Tours To Uzbekistan

Gijduvan Tour from Bukhara

Tour itenirary: Bukhara - Gijduvan - Bukhara
Season: all year round
Days: 1 | Nights: 0

A trip to Bukhara countryside to visit beautiful Sitora-i Mohi Khosa palace and famous ceramic workshop in Gijduvan,

The trip is a great ethno tour to teh master's house to learn about the traditional embroidery and pottery of the major ceramic centre in Uzbekistan.

The tour is ideal for a family journey, light and interesting sightseeing to enjoy the warm hospitality of Uzbekistan people.

Excursion

10:00 Meet the guide and driver at the lobby at your hotel in Bukhara.

Start Bukhara countryside tour visiting:

- Sitora-I – Mohi Khosa – last Emir summer residence visit by request.
Transfer to famous Gijduvan pottery workshop ( about 50 min drive from Bukhara) 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. 

Lunch at the master's house ( traditional Uzbek meals) and tea break.

Master-class of painting ceramics or suzani embroidery.

The master will send the dried and burnt hand-made ceramics to your hotel in Bukhara next day.

Transfer to the hotel in Bukhara. Arrival in the afternoon.

End of the tour.

Included
  • All transfers according to the program in Samarkand and transfers in Tashkent hotel-train station-hotel, in comfortable tourist class transport with air conditioning;
  • Tourist tax.
  • Certified English-speaking guide;
  • Single entrance tickets to sites, museums, mausoleums according to the program;
  • Lunch in Gijduvan ( home-made traditional meals, fixed menu, alcohol excluding);
Not included
  • Fee for using photo and video cameras at attractions and museums
  • VAT, personal/medical insurance, personal expenses and any other services not listed under "Included".
  • Meals: lunches and dinners
  • Accommodation in Bukhara (can be added by request);
Price per person:
Number of persons Standart
1 $220
2-3 $145
4-5 $125
6-12 $115
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Notes

- After the publication date, any changes in hotel prices, increases in air and train ticket prices, tax increases and exchange rate fluctuations may affect the base price of the tour;

- All changes in the main itinerary must be agreed upon, changes in flights or departure/arrival times of international flights and pre-confirmed by tourists;

- Anur Tour is not responsible for force majeure circumstances (weather conditions during the tour, repair and restoration work on some sections of roads, government restrictions).

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