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Amazing Uzbekistan
Author: Z4328ENcarlab
Trip Date: 2018/11/20
Our experience with Anur Tour and its staff was absolutely positive. They organized our 12-days, tailor-made trip in Uzbekistan for four persons during the first half of August. Almost everything went as planned and the company genuinely seemed to care that we were happy with the trip.
They defined a very good route trip, comprehensive and informative, according to our desire and we felt that we had ample time in each of the destinations. The hotels were surprisingly good and in Khiva we benefit of a unique experience, sleeping in an ancient madrassa converted to hotel, in the historical center of the town.
Our tour guide and driver were excellent. They were true, knowledgeable experts that really seemed to care that we were allowed to have the best experience possible. They made us feel more like old friends than temporary visitors and this was a great value.
Our guide, Bahrom (Bak), was excellent, friendly, relaxed but efficient, historically and culturally prepared and very helpful.
All in all, we were very satisfied with the arrangements that Fatima organized for us and we will certainly use them again for next tours in Central Asia.
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Our recommendation
Author: Olaf B (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Trip Date: 2018/11/18
Anur Tour was recommended to us by a friend who had travelled for work to Uzbekistan. We were attracted by the possibility to get a tailor made journey perfectly meeting our preferences and time tables. After much planning and work - Anur tour patiently offered 8 versions of our journey until all looked perfect, discussed in high detail. We had a number of "extra wishes".

No other tour operator offered this extent of flexibility. Other operators had very limited time-windows or limits of group sizes. Our "group" was one of two persons.
Everything was well organised.

If you want to see modern Uzbekistan and not only the classical Silk Road highlights we would recommend to travel as well to the Fergana valley. This detour helps to give up many prejudices about Central Asia that we hold in the West. This is an amazingly quick developing country with impressive developments after the 1990s and especially since the new government came in.

The highlights like Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, and the capital Tashkent are of course a must, but already much discussed in other contributions. Tashkent is worth at least one evening to go to the opera, and one morning for the central market. Try not to travel too late in the year.

Anur tour staff will advise you on that. There is nothing better than local knowledge.
Important: \the new e-visa system works fine once one has some support from the advisers. This is, however, cheaply possible by whatsup communiction. .

The border authorities were extremely helpful and friendly - just imagine the opposite of the USA immifgration officers.

The price/quality ratio is very good.

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Everything was taken care of so we could enjoy and relax
Author: Kasia K
Trip Date: 2018/11/17
Anur Tour was our travel agency responsible for 4 day trip to Samarkand, Buchara and Shahrisabz. We have approached several agencies but Anur Tour was the fastest in giving feedback, the most flexible one (organised tailored made tour including Shahrisabz). Elina who was our co-ordinator did an excellent job in organising everything for us. Everything was according to the agreed plan, on time so we could fully enjoy these beautiful places we were visiting. For sure we will come back to Central Asia and then our first contact will be Anur Tour! :)

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Fantastic
Author: Naaz A
Trip Date: 2018/11/12
Tour in Samarkand and Tashkent. We had a wonderful trip both in Samarkand and Tashkent. They picked us on time, very professional and most of all very knowledgeable. I highly recommend Anur for all your travels in Uzbekistan
Super Consigliato
Author: TravelerInWonderland
Trip Date: 2018/11/11
Siamo stati in Uzbekistan io e la mia famiglia, oltre il paese essersi rivelato una vera sorpresa sia per le bellezze architettoniche, sia per l’ospitalità del suo popolo, abbiamo condotto un viaggio davvero ben organizzato da Anur Tour, in particolare grazie ad Elina che ha costruito un viaggio ad hoc secondo le nostre esigenze. Consigliatissimo!!
"First trip to Uzbekistan alone"
Author: JumpeyN
Trip Date: 2018/11/01
One person traveling around 3 cities: Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara. In fact, we traveled with the local Japanese guide Hasan. I thought I would be nervous to travel with people I met for the first time in a foreign country, but I did not do that at all, and I felt like I was traveling with my friends and had a good time. The drivers and the people in the town were also kind and I never felt disgusted while traveling. The explanation of Uzbekistan's history and buildings from Hasan is very easy to understand, so I want to know more and more. I would like to find out about Timur and go again. Not only historical buildings, but also the current Uzbek society and things of life are also taught by sightseeing, and interest in Uzbekistan has increased more than before the trip. It is thought that the country's information in Uzbekistan coming into Japan is scarce and unclear, but it is a safe country and a good country for people to travel with kindness. I want to go there again.
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Wonderful trip
Author: Ami L Hong Kong, China
Trip Date: 2018/10/10
This is our first time to travel to central Asia. We have different language and culture with central Asia, so very thankful for Anur tour to help us planning the trip. We have 8 people want travel and bike in some cities which made us more challenge to plan the trip, but Mr.Mumin help us a lot,give many useful idea to us. He arrange two very nice, knowledgeable tour guide to us, comfortable hotel, safe driver,good arrangements of tour. Let us enjoy the trip and see the beauty of mid Asia. I think I would visit again with Anur tour. Thank you Mumin, Diana and Timo.
Uzbekistan - August 2018
Author: Rob B Geneva, Switzerland
Trip Date: 2018/08/05
Our wonderful visit of Uzbekistan (Tashkent- Urgench / Khiva - Bukhara - Samarkand- Tashkent) was entirely organized by Elina Shaposhnikova, of Anur Tour in Tashkent.

