Tour Small Group Tour - Uzbekistan & Tajikistan

Transport

Tour and transfers in air-conditioned coach/minibus/van

Accommodation

3 Nights - 4* Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace - Tashkent 2 Nights - 4* Orient Star - Chiva Orient Star Hotel is located in a historical building in Chiva and features a restaurant and 24-hour reception. 2 Nights - 4* Alexia - Bukhara 2 Nights - 4* City Hotel Samarkand - Samarkand 2 Nights - 4* Khujand Grand Hotel - Khujand

Guide

German speaking tour guide (changing by country)

Meals

Meals: Breakfast, 1 x lunch Water during the round trips as well as at meals

Others

Tours, sightseeing and entrance fees according to itinerary .

Not included:

Others

Single room supplement: € 580 Drinking fee for local bus driver and tour guide (optional)

Optional

Wunschleistungen pro Person Zuschlag Einzelzimmer: 580 €

Insurance

Flights

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Day 1 Day 1: Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Tashkent

Individual arrival. If you arrive in Tashkent in the morning, you can use our transfer service.
Please inform us about your flight times.
Possibility of early check-in and breakfast at the hotel.
In the afternoon city tour through Tashkent - cultural and economic center of today’s Uzbekistan. Although the city seems modern, it is one of the oldest cities in Uzbekistan. Cave paintings in the Chatkal Mountains, 80 km away, testify to the fact that people lived there as early as 2000 BC. A large earthquake in 1966 destroyed considerable parts of the city. The city planners used this to realize their vision of a new city as a symbol of Soviet modernity in Asia. Today there is a mixture of wide boulevards, oversized Soviet-era buildings, reconstructed areas of the old city with winding alleys, mud-brick houses, mosques and madrasas.
Day 2 Day 2: Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Tashkent

After breakfast continue exploring Tashkent. Stroll through a maze of 19th century mud houses to Khast Iman Square. Here you will see Tashkent’s oldest sights: the Barak Khan Medrese and the 16th century Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum. The Tillya Sheikh Mosque houses the oldest Koran in the world, dating back to the 7th century. It is even said to have some of Muhammad’s hair enshrined in it. The Kukeldash Medrese is one of the largest remaining Koranic schools from the 16th century. In the Chorsu Bazaar, you can watch merchants sell spices, fruits, vegetables, dried fruits, wood carvings and embroidery.
Another highlight is the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts. In the building from 1907, which belonged to a merchant and diplomat exiled from Russia and is considered a masterpiece of architecture and art of that time, important artists of Uzbekistan have worked. Here you can admire handicrafts from the 19th and 20th centuries: Ceramics and porcelain, metal vessels and other metal works of art, fabrics, embroidery and precious wall hangings with colorful patterns, carpets, musical instrument, jewelry and much more.
Tashkent has the first metro in Central Asia. Each station has a different theme, some with Central Asian decorative motifs resembling Russian palaces. With granite and marble, chandeliers and mosaics, the stations on Tashkent’s 3 lines are "art galleries for the people".
Day 3 Day 3: Tashkent - Urganch - Khiva
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Tashkent - Urganch - Khiva

After breakfast, head to the airport and fly to Urgench. From there it is about 40 km to the desert town of Chiva.
The 2,500-year-old oasm city is a jewel in turquoise with its intact old city walls: oriental ornamentation, shady courtyards, the warm glow of the clay walls, mosques, medreses, mausoleums and minarets - all decorated with thousands of turquoise tiles. In the morning, stroll through the alleys and see the unique architectural monuments: the Minaret Celte Minar and Medrese Muhammad Amin Khan, the Friday Mosque with a wooden ceiling supported by 213 columns, the Kunya Ark citadel, the Medrese Islam Khodja with minaret, and the Pachlavan Machmud Complex and Tasch Hauli Palace.
Day 4 Day 4: Chiva
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Chiva

You can start the day with breakfast. Then go on a discovery tour and you will drive Toza Bog summer residence. The fortre-style summer palace Toza Bog was built at the end of the 19th century and combines Central Asian and European design. High windows from St. Petersburg were built into the mud brick walls, and western chandeliers hang from the ceilings. Khan Muhammed Rakhim II built the palace outside the city and had it planted with orchards and flower gardens. Then we head to the Pakhlava Makhmud Mausoleum, which was built in 1810 in honor of the patron saint of Chiva. The afternoon is available for your own exploration.
Day 5 Day 5: Khiva - Bukhara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Khiva - Bukhara

