Sacred places of Bukhara and Samarkand

03:20 Arrival in Tashkent Airport

Meeting with guide and transfer to domestic airport by bus.  
 07:30 Flight to Bukhara HY-021.
 09:15 Arrival in Bukhara. Transfer to hotel. 

Start city tour along the old part of Bukhara (7 hours):

Visit to the Mausoleum of Samanids, Bolo Hauz Mosque and the Ark Fortress – the oldest citadel dating back to I century BC, Poi Kalon Square with Kalon Minaret and Mosque, Mir Arab Madrassah. There are three trading domes or so called covered bazaars preserved from the XVI century and these bazaars were the centers for silk, jewelry trade and economic-cultural exchange. Today as well, one can enjoy and purchase different souvenirs of a wide range, from small magnets to the famous Bukhara carpets.

Excursion also includes visiting Ulughbek and Abdulazizkhan Madrassahs, Abdullakhan’s Tim, Caravanserai Sayfuddin (the Center of Handicraft Development of Bukhara), Magoki Attari Mosque, Lyabi Hauz (Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah, Khanaka, Kukeldash Madrassah and the monument of Khodja Nasreddin).

Free time. Overnight in the hotel. 

Breakfast in the hotel. 
Transfer to Samarkand by bus (4-5 hours). Arrival in Samarkand. Check in the hotel. Free time. Overnight in Samarkand.

Breakfast. 

09:00 Start sightseeing in Samarkand (7 hours): 

Visit to the famous Registan Square – heart of Samarkand and real masterpiece of Central Asian medieval architecture, consists of three grandiose buildings: Ulughbek Madrassah, Madrassah Sherdor and Madrassah Tilla Kori. Gur Emir Mausoleum – a burial vault of Timurids dynasty; Bibi Khanim Mosque – the biggest medieval building in the city; Shahi Zinda Necropolis – unique complex of Mausoleums; Ulugbek’s Observatory – one of the most important astronomical centers, Samarkand bazaar – Siyab.

Countryside trip: visit Imam Al Bukhari complex. Imam Al Bukhari was the great theologian of the East.

16:00 Transfer to Samarkand Railway station; 

17:00 Transfer to Tashkent by "Afrosiab" high-speed train.

19:10 Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting and transfer to hotel, check in.

Free time. Overnight in Tashkent.

Breakfast. 
09:00 Start sightseeing tour of Tashkent (5 hours). Visiting old and new parts of the city: Amir Timur Square, Theatre Square with the Opera House, Earthquake Memorial, Abdul Kasim Madrassah and Alisher Navoi National Park, Independence Square, Khast Imam Square – a religious center of the city consisting of the Barakkhan madrassah, Kaffal  Shashi Mausoleum and the library of Islamic Literature with the Holy Koran Book of the VII century. 

P.M. Free time. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.