Thanks to Elina’s good advice and knowledge of Uzbekistan, but also to her professionalism and remarkable efficiency, every step and moment of our trip was as successful as it was flawless.

All internal flights, train rides on the Afrosyab fast train, bus transfers and hotel bookings were perfectly well booked by the Anur Tour team and were always on time.

In particular, Elina’s choice of our excellent guide (Tulkin Amirovich Ergashev) was a great asset towards the success and our appreciation of our visit.

We will gladly rely on Elina’s and on Anur Tour’s knowledge and experience of Uzbekistan and its neighboring countries for our next visit in that part of the world.
Above and Beyond. True excellence.
Author: Greggy2011 Sydney, Australia
Trip Date: 2018/08/04
Extraordinary service by Anur Tours. This was my second visit, first time was last year. I had to come back to this truly magical, remarkable and unforgettable country. Thank you Anur Tours! Zarina provided first class service, extraordinary indeed. Mr Umid, my guide, went above and beyond, exceeded my expectations. Highly recommended.
Unforgettable Experience in Uzbekistan
Author: arievrahman Jakarta, Indonesia
Trip Date: 2018/06/05
I happened to find Anur Tour on the Google Search and their service was beyond my expectations. My family trip to Uzbekistan became one of my unforgettable moments in my life because I can make my wife and my mom happy during the trip.

The service and arrangements was great, we got minor issues with the hotel, but it was not a big deal because we still enjoyed the trip. They even gave us surprise in the end of the trip, what a remarkable service to end my visit in Uzbekistan.
Superb trip- brilliant organisation from Anur Travel
Author: Yellams Birmingham,
Trip Date: 2018/05/22
Just returned, 30 May 2018 from 7 days visiting the historical sites of the country organised by Elina from Anur Tours.Excellent service.. picked up by driver at all locations then the guide , who spoke brilliant English on all the 5 occasions we had them. Knowledge superb... even a sense of humour ! Nothing too much trouble.. helped us enjoy the experience of the country and it's customs. All hotels booked were fine, food great and inexpensive even at the hotels apart from Tashkent.Leave enough time for at least 2 whole days in Bakarah... a brilliant place. Elina even rand the hotel on 2 occasions to make sure everything was in order and we were enjoying the tour.
Tour, Guides all 5 star. No worries as to entry / departure... no forms to complete, no letters of introduction all scrapped, just walk through customs and off you go and enjoy. Simple trick - can book internal flights online at a great rate and e tickets do work.
Fascinating Uzbekistan Travel
Author: Kate Orono, Maine
Trip Date: 2018/05/01
Anur Tours, under the direction of Ms. Elina Shaposhnikova, facilitated visas, lodging, internal travel, and tour guides for a memorable 7 day trip around Uzbekistan. Highlights included the museums, madrasas, mausoleums, minarets, mosques and markets in Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, and Samarkand. Personal guides in each city covered the major events which defined the development of the famous SILK ROAD: the expanding empire of Alexander the Great (4th century BC), the arrival of Islam (7th & 8th century AD), the riotous destruction of Ghengis Khan (13th century AD) and then the flowering of the Silk Road under Amir Temur (14th century AD). Guides also provided interpretation of Uzbekistan's modern development covering the influence of the neighboring Russia from the 19th century through the nation's independence in 1991 as a flourishing nation of Central Asia. To quote a fellow tourist: "Travelling in Uzbekistan is like being in the movie -- "Aladdin".
March 2018 Trip
Author: Neil C, Perth, Australia
Trip Date: 2018/03/21

