Samarkand Tour from Tashkent

Tour itinerary: Tashkent → Samarkand → Tashkent

Season: all the year round | days: 2 | nights: 1

Shah-i-Zinda

Registan

Sherdor madrasah

Tilya Kori Madrasa

Ulugbek Madrasah

Bibi-Khanym Mosque

Shah-i-Zinda

Guri Amir Mausoleum

Welcome to Samarkand!

Our two days tour to Samarkand from Tashkent - a great chance to have a small trip to this beautiful city of Uzbekistan and acknowledge more about home of Temur the Great.

Excursion

day 1

Tashkent – Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel.

06:30 Transfer to the Tashkent train station.

07:30 Departure for Samarkand by high-speed train "Afrosiyob".

09:38 Arrival in Samarkand.

Come out of the terminal and meet the driver.

Start the sightseeing program in Samarkand (6 hours):

- Gur Emir Mausoleum – a burial vault of Timur the Great and his descendants, decorated with gold ornaments and considered one of the most significant places in the world;

- Continue to the famous Registan Square – the heart of Samarkand and a real masterpiece of Central Asian medieval architecture—which consists of three grandiose buildings: Ulughbek Madrassa, Madrassa Sherdor, and Madrassa Tilla Kori.

- Bibi Khanum Mosque – the biggest medieval building in the city, which was one of the most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world in the 15th century;

- Shahi Zinda Necropolis – a unique complex of mausoleums formed by standing on both sides of the cenotaph (an imaginary grave) belonging to the Muslim person named Saint Abbas ibn Kussam;

- Ulugbek’s Observatory – one of the finest astronomical centers in the medieval world—was built by order of Ulugbek, an outstanding scholar and astronomer;

- Samarkand Bazaar – Siyab.

Transfer to the hotel.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

day 2

Samarkand – Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00 Meet the guide in the lobby. Continue the sightseeing program in Samarkand (5 hours):

– Shahi Zinda Necropolis – a unique complex of mausoleums formed by standing on both sides of the cenotaph (an imaginary grave) belonging to the Muslim person named Saint Abbas ibn Kussam;

– Ulugbek’s Observatory – one of the finest astronomical centers in the medieval world—was built by order of Ulugbek, an outstanding scholar and astronomer;

– Khoja Doniyor Mausoleum - the mausoleum over the grave of one of the saints. According to legend dating back to the 18th century, the ashes of the Old Testament biblical prophet Daniyar (Daniel) are buried in the mausoleum, the remains of which were brought to Samarkand and buried by Amir Timur.

– Paper factory "Meros” in Konigil village that produces unique paper that can be preserved for more than 400 years and is used in craftworks.

16:30 Transfer to the train station in Samarkand.

17:35 Departure for Tashkent by train "Afrosiyob"/"Sharq".

20:05 Arrival in Tashkent.

Come out of the terminal; the driver meets you with a signboard "ANUR TOUR".

Transfer to the hotel, check-in.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

Included

Accommodation in standard double rooms in hotels;
Transport: all transfers according to the program, in comfortable tourist class transport with air conditioning;
Meals: breakfasts in hotels;
Entrance tickets to all excursion sites according to the program;
Single entrance tickets to sites, museums, mausoleums according to the program;
Economy class train tickets: Tashkent – Samarkand, Samarkand – Bukhara, Bukhara – Tashkent on the high-speed train "Afrosiyob" / "Sharq";
Tourist tax per person.

Not included

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Air tickets for international flights;
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Uzbekistan visa/e-visa (if required);
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Accommodation in Tashkent (can be added as extra by request);
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Meals: lunch and dinner;
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VAT, Personal/medical insurance, personal expenses and any other services not listed under "Included";
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Fee for using photo and video cameras at attractions and museums;

Price per person:

Person count	Standart	Comfort
1 person 1	$585	$650	Book it
2-3 persons 2-3	$390	$425	Book it
4-5 persons 4-5	$325	$355	Book it
6-12 persons 6-12	$295	$350	Book it
Single supplement Single supplement	$35	$65	Book it

Accommodation:

Samarkand
Standart: Malika Classic , Shaxzoda Elite , Ideal Hotel , Khan Hotel , SandHill Hotel Samarkand , Arhan Palace Premium Comfort: Alexander , Hilton Garden Inn Samarkand Sogd , EmirHan Hotel , Hotel Royal Samarkand , Kosh Hovuz , DiliMah Premium Luxury
Tashkent
Standart: Navruz Hotel Tashkent , Friday Old City Hotel , Milan Hotel , King Plaza Hotel , Art Deluxe Hotel , Carlton Hotel Tashkent Comfort: Ichan Qal'a Premium Class Hotel , Mercure Tashkent South , Lotte City Hotels Tashkent Palace , ATECA Hotel Suites , Europe Hotel Tashkent , Mir Luxe Plaza

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Notes

- 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).