Tour itinerary:
Bukhara – Gijduvan – Bukhara
Season:
all year round
Days:
1 |
Nights:
0
A trip to Bukhara countryside to visit beautiful Sitora-i Mohi Khosa palace and famous ceramic workshop in Gijduvan,
The trip is a great ethno tour to teh master's house to learn about the traditional embroidery and pottery of the major ceramic centre in Uzbekistan.
The tour is ideal for a family journey, light and interesting sightseeing to enjoy the warm hospitality of Uzbekistan people.
10:00 Meet the guide and driver at the lobby at your hotel in Bukhara.
Start Bukhara countryside tour visiting:
- Sitora-I – Mohi Khosa – last Emir summer residence visit by request.
Transfer to famous Gijduvan pottery workshop ( about 50 min drive from Bukhara) where visitors are welcome for a tour around the workshop and observe the process of ceramic making and painting.
The owners demonstrate the stages of making ceramics from turning the potter’s wheel to making paints from natural ingredients, decorating the ceramics in a distinctive style, drying, and firing. Take a tour around the museum hall of ceramic masterpieces with a unique collection of the ceramic items of Gijduvan and other regions of Uzbekistan.
Lunch at the master's house ( traditional Uzbek meals) and tea break.
Master-class of painting ceramics or suzani embroidery.
The master will send the dried and burnt hand-made ceramics to your hotel in Bukhara next day.
Transfer to the hotel in Bukhara. Arrival in the afternoon.
End of the tour.
- All transfers as per program by comfortable tourist class transport as per road conditions, including transfers to/from train stations;
- English-speaking local guide (1 standard excursion);
- Single entry tickets to the sites, museums, mausoleums as per program;
- Ceramic painting master-class in Gijduvan;
- Lunch in Gijduvan ( home-made traditional meals, fixed menu, alcohol excluding);
- Tourist tax per person.
- Accommodation in Bukhara (can be added by request);
- Photo/video fees (professional camera);
- Meals: breakfast and dinner;
- VAT, personal travel/medical insurance, portage, tips, personal expenses, and other services not specified under “Tour Price Includes”.
The tour is published on April 17, 2025 and the rates as per program and conditions specified are actual for 180 days ( 6 month) from the date of publication.
All the rates will be subject to change if the request is after 180 days/6 month from date of publication because any changes in the seasonal tariffs for hotels, air/train ticket prices, tax increase, and exchange rate fluctuation may cause the increase of rates.
- Any changes in the basic itinerary and service content may cause the change of the tour prices.
- If the hotels, noted in the program are fully booked or not available for the dates or in case of late / last-minute booking, the tour company reserves the right to book the other hotels of the same category and similar service as per room availability.
- Please note that during the national holidays, during the big summits, fairs, festivals, major sport and cultural events, some parts of the roads can be temporarily blocked for delegations and events as per government decrees.
- Check-in 14.00, check-out time 11.00. No early check-in/ late check-out is included unless indicated;
- 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;
- 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).