Most places I've been to someone usually says 'oh you should have been here 10 years ago'! Well get to Uzbekistan now because there is a big push for tourism and I'm sure it will all become much more commercial. We chose a tour because we were unsure how we would cope in s

uch a different place from what we were used to and because the literature seemed to suggest it was required. We found Anur via Trip advisor after a Melbourne company that started off well just ignored my emails (Sundowner tours). It turned out to be a great find. Cars arrived as planned, guides arrive

d on time and were excellent. Take a few days in each place without a guide and explore it yourself, the guides are full of information but it can overload the brain a bit. Help the guides to work at your pace, get them to stop for a cup of tea or lunch when you want it. Its usually then that you get to know about Uzbekistan and its people rather than the detail of its history (interesting though that is). Finally 10 out of 10 for Elina who was our point of contact throughout. Helpful at every stage. Enjoy your trip and dont forget, go now rather than in 10 years time.

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Highly recommended
Author: Iskandar S (Singapore)
Trip Date: 2017/12/10

From the start, Elina was responsive and attentive to our needs. She gave us suggestions to make our trip better. We only confirmed our trip after a few months of exchanging emails and also made a last minute request. Nevertheless, Elina was very patient and efficient. She met us on the first day of our trip at the airport, very early in the morning to pass us our train tickets and brief us. She had us at hello. Throughout the trip, she checked in on us and we had her personal contact number in case we had problems. We took a customised train tour, covering Tashkent, Fergana Valley, Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand. The co-ordination of the trip was seamless, with someone always waiting for us on time at various train stations. The local guides were very knowledgeable about their cities and shared interesting stories as well as insights into the lives of the Uzbek people. They also suggested good local places to eat. Even the drivers were friendly and helpful. We loved the hotels suggested within our budget, most of them (the ones in Tashkent, Bukhara and Khiva) were all within walking distance to the places of interests. Rahmat (thank you) Anur travels for a memorable trip. They have such a great team.


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Trip to the 4 Stans in Central Asia
Author: Imran C (USA)
Trip Date: 2017/10/30
I booked my trip to the Central Asia with Anur tour for a 2.5 weeks trip across the Central Asia. I am glad that I used Anur Tours t plan my trip. I went to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. I was planning to travel to Turkmenistan but they are notoriously famous for rejecting visas with no explanation. While on the tour I found out that my visa for Turkmenistan has been refused. The Managing Director of Anur Mr. Mumin came personally himself to my hotel along with Zarina, my tour coordinator to explain the situation and offer alternatives which was very kind of them.
Anur helped organize the day trips and the hotel reservations.

From the time I landed to the time I departed there was flawless coordination at each travel destination. Most of the tour guides were excellent, the others were very good. What I liked about the guides were they didn’t want to take me to shops to buy things and that was a Big plus. While in Tajikistan, I got a Kidney stone pain and I was so humbled by the care provided by the guide Shahboz who took me to the hospital and spoke to the doctors.

I would high recommend anyone planning a trip to Central Asia or Uzbekistan or any country in the region to work with Anur tours. They made it a worthwhile experience!

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Your travel company for Central Asia
Author: Alison Ri (USA)
Trip Date: 2017/10/12
I cannot say enough wonderful things about Anur Tour. Everything ran perfectly. They even helped me celebrate my birthday while I was travelling here. For the rest of my travels in Central Asia I will be using their services again. Thanks to everyone involved. If I could leave a ten star rating I would!

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Recommended for Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Author: Michael Lee (Hong Kong)
Trip Date: 2017/10/09

AnurTour – top notch, highly recommended

Travelled with them 28 Sept to 9 Oct 2017

Desktop due diligence stage - 5
Not a fan of organized travel myself, but having decided to take my parents and my aunt (all >60) to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for my mom’s 70th birthday, realized I’d have to be realistic about the logistics thus I decided on a private tour. Did some research online and chose AnurTour due to excellent reviews and prompt response. I tried to call a few other tour operators, and AnurTour was the only one that had a salesperson who answered my call immediately, and in fluent English as well.

