Train tour to the Fergana Valley

Tour itinerary: Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Fergana → Margilan → Tashkent

Season: All year round | days: 2 | nights: 1

Train tour to the Fergana Valley from Tashkent for 2 days/1 night.

Beautiful Ferghana is the pearl of Uzbekistan and the source of its ancient traditions of craftsmanship. In addition, the region feeds all of Uzbekistan and Central Asia with fruits and vegetables, elegant dishes, and famous silk carpets. You can buy pretty much everything there. The atmosphere of Ferghana is wonderful - the air, the cool breeze, and lots of green yards & fields will make your heart melt.

This tour to Kokand & Rishton & Margilan is mostly tailor-oriented. We can add extra days or excursions - you need to specify them in your booking email.

Welcome to Ferghana! Welcome to Uzbekistan!

Excursion

day 1

Tashkent – Kokand – Rishtan – Fergana

Meet the driver at the hotel in Tashkent.

07:10 Transfer to the railway station in Tashkent.

08:10 Departure for Kokand by train.

12:29 Arrival in Kokand.

Come out of the terminal and meet the driver and guide, who will be waiting for you with a tablet "ANUR TOUR".

Kokand (mentioned as Khavakand or Kokan, derived from a tribal name) is an ancient city that, due to its favorable location, was one of the convenient fortified points of caravan routes on the Great Silk Road.

Nowadays, Kokand is a modern town at the crossroads of Tashkent, Fergana Valley, and Andijan, and the other route to Khujand (Tajikistan), and is considered one of the most important pre-border points.

Start a sightseeing tour around Kokand, visiting :

- Khudoyar-Khan Palace of the 19th century is listed in the World Heritage of UNESCO and, at present, houses the Kokand Regional History Museum, which exhibits a unique collection of more than 3000 artifacts from ancient, khanate, and tsarist periods of the region.

- Norbut-Biy Madrassah, the largest madrassa in Kokand. The madrassa was built in the 18th century by captured architects as well as the famous Bukharian architect Usto Muhammed Salih Kasim, so the design and construction are quite typical of some monuments of the 18th century in Bukhara.

- Modari Khan Mausoleum (Modari-Khan means Mother of Khan) was built in 1825 by order of the widow of Umarkhan, famous poetess Nodira, to honor the tomb of her mother-in-law. Since then, the mausoleum became the family mausoleum where most of the female members of the Khan family were buried.

- Rishton (50 km west of Fergana) is famous all over the world for its pottery that is decorated according to the ancient tradition that is more than 800 years old. Masters hand down their trade secrets from father to son. The unique red clay ceramic masterpieces are decorated with naturally made ultramarine, turquoise, and azure ornaments known as blue glaze "ishkor",

- Workshop of the famous potter Rustam Umarov, where visitors are welcome to observe the finest Rishtan ceramics in wonderful handmade and painted tea sets, lagans, and beautifully decorated jugs and vases.

Transfer to Fergana.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight in the hotel.

day 2

Fergana – Margilan – Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 Meet the guide in the lobby.

Continue sightseeing in the Fergana Valley:

- Fergana is a relatively young city that was founded as a strategic fortified point in Turkestan in 1876 during the tsarist period of the region. The town was initially called New Margilan, and further in the soviet period, renamed as Fergona in 1924. Nowadays, Fergana is a flourishing, beautiful town and despite its young history became the central point of the Fergana Valley.

- Visit Ahmad Al-Fargoni monumental complex and the Fergana Regional Museum, which has a fine collection of items relating to all periods of history, culture, and art of the Fergana Valley.

- Continue to Margilan. On the way possible to visit the biggest bazaars of the Fergana Valley - Kumpeta bazar (Thursday and Sunday).

Margilan (“Marg” from Persian green grass, “lon”- “place“) was an inhabited settlement in the Fergana Valley since the 4th-3rd centuries BC, the town was well known for its crafts and finest silk fabrics from the Great Silk Road period up to now.

- Said-Ahmad Hodji Madrassah, where craftsmen produce original silk carpets,

- Silk factory Yodgorlik, where visitors are welcome to observe the process of silk manufacture with traditional decoration “ikat”.

15:50 Transfer to the railway station in Margilan.

16:48 Departure for Tashkent by train "O'zbekistan".

21:39 Arrival in Tashkent.

Come out of the terminal and meet the driver and guide, who will wait for you with a tablet "ANUR TOUR".

Transfer to the hotel.

End of the tour.

Included

Accommodation in double rooms on a bed and breakfast basis;
Transport: all transfers according to the program and transport specifications depending on road conditions: comfortable tourist class transport with air conditioning, as per group - a regular sedan car ( 1- 3 passengers), minivan ( 4- 13 passengers), minibus/bus ( more than 13 passengers) ;
Services of local guides in cities (2 standard excursions);
Meals: breakfasts in hotels;
All entrance tickets to historical sites indicated in the program;
Economy class train tickets: 1. Tashkent - Kokand by express train or by car; 2. Margilan - Tashkent by express train or by car;
Tourist tax per person.

Not included

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Air tickets for international flights;
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Uzbekistan visa/e-visa (if required);
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Guide services and transportation services on free days and free time after standard excursions;
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Meals: lunch and dinner;
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VAT, Personal/medical insurance, personal expenses and any other services not listed under "Included";
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Photo and video shooting (professional cameras);

Price per person:

Person count	Standart
1 person 1	$275	Book it

Accommodation:

Fergana valley

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Notes

- Check-in 14.00, check-out time 11.00. No early check-in/ late check-out is included unless indicated;

- Please note that the tour price does not include seasonal VAT 15 %, VAT can be added to the basic tour price.

- Please note that the drivers do not speak English or can speak only basic English;

- All the changes in the basic itinerary, the timing for transfers depending on the international flight departure/arrival time are to be discussed and pre-agreed;

- Please note that the train trip/s can be replaced for transfer/s by car depending on train tickets availability and trains schedule;

- After the date of publication, any changes in the hotels, air/train ticket prices, tax increase, and exchange rate fluctuation may influence the tour prices;

- Anur Tour is not responsible for the force majeure occasions (weather conditions during the tour, repairing-reconstructing works at some parts of roads, government restrictions).