Train tour to Fergana valley

Tour itinerary: Tashkent – Kokand – Rishton – Fergana – Margilan – Tashkent

Season: All year around

Days: 2 | Nights: 1

Train tour to 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 mail.

Welcome to Ferghana! Welcome to Uzbekistan!

Day 1

Tashkent – Kokand – Rishtan – Fergana

Meet the driver at the hotel in Tashkent.

07:00 Transfer to the railway station in Tashkent.

07:55 Departure for Kokand by train.

12:06 Arrival in Kokand.

Come out of the terminal and meet driver and guide, who will wait 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 favorable location was one of the convenient fortified points of caravan routes in the Great Silk Road.

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

Start sightseeing tour around Kokand visiting :

- Khudoyar-Khan Palace of 19th century is listed in the world heritage of UNESCO, at present days houses Kokand Regional History Museum that exibits 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 XVIII century by captured architects as well as the famous Bukharian architect Usto Muhammed Salih Kasim, so the design and construction are quite typical to some monuments of XVIII 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) famous all over the world for its pottery that is decorated according to the ancient tradition that is more than 800 years. 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 hand made and painted tea sets and 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 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 as New Margilan, 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 Fergana valley.

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

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

Margilan (“Marg” from Persian green grass, “lon”- “place“) was inhabited settlement in Fergana valley since IV-III 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 driver and guide, who will wait for you with a tablet "ANUR TOUR".

Transfer to the hotel.

End of the tour.

Tour Price (PER PERSON):

Person in group	Standart	Comfort hotels
1	$425	$440
2-3	$275	$290
4-5	$235	$255
6-12	$225	$240
Single supplement	$+20	$+50

Book it!

- Accommodation in standard double/twin rooms in Fergana;

- All transfers as per program by comfortable tourist class transport as per road conditions including transfers to-from train stations, and airports;

- English-speaking professional licensed local guides in Fergana (2 standard excursions);

- Meals: breakfasts at the hotel in Fergana;

- Single entry tickets to the sites, museums, mausoleums as per program;

- Train tickets:

1. Tashkent – Kokand by train (economy class);

2. Margilan – Tashkent by train (economy class);

- Tourist tax per person.

- International flights to/from Tashkent;

- Accommodation in Tashkent (can be added by request);

- Photo/video fees (professional camera);

- E-visa to Uzbekistan (if required);

- Meals: lunches and dinners;

- VAT 15 %, personal travel/medical insurance, portage, tips, personal expenses, and other services not specified under “Tour Price Includes”.

- 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).

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