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“Silk Route”
Tashkent – Urgench – (Khiva) – Bukhara – Samarkand – Tashkent
Group 20 pax
7 nights/8 days

25-1 September 2012 - TBC


The prices are in EURO, per person /double occupancy

4* hotels :
Park Turon /TASHKENT
Asia Khiva /KHIVA
Zargaron Plaza or Omar Khayyam/BUKHARA
Panorama Grand or Konstantin/SAMARKAND


10 pax Euro 680 pp/dbl occ
15 pax Euro 670 pp/dbl occ
20 pax Euro 625 pp/dbl occ
Single supplement Euro 180
Optional:
Early check in on arrival to Tashkent on day 1		 Euro 50 per person/dbl occ
Optional:
Single supplement 		Euro 30 per person

    The price includes:
  • 1 nights accommodation in Tashkent
  • 2 night accommodation in Khiva
  • 2 night accommodation in Bukhara
  • 2 nights accommodation in Samarkand
  • all entrances as mentioned
  • transportation by private vehicles as per program
  • private English speaking guide
  • Half board meal (lunch or dinner)
  • flight Tashkent – Urgench
  • Visa support letter
    The price doesn’t include:
  • Free place for tour leader
  • Optional visits/specials
  • Late check outs/early check ins at the hotel
  • Meals except for specified
  • Porterage at airports/stations
Options:
Bukhara:
  • Wine tasting in the charming Caravansarai Nughai – 8 Euro/ pax
  • A visit to an old Bozori Kord Hammam – oriental SPA for men and women – 20 Euro/ pax
  • Traditional Uzbek dinner with local family – 10 Euro/ pax
  • Splendid herbal teas in the “Silk Road Spices” tea-house – 5 Euro/ pax
  • The Fyazulla Hodjaev house-museum where you can see the daily life of Bukhara merchant at the beginning of the 20th century – 4 Euro/ pax
Samarkand:
  • An unforgettable performance in The Theatre of Historical Clothes – 10 Euro/ pax
  • Magical sound and light show on “Registan” square – 8 Euro/ pax
  • Silk carpet factory – 2 Euro/ pax
  • Silk Processing factory “Aisha” – 2 Euro/ pax
  • Feast of Uzbek plov – you can cook a real plov with a recommendation of cookers – 20 Euro/ pax
Tashkent:
  • Alisher Navoi Ballet and Opera Theatre – 5 Euro/ pax
  • 1 hour tour to Tashkent metro – 3 Euro/ pax


ITINERARY IN BRIEF
Please find below a suggested itinerary.
You can see a more detailed itinerary by clicking on the link …>>

Day 1 AM Arrival Tashkent. Meet the guide, transfer to the hotel
Lunchat client expense
PMCity tour, Barakhan Madrasah (XVI) , Tillasheikh mosques, Navoi theatre square
Transfer to airport for flight to Urgench by HY-1057 at 18:00
20:00Arrive Urgench, transfer to Khiva /30 km
Dinnerat the hotel
O/NKhiva
Day 2 AMFull day sightseeing
City tour of Khiva, visiting the most of the city mosques Mulhammad Amin-Khab madrasah (XIX) , Kalta Minor (XIX), Djuma mosque (X-XIII) , Kunya Ark (XVII)
Lunchat client expense
PMMukhammad Rakhim Kahn madrasah (XIX), Pakhlavan Makmud complex (XIV-XIX), Islam Khodja minaret & madrasah (1908), Madrassah and Caravan Saray Allakuli-Khan (1835)
Dinnerthe Art –Cafe with folklore show
O/NKhiva
Day 3 AMFull day sightseeing
Drive to Bukhara via Kyzyl-Kum desert
Lunchpicnic en route
PMarrive Bukhara , accommodation at the hotel
City tour to include the Ark Fortress (VI0XIX), Bolo Khous Ensemble Samanid Mausoleum (IX)
DinnerModary-Khan madrasah with classic music
O/NBukhara
Day 4 AM/PMFull day sightseeing
Nodir Divan Begi Madrasah , Laby-Hauz (XVI-XVII), Poikalon (XII-XVI)- architecture ensemble of Masjidi Kalon, Miri Arab madrasah & minaret, Ulugbek Madrasah (1417), Abdul Aziz Khan Madrasah, Trading Domes, Tim Abdulakhan (1577)
Lunchat client expense
DinnerNodir-Divan Begi with folklore show
O/N Bukhara
Day 5 AMDrive to Samarkand/300 km via Shakhrisabz, - homeland of Tamerlane. Visit Ak Saray palace, the Residence of Tamerlane, Kok Gumbaz mosque, Dorut Tilovat Mausoleum
Lunchlocal house
PMDrive to Samarkaknd
Dinnerat client expense
O/NSamarkand
Day 6 AMFull day sightseeing in Samarkand
city tour of Samarkand, Visit Registan Square (XV-XVII), Gur Emir Mausoleum (XV), Ulugbek Observatory, Khodja Doniyer mausoleum
Lunchat client expense
PMShahi Zinda Mausoleum, Visit carpet factory and winery
Dinnerat the local house, feast of Uzbek pilav
O/NSamarkand
Day 7 AMHalf Day sightseeing in Samarkand – drive Tashkent
continue sightseeing: Bibi-Khanym Mosque, Bazaar
Lunchat client expense
PMdrive to Tashkent
Farewell dinner at the city restaurant
O/N Tashkent
Day 8 AM/PMDeparture transfer to airport

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