UZBEKISTAN – “THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS “

UZBEKISTAN – “THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS “
Tour 11 days/10 nights
Tashkent - Urgench (Khiva) - Bukhara - Nurata (Yurta camp) - Samarkand - Shakhrisabz– Tashkent
Description:
1st day Arrival in Tashkent. Transfer to Hotel "Uzbekistan". Dinner
2nd day Breakfast. Sightseeing tour in Tashkent with visiting of Theatre Place, Navoi Park with Abdul Kasim Madrassah (19th cent.), Old City with Khast Imam complex: Barak Khan Madrassah (16th cent.), Tello Sheikh Friday Mosque (19th cent.), Kafali Shashi Mausoleum (16th cent.), Bazaar Chorsu, the Kukeldash Madrassah (16th cent.). Lunch. Transfer to airport and departure to Urgench. Uppon arrival transfert to Khiva 25 km. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner.
3rd day Breakfast. Excursion in the Old City Itchan Kala with visiting of Ata Darvaza (the west gates, 17-18th cent.), Kalta Minar (19th cent., unique unfinished minaret), Mohammed Amin Khan Madrassah (19th cent.), Kunya Ark (17-19th cent., the old Residence of Khiva`s Khan), Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum (18-19th cent.; pilgrim place with the grave of famous poet and wrestler from 14th century; in the neighborhood the graves of Khans), Hodja Islam Madrassah with a high minaret (18th cent.), Tash Chauli Palace (19th cent.), Karavan Saray (19th cent.), Friday Mosque Djuma (11-12th , 18th cent., unique building with the more than 218 wooden columns). Lunch in Khiva. Dinner.
4th day Breakfast. Departure to Bukhara (450 km 07:00). Accommodation in hotel. Dinner.
5th day Breakfast. Whole day sightseeing tour in Bukhara with visiting of Liabi Hauz ensemble: Nadir Divan Begi Madrassah (17th cent.), Tchanaka (17th cent.); Bolo Hauz ensemble with a mosque from the 18th century, Magoki Affari or Mokh mosque (10, 12-16th cent., it have the elements of the Zoroastrian temple), Kalyan minaret (46 m high, 12th cent.), Kalyan mosque (12-16th cent., the biggest mosque without roof in Central Asia),
Mir I Arab Madrassah (16th cent.). Lunch in a private restaurant. Continuation of the excursion: citadel Ark (7-19th cent.), mausoleum of Samanids (10th cent.), Chor Minar (19th cent.) and Summer Palace of the last Bukhara`s Emir "Sitora I Mohi Khosa (beginning of the 20th cent.). Dinner.
6th day Breakfast. Continuation of the sightseeing tour. Visiting of Chor Bakr (16th cent.), Bakhovuddin Nakshbandi ensemble (16th cent., Sufis mosque and mausoleums). Lunch in a private restaurant. Trip to Nurata (200 km, desert Kysyl Kum). In the evening dinner near the camp fire with Kazakh akin singing folk songs. Night under the starlit sky. One over - night stay in a yurt (WC, shower are outside, sleeping on a mattress).
7th day Breakfast at the saloon-tent and then - transfer to Aydarkul Lake. Then you will have a lunch (made of lake fish) in tent located in lakeside of Aydarkul. You can enjoy the rest swimming in water of the unique Aydarkul Lake, become brown laying in chaise longue set closely to the lakeside.
Departure to Samarkand 200km. Upon arrival to Samarkand accommodation at hotel, first visit of Samarkand. Dinner in local restaurant & O/n at hotel.
8th day Breakfast. Whole day sightseeing tour in Samarkand with visiting of: Ulughbek observatory (15th cent.), excavations of the ancient city Afrosiab (6th cent. B. C.-13th cent.), Registan square with Ulughbek Madrassah (15th cent.), Sher Dor Madrassah (17th cent.) and Tella Kori Madrassah (17th cent.). Lunch. Visiting of the Gur Emir mausoleum (15th cent.) and the Bibi Khanum mosque (15th cent., the greatest dome mosque in Central Asia). Bazaar. Dinner.
9th day Breakfast. Departure to Shakhrisabz (150 km). Sightseeing tour in Shakhrisabz with visiting of: the ruins of the Tamerlan`s summer Palace Ak - Saray (beginning of the 15th cent.), Khasrati Imam and Kok Gumbas mosques (15th cent.), ensemble Dar us Saadat (15th cent.). Lunch. Returne to Samarkand (150 km). Dinner & O/n at hotel.
10th day Breakfast. Continuation of the sightseeing tour with visiting of: the Shahi Zinda (9-19th cent., one of the oldest cult places in Central Asia with more than 20 mausoleums), Hodja Ahrar Madrassah (15th cent.) Lunch. Departure to Tashkent (300 km). Accommodation in Hotel . Dinner.
11th day Transfer to airport. Departure.

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