Planning stage - 5
Excellent reviews and prompt response go a long way, yet it’s their flexibility that earned them five stars. I always travelled independently in the last twenty years (except once with another organized group in Kamchatka but that’s a totally different story as it only offered fixed itineraries so you’ll see why). I’ve already had a list of places in mind for ages before this trip coz I’ve been planning a trip there for over a decade. So I asked them to include all the cities/towns/sights I named, they came up with an itinerary in no time, along with all the estimated journey time re car rides and the domestic flights, which was priceless, because info from the few online sources regarding the domestic flights and the actual journey time by car was often wrong as I found out later. They also arranged the drivers and vehicles, hotels and visa application etc. As I previously planned to travel independently, logistics in the stans was one of the key risk areas I identified after years of planning. AnurTour came up with a viable plan very quickly and all the planning, booking and visa application went smoothly.

Costing - 5Samarkand
We were only required to wire them a small % of the total amount due before arrival. Couldn’t be bothered to check hotel prices since hotels they booked were reasonably nice it didn’t feel like a rip-off at all.
AnurTour also suggested us to use different local guides in different regions to help cut costs, probably one of the main reasons why I found the price reasonable.
Prices are very reasonable everywhere if you haggle well for souvenirs but that’s up to you not the company.

Staffing – 5
Most of the guides arranged were friendly and knowledgeable, all of them spoke fluent English. Most drivers seemed reliable too. Main problem was that the guides didn’t usually travel with us inter-city, and the drivers didn’t speak very good English. So, the inter-city logistics was confusing at times. Although Elina, our organizer, was very responsive, we couldn’t reasonably expect her to pick up our calls 24-7, bad reception didn’t help either. I was going to deduct one star but added 1.0 back because a) the arrangement helped save so the confusion in logistics was kinda inevitable $; b) confusion provided an added sense of adventure coz we did get some alone time; and c) our guide in Bukhara happened to be the sister of the chef of Doston House, a famous restaurant, which we wouldn’t have found if not for her (booking recommended).

Itinerary – 5
Their itinerary included all the places I wanted to visit, seemed hectic in the beginning, but our group of four aged 70, 69, 62 and 34 coped comfortably.

28 Sep Arrival in Tashkent – connection flight to Nukus – 6 hr to and fro Muynak, overnight in Nukus

29 Sep 3hr drive to Khiva in the morning, overnight in Khiva

30 Sep Morning transfer to Turkmen border, lunch near Kunya Urgench, 2hr tour there then drive to Darvaza gas crater (bumpy long ride watch out), overnight there in tents

1 Oct morning drive to Ashgabat, arrive for lunch then half day tour, overnight in Ashgabat

2 Oct Ashgabat, overnight in Ashgabat

3 Oct early morning flight to Mary, tour the ancient city of Merv, lunch at Uzbek border, drive to Bukhara, overnight in Bukhara

4 Oct Bukhara, overnight in Bukhara

5 Oct Bukhara, overnight in Bukhara

6 Oct early morning departure for Shahrisabz, 1hr tour, 0.5hr free time + 1hr lunch then drive to Samarkand, overnight in Samarkand

7 Oct Samarkand, overnight in Samarkand

8 Oct Samarkand until mid-afternoon, train to Tashkent, overnight in Tashkent

9 Oct Full day in Tashkent

10 Oct departed on 0105 flight

Before you goBukhara
- The campsite at Darvaza seemed to be run by the Turkmen government or even if not, collectively by some ministry. AnurTour didn’t seem to have much control over the quality of the camping equipment . Tents and sleeping bags could be faulty or dirty or both. If not constrained by luggage allowance please consider bring your own sleeping bags for Darvaza

- Most of the hotels were nice and centrally located, but the one they booked me in Samarkand was a bit far from the centre, do ask for a central location if you wanted to do morning strolls with your tripod

- For Khiva, they booked me into the Orient Star hotel. It was absolutely stunning and it occupied a former madrasa and was right next to the famous half minaret. Do your own research, if it’s your cup of tea, do insist on staying there. I’d travelled Iran before in 2011, they did have some nice caravanserai hotels but not madrasa, neither in Morocco in 2009 (it could be because I was on a very tight budget on that trip though, only tried one decent riad)

- Keep everything piece of paper they give you at the customs, every certificate re carpets or special items you bought esp. in Trukmenistan, and every receipt/cert they give you when you change money. You will need them at some point.

