4 days group tour from Moscow to Uzbekistan on May holidays is probably the best time to travel through most known cities of Uzbekistan and enjoy the classic tour to Bukhara and Samarkand with well organized activities.
You will learn more about this beautiful land, while its dressed in flowers and green. Charming ancient sights, long term history and historical world known figures that ruled Uzbekistan during elder times - that's what our tour about.
Welcome to the biggest world's hospitality! Welcome to Uzbekistan!
23:55 Moscow Vnukovo airport. Departure to Samarkand by Uzbekistan airways flight HY606
05:25 Arrival in Samarkand. Come out of the terminal and meet the driver holding a sign “ANUR TOUR” with your name on it.
14:00 Standard Check-in
Transfer to the hotel.
Breakfast.
Meet with your guide & driver at the hotel's lobby and start excursion in Samarkand:
– Gur Emir Mausoleum – a burial vault of Timur the Great and his descendants decorated with gold ornaments and considered as 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 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 15 Century;
– Shahi Zinda Necropolis – 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 – the finest astronomical centers in the medieval world was built by order of Ulugbek, an outstanding scholar and astronomer;
Transfer to the hotel and check-in.
Overnight in the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Bukhara (270 km - 4.3 hours), en- route visiting famous Gijduvan pottery workshop 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.
By request, a master-class of painting ceramics, suzani embroidery and traditional bread baking.
Continue to Bukhara.
Arrival in Bukhara in the afternoon, check-in the hotel.
Resting time in the evening.
Overnight at the hotel.
Accommodation:
| Samarkand |
|
Standart:
Malika Classik
,
Malika Prime
,
Majestic Palace
,
Registan Plaza (President)
Comfort: Regal Palace , Asia Samarkand , City , Kamila |
| Bukhara |
|
Standart:
Sasha&Son
,
Amulet
,
Komil Boutique
,
Mekhtar Ambar
Comfort: Omar Khayam , Minzifa Boutique , Lyabi House , Caravan |
- 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).
