex, State Museum of Applied Art
6 stops
1
Tashkent
Upon arrival, our driver will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel for check-in.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
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After a short break in the hotel, the guide will first accompany you to the Khast-Imam Complex. Dominating the plaza is the Tilla Sheikh Mosque, which was once the city’s primary sanctuary. Besides, the 16th-century Islamic school - Barakh-khan Madrasah, the tomb of a 10th-century philosopher and poet - Abubakr Kaffal-Shashi Mausoleum, and the Islamic Institute of Imam al-Bukhari, are all worth a visit.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
3
Chorsu Bazaar Tashkent
Then, we will continue to the Chorsu Bazaar, covered by a huge, green and ger-shaped dome.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
4
Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art
Cross the bazaar and step into the State Museum of Applied Art, a place where even the walls are artworks, and its facades will dazzle your eyes with cobalt-and-emerald carvings.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Independence Square (Mustakillik Square)
Afterwards, descend to the underground to explore the remnants of the Soviet Union, Tashkent subway stations, each of which has its own theme and style. We will get off at Independence Square and wander to the adjacent Amir Timur Square.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
6
Courage Earthquake Memorial
The Tashkent sightseeing will end at the Earthquake Memorial.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Take a high-speed train to Samarkand, Samarkand highlight tour
6 stops
7
Samarkand
In the morning the driver will send you to the train station to take the high-speed train to Samarkand. The 300 kilometers' (186 miles) journey takes about 2 hours. Upon arrival, our driver in Samarkand will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel to store your luggage.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
8
Registan
Upon arrival, our driver in Samarkand will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel to store your luggage. Then, the driver and the guide will take you to visit the famous landmark of Samarkand, Registan Square and the biggest local market Siyob Bazzar.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Bibi Khanym Mosque
Then, we head to Bibi Khanym Mosque.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
Ulugbek Madrasah
Continue driving to the Ulugbek Observatory in the suburbs to see Ulugbek’s manuscripts and the original observatory model in its museum.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
11
Necropolis Shah-i-Zinda
Afterwards, head to Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis to appreciate the great tomb complex.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
12
Gur Emir Mausoleum
Finally we'll visit the tomb of Timur and other royal members, Gur-Emir Mausoleum.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Samarkand: Afrasiab Museum, Tomb of Saint Daniel, Koni Ghil Village
3 stops
13
Afrasiyab Museum
Today’s Samarkand tour starts from the Afrasiab Museum. In the main hall of the museum, you can see 7th-8th century murals that combine Persian miniatures and Chinese Tang-dynasty motifs.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
14
Saint Daniel's Tomb
Moving northward from the museum, we’ll visit the coffin of the Jewish prophet Daniel in the Bible at the Tomb of Saint Daniel.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
★ Watch the Paper-making Process at Koni Ghil Village After that, we’ll drive to the Koni Ghil Village, where a 1990s-built paper factory preserves the 8th-century paper-making technique. You can witness how artisans transform mulberry branches into paper and browse some paper-making artworks. Later, you’ll be sent back to the hotel in Samarkand.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Drive to Bukhara, Visit Old Bukhara
6 stops
16
Bukhara
After breakfast, you’ll be escorted to the railway station for a 2-hour high-speed train to Bukhara.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
17
Upon arrival, you’ll be escorted to the hotel for check-in. After a short break, our walking tour will start from the 45-meter-high (147-foot) Kalyan Minaret, one of the highest buildings in Bukhara. Adjacent to the minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah face each other, whose iwans, the portals of Islamic buildings, gleam with geometric and botanical patterns in blue-and-white tilework.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
18
Then visit Miri-Arab Madrasah built in 16th century and Magoki-Attori Mosque, the oldest mosque in the old city.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
19
Ulugbek Madrasah
Passing the Islamic institutions, Ulugh Beg Madrassah and Abdulaziz Khan Madrassah, we will step into the Trade Domes Market.
40 minutes • Admission ticket free
20
Lyab-i-Hauz
After visiting the local market trade domes, we'll head to Lyabi Hauz Ensemble where there are various stylistic restaurants, coffee shops, galleries and souvenir shops.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
21
Chor Minor Madrasah
At last visit Chor-Minor Madrasah and lead you back to the hotel.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Bukara Exploration: Ark Fortress, Bolo Khauz Mosque, Summer Palace
6 stops
22
Today, we’ll first visit the Ark Fortress. Dating to the 1st century, it served as the residence for Bukhara’s rulers and their kin. Then, ascend the ramparts for panoramic views of the ancient city and fortress complex.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
23
Head westward, and Bolo Hauz Mosque will welcome you with its 20 wooden pillars at the doorway.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
24
Keep going on, and a typical early Islamic building, the Samanid Mausoleum, comes into view.
20 minutes • Admission ticket included
25
Chasma Ayub Mausoleum
Drop by the Chashma Ayub Mausoleum on its northeast, which is now a museum showing the ancient water supply system.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
26
The guide will then accompany you to the Summer Palace, also known as Sitorai Mohi Hosa.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
27
Bakhautdin Naqsband Mausoleum
Last, visit the religious shrine, the Memorial Complex of Bahouddin Naqshbandi, which consists of the tomb of the saint Naqshbandi, mosques, a small Islamic school, and so on.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Drive 7 Hours from Bukhara to Khiva across the Kyzylkum Deser
1 stop
28
Khiva
Today, the driver will escort you on a 7-8 hour road trip along the ancient Silk Road and across the Kyzylkum Desert to Khiva. On the way, we’ll stop occasionally to admire the desert landscape. After arriving in Khiva, you’ll be escorted to Ichan Kala, the inner city of Khiva, for hotel check-in. Dubbed "the city closest to heaven" in the One Thousand and One Nights, Khiva has been a mecca since antiquity.
7 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Khiva city tour, Take a flight to Tashkent
6 stops
29
Today, let’s focus on Khiva’s 2,500-year-old inner city, Ichan Kala, which is Central Asia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. First, stop at the Muhammad Aminkhan Madrasah, once Central Asia’s largest Islamic academy. The unfinished Kalta Minor Minaret at the entrance will captivate you with its geometric mosaic of cobalt, turquoise, and white tiles. The minaret is so mesmerizing that you can even overlook the Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasah behind it.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
30
Juma Mosque
Next, we’ll go to the Juma Mosque to admire its intricately carved wooden pillars.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
31
Afterwards, head to the Tosh-Hovli Palace, housing over 160 rooms across three courtyards.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
32
Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum
ot far from the palace, the Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum, the only building with a huge blue dome in Khiva, beckons you.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
33
Then, passing by the 57-meter-high (187-foot) Islam Khodja Minaret, we’ll stop at today’s last site, Kunya-Ark, at the heart of Ichan Kala.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
34
Tashkent
Later, you’ll be escorted to Urgench Airport to catch a flight to Tashkent. After landing, the driver in Tashkent will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Departure from Tashkent, Airport see-off
1 stop
35
Tashkent
Today your Uzbekistan tour packages come to an end. Our driver will send you to Tashkent International Airport. Wish you a smooth voyage!
1 hour • Admission ticket free

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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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