Nurata 3 days tour

Tour itinerary: Samarkand – Nurata – Asraf – Bukhara

Season: March – November

Days: 3 | Nights: 2

3 days tour the deep Uzbek ancient life and beyond - explore the lands Alexander the Great conquered once and possibly, buried somewhere here.

To see what is that legendary pool with a holy water inside, that noone dares to touch. Visit Asraf - a sacret village, placed between two mountain feet on the route Samarkand - Bukhara.

Welcome to the elder Uzbekistan!

Day 1

Samarkand – Nurata – Asraf

Meet the driver at the hotel in Samarkand.

09:00 Transfer to Nurata town that was founded by Alexander the Great as known as fortified settlement Nur. The fortress played an important role in the region as one of the strategic points to visit :

- The ruins of the fort and kariz (the underground water pipeline from the spring) that was built to provide enough water supplies to the fort residents after Alexander the Great conquest. The ancient ruins and restored parts of now witness glory days of Nur.

- Chashma (translated as “spring”) complex consisting of Juma Mosque, over the holy spring became one of the significant pilgrimage site.

Continue to Asraf village. Arrive in the village by lunchtime.

Warm welcome by local family and trying out their delicious lunch.

Short sightseeing excursion and walking in the surroundings.

Resting time in the evening.

Dinner and overnight in guesthouse.

Day 2

Asraf

Homemade breakfast.

Easy hiking in the surrounding mounts.

Meet with your guide in the morning and start a whole day hiking tour to Uhum village (14 km / 7 hours with picnic rest). Visit local historical sites:

- Ruins of Mongol fortification ‘Qorgoni Honkeldi’, ruins of ‘Deh’ fortress and old community watermill in Upper Uhum.

By request: culinary master - class in the guesthouse cooking traditional Uzbek meals.

Lunch in the guesthouse.

Leisure time in the afternoon.

Dinner and overnight in the guesthouse.

Day 3

Asraf – Bukhara

Homemade breakfast.

10:00 Transfer to Samarkand, en-route visiting famous Gijduvan pottery workshop 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.

By request, a master-class of painting ceramics, suzani embroidery, and traditional bread baking. Continue to Bukhara.

Arrival in Bukhara in the afternoon.

End of the tour.

Tour Price (PER PERSON):

Person in group	Standart
1	$490
2-3	$315
4-5	$265
6-12	$225
Single supplement	$+35

Book it!

- Accommodation in a shared room in a guesthouse in Asraf;

- All transfers as per program by comfortable tourist class transport as per road conditions;

- Meals: home-made breakfasts, lunch and dinners in the guesthouse in Asraf (homemade meals, traditional Uzbek food alcohol excluding);

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

- Tourist tax per person.

- International flights;

- Single supplement in guesthouses and homestays is not applicable in high season;

- Guide services and accommodation in Samarkand and Bukhara (can be added by request);

- E-visa to Uzbekistan (if required);

- Photo/video fees (professional camera);

- Meals: Lunches and dinners except for meals in Asraf;

- VAT, 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, VAT can be added to the basic tour price.

- Please note that the guesthouses provide basic shower conditions;

- 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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