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A large, ornate archway with a blue dome structure. 1
A detailed interior with blue and gold tile patterns, arched windows, and intricate geometric designs. 2
A detailed ceiling with intricate geometric patterns and arches. 3
A person writing on paper at a table. 4
A mosque with domes and an archway. 5
By Silk Tour Ltd

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10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is $665 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • IATA accredited agent invites you to discover the magic cities of Khiva, Bukhara & Samarkand with our professional team of reservation, guides & drivers. Licensed experienced guides, modern a.c. transport and highly rated centrally located hotels will ensure a memorable trip.
    No short cuts, hidden fees or extra charge we guarantee your satisfaction. Customizable tour at no or small charge.
    Enhance tour by adding desert/mountain detour option.

Activity location

  • Urgench
    • Urgench, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Urgench
    • Urgench, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

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Without Hotel bookings

  • Earn $18.00
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

Book your own hotel
Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$600.00 x 1 Adult$600.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $665.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

Khiva-Bukhara-Samarkand 6 day private tour by train

  • Earn $32.25
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$1,075.00 x 1 Adult$1,075.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $1,140.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

Extra night khiva 7 day tour

  • Earn $34.50
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

Duration: 1 day: room upon arrival in khiva for early checkin or one day earlier arrivals including breakfast
Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$1,150.00 x 1 Adult$1,150.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $1,215.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

4 Star Hotels

  • Earn $40.50
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

4 Star Hotels
Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$1,350.00 x 1 Adult$1,350.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $1,415.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

Detour desert adventure 7 day

  • Earn $39.00
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

Yurt CAMP
Duration: 1 day: Drive Bukhara Nurata visit, drive Jurt camp, Camel ride, dinner, night in Yurt, breakfast, drive to Ayder-kul to swim & lunch
Kyzylkum Desert / Aydarkul Lak
Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$1,300.00 x 1 Adult$1,300.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $1,365.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

extra night Tashkent inc train

  • Earn $37.50
  • Activity duration is 6 days6d
    6d
  • English

extra night Tashkent
Duration: 1 day
Breakfast
Train Samarkand-Tashkent
Pickup included

Starting time: 6:00AM
Price details
$1,250.00 x 1 Adult$1,250.00
Paid at activity$65.00
Total
Price is $1,315.00
Until Thu, Sep 10

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Train Tickets Khiva-Bukhara-Samarkand
  • Inclusions
    Licensed experienced local guides in each city
  • Inclusions
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Inclusions
    5 nights accommodation in center located high rated 3+ star or boutique hotels
  • Exclusions
    single room supplement if required
  • Exclusions
    Tips for guides and driver for good service are highly appreciated
  • Exclusions
    Museums

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Specialized infant seats are available
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Please note visa requirement for Uzbekistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Uzbekistan

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Urgench, transfer & sightseeing khiva

  • 8 stops
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Overnight in high rated center located Khiva 3* or boutique hotel

Urgench

  • 15m
Arrival at Urgench Airport, Driver meet you at Arrival Hall exit with name shield

Itchan Kala

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Transfer to itchan Kala Khiva, Itchan Kala has a history that spans over two millennia. The inner town has 26 hectares and was built according to the ancient traditions of Central Asian town building, as a regular rectangle (650 by 400 meters) elongated from south to north and closed by brick fortification walls that are up to ten meters high. Ichan Kala was the site of the khan's palace. High officials and clergy and rich merchants used to live here. The ordinary people, small merchants, craftsmen and peasants lived in Dishan Kala.

Kalta Minor Minaret

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The minaret is well regarded, thanks to its unique decor and its incompleteness. The Kalta-minor is a unique minaret completely covered with glazed tile and majolica. It was commissioned in 1851 by Mohammed Amin Khan, the ruler of Khiva, as an architectural marvel intended to rise over 70 meters. But the construction stopped at a height of 29 m, which is why the name the Kalta-minor (or Short minaret) was assigned to it.

Citadel Kunya-ark

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Kunya Ark is a fortified citadel at the heart of Khiva, nestled against the western ramparts of the Ichan Kala immediately north of the city's west gate. Originally built as early as the 12th century, the nucleus of its current layout was first constructed by Arang Khan (r. 1688-94). The Ark is the largest of Khiva's myriad buildings.

Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Pahlavan Mahmud is a local poet and philosopher who was famous for his heroic strength and the ability to heal people. Originally the construction of the mausoleum was very modest but soon there was built khanaka and mosque where pilgrims said their prayer. Later the building was rebuilt into a magnificent construction with the largest dome in the city, covered with blue tiles.

Friday Mosque (Juma Mosque)

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Khiva's Juma, or Friday Mosque is located almost at the heart of the Ichan Kala (old city)—a fitting location as the name of the ruling Khan would have been read aloud here during Friday prayers.

Stone Palace (Tash Khauli)

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Located in the eastern part of Ichan-Kala, Tash-Khauli Palace built in 1830 - 1838 is an example of Khorezm architectural grandeur of those times. The palace was built by order of Allakuli-Khan.