- Turkmen currency highly illiquid outside the country, no exchange/bank would take it not even in Uzbekistan

If AnurTour could have pointed these out before our trip, I would have raised their rating from a well- deserved five star to a, I don’t know, a perfect five? Anyway, thank you very much AnurTour and Elina, the elders were very happy with the trip.


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Excelente organización
Author: Clarisa Andrea
Trip Date: 2017/09/25
Magnifica experiencia, desde el primer correo electrónico que envié hasta que regresé a casa.
La señora Elina de Anur Tour organizó todos los detalles de mi viaje, me asesoró y decidió conmigo los destinos previa consulta e intercambios por correo electrónico. Seleccionó muy buenos hoteles, bien ubicados, limpios, con buenas camas y excelente atención. Contrató los guías y choferes profesionales y cordiales que me acompañaron en mi recorrido, todos puntuales, muy agradables y buenas personas, con un gran conocimiento del oficio. Elina, me ofreció opciones de visitas basada en mis preferencias personales: yo le había dicho que me gusta cocinar y me ofreció clases de cocina, por ejemplo. También tramitó mi visa.
Uzbekistán es un bello destino pero es necesario contar con ayuda local para recorrerlo: compra de pasajes en avión y tren, reserva de hoteles, traslados a través de kilómetros y kilómetros de desiertos, etc.

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Anur Tour and the guide Umid exceeded all my expectations!
Author: Greggy (Australia)
Trip Date: 2017/09/21
Anur Tours and the guide Umid made my visit to Uzbekistan a truly remarkable experience! Unforgettable memories of this amazing and breathtaking country. Great service, very well organized, flawless and the guide Umid was very knowledgeable. The tour was indeed educational. Definitely will be coming back and truly recommend it.

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Fantastic, well-organized, good value tour!
Author: Jean, (Ostin, Texas)
Trip Date: 2017/08/05

This tour exceeded our expectations - everything was SO organized and flowed so smoothly. I thought that it was good value as well. I loved the hotels that were selected. Zarina was so responsive and designed a tour specifically for our interests in food. I never ate so well in my life. The buffets at the Serena hotel in Dushanbe, Tajikistan were the culinary highlight of the trip. For that reason alone, I would suggest that this hotel be used for future guests who like great food.

My favorite spots were Bukhara, Uzbekistan and Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Bukhara for the magical atmosphere, the terrific culture show, and fantastic souvenirs - particularly the very inexpensive but beautiful miniature paintings (I bought 8). Ashgabat was a striking white marble city unlike any other I have seen in the world. I am impressed by all the good the president of the country has done for his people. Flying into the city at night with all the gleaming, orderly white marble buildings and brilliant neon lights was such an experience. I have never seen so many impressive monuments. The city was spotlessly clean as well.

We also enjoyed the well-planned cities of Almaty, Kazakhistan and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and their settings against the mountains - they had so many parks and restaurant options!

We survived the border crossing at Turkmenistan and examination of our 20+ drugs by labeling everything for its purpose and smiling a lot. But a visit to Turkmenistan is one that you will not forget. Ashgabat is one of the most fascinating cities in the world (out of the 120 countries we have now visited). We travel a lot, but would not be able to do this tour on our own due to language difficulties and so many transfers (all which went perfectly).

My favorite guides were Elmira in Kazakhstan and Govel (sp?) in Turkmenistan - they were just superb and so knowledgeable. I give our highest recommendation for Anur tours!

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"Porso" hotel review
Author: DIANA NARCISO
Trip Date: 2014-01-08 01:45:49
My husband and me are interesting in a travell visiting Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkanda. We'll arrive to tashkent on 20th june 014 at 6,30 AM and we'll come back on 28th June at 8,15 AM. We prefer hotels 4-5*. We´d prefer spanish language guide.
"Registan Plaza (President)" hotel review
Author: Isolde Krones
Trip Date: 2013-06-06 17:34:13
We stayed in your hotel from 03.05.-05.05.2013. I put some postcards in your letterbox - opposite from the reception - till now no card arrived in Germany. May be this box in not working anymore ? Please can you check. Thank you very much and kind regards Isolde Krones