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 the 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 the Uzbek 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 handmade ceramics to your hotel in Bukhara the next day.
Transfer to the hotel in Bukhara. Arrival in the afternoon.
End of the tour.
- Please note that budget tour do not include VAT, 15% VAT can be added to the basic tour prices.
- Budget tour packages do not include hotel accommodation. If you are looking for a tour package including hotel accommodation, please note your manager and we'll be glad to offer some classic or bestseller tour options.
- The tour is published on November 11, 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 from date of publication because any changes in the seasonal tariffs for air/train ticket prices, tax increase, and exchange rate fluctuation may cause the increase of rates.
- We highly recommend early booking of Central Asia group tours, family tours about 9- 6 months before the tour dates, and not later than 3 months before the tour dates.
Please note, in case of late booking less than 3 month ahead and last-minute booking less than 10 days ahead the trip it is possible that the itineraries due to restricted time and high season intensity the air and train tickets will be booked as per tickets availability.
- Yurt camps, guesthouses, and homestays offer traditional meals; there are quite basic toilet and shower conditions. Single accommodation in the guesthouses, yurts and homestays is not guaranteed and will be subject of availability.
- Please confirm your return flights and provide full information ( flight details, passport copies and if required, other documents for visa support) to book the tours. We highly recommend acknowledging the necessary documentation before the trip: valid passport with expiration not later than 6-month, visa / e-visa/ LOI.
- Travel/ medical insurance is not included in the tour packages as it is not obligatory, but we highly recommend all tourists buying the travel/medical insurance in the country of residence.
- 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.
- 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 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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