Islam Khodja Complex

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Islam-Khodja complex stands to the southeast of the main east-west street in Khiva's Ichan-Kala (old city) and includes a madrasa and minaret. The site is named after Islam Khodja, the grand vizier (and also first cousin) of Muhammad Rahmi Bahadur II.

Day 2: free time in Khiva, Train Khiva-Bukhara

  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in high rated central located 3* or boutique hotel

Itchan Kala

  • 4h
Discover more magnificent Monuments in this open sky Museum medieval city,

Khiva Train Station

  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
transfer to Khiva railway station for train to Bukhara departing 15:00 or 18:00 depending on day of travel

Bukhara

  • 15m
Transfer from Bukhara Train Station to hotel

Day 3: sightseeing Bukhara

  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in high rated center located 3* or boutique hotel

Lyab-i-Hauz

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Built in the 16th - 17th centuries, Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble including Nodir divan Begi Medressah, Khanaqa, water reservoir & Carvan Saray is still one of the major Bukhara squares. Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble is probably the most popular Bukhara tourist attraction, often used as a rest stop, thanks to its grandness, tranquility and old age. Lyab-i Hauz is located in the southeast shakhristan near the main Bukhara trade street.

Great Minaret of the Kalon

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Kalyan Minaret complex including Minaret, Friday Mosque and Mir Araba Medressah is the last surviving fragment of the Kara-khanid era mosque built by Mohammad Arslan Khan in 1127, predating the Mongol conquests. Standing tall at 45.6 meters, this unlikely survivor of the city's early days—which so astonished Genghis Khan that he refused to order its destruction—continues to serve as the centerpiece of the city at the Po-i-Kalyan square.

Ark of Bukhara

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Ark, a royal town-within-a-town, is Bukhara’s oldest structure, it was home to the rulers of Bukhara for over a millennium. The Ark is as old as Bukhara itself. The founding of the original fortress is blurred in antiquity, but it was certainly the focus around which developed the medieval town.

Moschea Bolo-khauz

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
The Bolo Hauz stands opposite the Ark Fortress in a Kosh arrangement with the resistance between them. Its name means "above the pool", referring to the octagonal hauz, or artificial pond, located directly in front of it. Begun in 1712, early in the reign of Abu'l-Faiz Khan (r. 1711-47), it is one of the last and finest of Bukhara's major buildings prior to the modern era.

Maghak-i 'Attari Mosque

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Oldest surviving Mosque of Central Asia which served once as a budast & zaradustrian temple. Marvelous Architecture Brickwork

Trading Domes

  • 1h
Medieval oriental bazaar dotted with artisan workshops.

Day 4: Free time Bukhara, Train to Samarkand

  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in high rated center located 3* or boutique hotel

Bukhara

  • 4h
Free time at leisure to go on a treasure hunt or visit more monuments

Bukhara

  • 20m
Transfer to Kagan Railway station 15 km for train Bukhara-Samarkand (subject to availability)

Samarkand

  • 15m
Transfer hotel Samarkand

Day 5: Sightseeing Samarkand

  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight in high rated center located 3* or boutique hotel

Gur Emir Mausoleum

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Gur Emir Mausoleum – As a conqueror there are few that are Tamerlane’s equal, both in territory and legacy left. Today one can visit his tomb in the beautifully reconstructed Gur-Emir Mausoleum (1404-1405, 15-17 centuries) and reflect on his life while looking at the largest piece of jade (greenstone) in the world.

Registan

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket not included
Registan became the city square when life in Afrosiab stopped. Since that time Registan was reconstructed several times. Today it is surrounded by the three medreses Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillokori.

Bibi Khanym Mosque

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Bibi-Khanym Mosque – named after the wife of Temur and built between 1399-1404 – is one of best-known architectural attractions of Central Asia. The Mosque was erected on Timur's order after his combat of Delhi. The Minaret of the Mosque was supposed to be the tallest.

Siab Bazaar

  • 30m
Siab Bazaar in Samarkand is still as impressive as it was many years ago. Its abundant produce and handicrafts is evidence of the natural wealth of Uzbekistan and its people’s talents and diligence.

Shah-i-Zinda

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Shakhi-Zinda Ensemble – (IX) situated on southeastern mound of Afrosiab. This architectural complex consists of 44 tombs in more than 20 mausoleums. The greatest significance of Shah E Zinda is that he was the First cousin of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and resembles the Prophet the most.

Ulugh Beg Observatory

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Ulugbek's Observatory – observatory of Timur's grandson. Only the foundations remain but it is truly extraordinary. Ulugbek was an astronomer, scientist and architect. His scientific and astronomical discoveries greatly advanced knowledge in these fields. The only thing that was preserved is a part of huge sextant – major astronomic instrument, the lowest part of which was in a deep trench (11km).

Day 6: Transfer to Samarkand airport, fly back home

  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included

Samarkand

  • 30m
transfer to Samarkand Airport, fly home

Location

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    Urgench
    • Urgench, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Urgench
    • Urgench, Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

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