Two days in Samarkand

Tour itinerary: Tashkent → Samarkand → Tashkent

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

Registan

Ulugbek Madrasah

Tilya Kori Madrasa

Bibi-Khanym Mosque

Shah-i-Zinda

Guri Amir Mausoleum

Each city has its own history, legends, mysteries, and secrets. To know all about them is very difficult in one day. That's why we offer you a special two-day tour to Samarkand. If you don't like to hurry and want to learn about Samarkand as much as possible, this tour is for you! The second day we leave free, when you can walk around the city by yourself, have an opportunity to feel its life, unusual atmosphere, and enjoy medieval architecture once again.

Excursion

day 1

Tashkent – Samarkand

Meet the driver at the hotel in Tashkent.

07:00 Transfer to the railway station in Tashkent.

08:00 Departure for Samarkand by high-speed train "Afrosiyob".

10:08 Arrival in Samarkand.

Meet the driver and guide, who will wait for you with a signboard "ANUR TOUR".

Start 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 Khanim 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;

- Samarkand bazaar – Siyab.

Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

day 2

Samarkand – Tashkent

Free day in Samarkand.

16:50 Transfer to the railway station in Samarkand.

18:15 Departure for Tashkent by high-speed train "Afrosiyob".

20:30 Arrival in Tashkent.

Come out of the terminal and meet the driver. Transfer to the hotel.

Included

Full transportation service on vehicles with a/c;
Services of a licensed tour guide;
Single entry tickets to the sites, museums, mausoleums and natural fees as per program;
Train tickets Tashkent - Samarkand - Tashkent;

Not included

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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";

Accommodation:

Samarkand
Afrosiab Palace , Khan Hotel , SandHill , "Jahon Palace" Hotel , Shaxzoda Elite , Bibikhanum
Tashkent
Marwa Tashkent Pool&Spa , Milan hotel , Parklane Hotel , Asia Tashkent , Uzbekistan

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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).