Tours To Uzbekistan

Day tour to Samarkand from Tashkent

Tour itenirary: Tashkent → Samarkand → Tashkent
Season: all the year round
Days: 1 | Nights: 0

One day tour to Samarkand is a promising wonderful journey to one of the greatest cities in the world - legendary Samarkand. Take a round trip from Tashkent by high-speed train 'Afrosiyob' - the road will take only 2 hours.

Samarkand welcomes with monuments of stunning beauty & majestic blue domes reviving the time of the Great Tamerlane age. All of them represent the greatness & glory of Temurids, their power and influence.

You will visit all main attractions: Gur Emir, the mausoleum of Amir Temur and his male relatives, Registon Square and its 3 famous madrassahs, Ulugbek's observatory, Bibi Khanym mosque, Siyab bazaar, etc. During the one-day excursion to city you will be accompanied by professional English-speaking guide. Our driver will transfer you back to the railway station and say goodbye with all hospitality of people.

Excursion

Meet the driver at the hotel lobby.

07:00 Transfer from hotel to Tashkent railway station.

08:00 Departure for Samarkand by speed train Afrosiab or Sharq.

10:10 Arrival in Samarkand.

At the meeting zone meet the driver and guide who will wait for you with a sign "ANUR TOUR".

Transfer to the old part of Samarkand and start sightseeing program:

– 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 15th 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;

– Samarkand bazaar – Siyab.

16:00 Transfer to Samarkand railway station.

17:00 Departure for Tashkent by speed train Afrosiab or Sharq.

19:10 Arrival in Tashkent.

Meet the driver at the meeting zone. Transfer to the hotel. 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;
  • Single entry tickets to the sites as per program;
  • Tourist tax.
  • Professional licensed local guides
  • Economy class train tickets: Tashkent – Samarkand, Samarkand – Tashkent by high-speed train "Afrosiyob"/"Sharq";
Not included
  • Personal / medical insurance, personal expenses and any other services not listed in the "Included" section.
  • Meals: lunch and dinner;
Price per person:
Number of persons Standart
1 $295
2-3 $210
4-5 $195
6-12 $175
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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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