Your way today takes you to Bukhara, a city that has been nicknamed “The Noble” since ancient times. You arrive at your hotel in the late afternoon and then take a stroll through the old town district, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which creates an exotic oriental atmosphere through its numerous mausoleums, mosques and medreses. You’ll see, among other things, the choir minor mosque, which will remind you of the Taj Mahal from India.
Day 6 Day 6: Bukhara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Bukhara

Today, the highlights of Bukhara, approximately 2000 years old, are on the agenda, whose old town has not changed much in the last two centuries. Not only will the medresses on the rectangular Lyab-i-Khauz pond with the shading mulberry trees give you the charm of the city, but also the covered bazaars, Medrese Kukeldash from 1417 and the Kalon Mosque, Central Asia’s second largest mosque from the 12th century. The impressive minaret of the over 50m high of the Kalon Mosque is decorated with 14 bands of brick and a traditional stalactite formation at the top. They also visit Ishmael Samani Mausoleum, the resting place of the founder of the Persian Samanid dynasty, who was buried by desert sand until the 20th century.
Day 7 Day 7: Bukhara - Samarkand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Bukhara - Samarkand

After breakfast, head off to Samarkand. Once there, you can get a first impression of this fascinating city of fairy tales from “Thousand and One Nights”. You can see the Gur-emir mausoleum. Then the highlight will be with a visit to Uzbekistan’s landmark — Registan Square! You will be enchanted by the sight of turquoise blue domes, mighty portals, mosaic panels and ornate columns like in an oriental fairy tale.
Day 8 Day 8: Samarkand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Samarkand

The more than 3,000 years old “Pearl of the Silk Road” would like to be explored by you today. You’ll discover the Shahi-Zinda necropolis, an archaeological and architectural memorial complex, and the Bibi Khanum Mosque, which was once one of the largest buildings in the Islamic world. After the visit, the path will take you to a colorful bazaar. The Ulug Bek Observatory is one of the most advanced observatories in the ancient world. At the end of today’s sightseeing tour is a visit to a workshop that produces handmade paper according to traditional traditions. Paper production began in the 8th century. Abdurakhim Mukhtarov’s workshop is located in the village of Koni Gil on the outskirts of town. You can watch how beautiful paperwork and stationery are made.
Day 9 Day 9: Samarkand - Khujand (Tajikistan)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Samarkand - Khujand (Tajikistan)

After breakfast at the hotel, head overland to the Tajik border crossing near Penjikent. After completing entry formalities, meet your local guide and driver on the Tajik side of the border. The road from Samarkand to Penjikent follows the Zerafshan River across the border, where the valley begins to narrow near the dry foothills of the Pamir mountains. You visit Penjikent. It is a remote city with 130,000 inhabitants and is known for its past. In the afternoon, head to the beautiful mountains of Tajikistan on the way to Khujand. After arriving in Khujand, you have the opportunity to rest at the hotel.
Day 10 Day 10: Khujand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Khujand

Immerse yourself in the city’s sights. You can see the Arbob Palace of Culture, which is located in the main building of a former Soviet collective farm. The journey continues with the Sogdiana Historical Museum, which you enter through a reconstructed medieval city gate. Exhibits include ancient Sogdian artifacts and exhibits from recent Tajik history.
The Muslihiddin Memorial Complex is buried in the famous 12th century leader and poet Muslihiddin Khujandi. Today, the complex includes a 16th century mosque and minaret from the 19th century, as well as the poet’s mausoleum. Visit Khujand’s pink panjshanbe bazaar filled with merchandise such as imported clothing, shoes, and small items. Outside the huge column structure, there are spices, nuts, fruits and vegetables.
Day 11 Day 11: Khujand - Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Khujand - Tashkent

After breakfast at the hotel, head to the Uzbek border and say goodbye to your Tajik tour guide. You cross the border with Uzbekistan and head back to Tashkent overland. After check-in at the hotel, the afternoon is available for your own exploration.
Day 12 Day 12: Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Departure

The round trip ends after breakfast. Individual departure.

12 days tour

Small Group Tour - Uzbekistan & Tajikistan

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Itinerary of your trip Small Group Tour - Uzbekistan & Tajikistan

Day 1: Tashkent

Day 2: Tashkent

Day 3: Tashkent - Urganch - Khiva

Day 4: Chiva

Day 5: Khiva - Bukhara

Day 6: Bukhara

Day 7: Bukhara - Samarkand

Day 8: Samarkand

Day 9: Samarkand - Khujand (Tajikistan)

Day 10: Khujand

Day 11: Khujand - Tashkent

Day 12: Departure

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