Uzbekistan Private Tour 6 Days
Travelers who are seeking to know more about ancient cities along the Great Silk Road and avoiding the hassle of organization will enjoy this six-day tour of a fairy tale city Samarkand, city of trade Bukhara, open air museum Khiva and the capital city of Uzbekistan Tashkent. In every city you will have an experience of local guide for sightseeing and you go at your own pace on this private tour. In all hotels you have connection to the Internet, breakfast, train and domestic flight tickets and entrance tickets for activities are all included.
Accommodation with breakfast is included
The itinerary can be customized based on your interests
Go at your own pace to explore the city with your local guide
Border pick-up available upon request
ItineraryDay 1: Arrival in TashkentStop At: Tashkent, Tashkent, Tashkent Province
Meet outside of airport terminal building by driver and transfer to hotel
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in high rated Hotel in Tashkent 3*
Day 2: Fly Tashkent-Urgench, transfer from Urgench to Khiva and sightseeing in KhivaStop At: Tashkent, Tashkent, Tashkent Province
The driver picks you up from your hotel in Tashkent at 5 am (flight is at 7 am).
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Urgench, Urgench, Xorazm Province
Travelers should go outside of airport the terminal building and there is a metal fence and all people who come to meet passengers wait there. Our driver will be there with a name board and transfer to Khiva city which is 35 km.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Itchan Kala, Khiva Uzbekistan
Ichan Qala Fort— is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1990. Present day Ichan Qala is open-air museum. It represents the old part of the city, surrounded with wall and turned into the State Historical Archaeological Museum. The area of Ichan Qala is 26 hectares. The feeling in Inner Fortress transfers people into the past in a city with narrow lanes, low houses, mosques, mausoleums and madrassahs (Quran or Koran schools).
The sightseeing in Ichan Qala Fort:
Muhammad Amin Khan Madrassa— (1855)
Kalta Minor. Zindon— city jail. Kunya Ark (“Kuhna Ark” in Uzbek).
Muhammad Rakhim Khan Madrassa— (1871)
Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum
Islam Khoja Madrassa
Islam Khoja Minaret— the tallest minaret in the city (Note: climbing the minaret 100.000 sum per person and it is not included to the tour price)
Juma Mosque— (1788)
Tash Hauli Palace (“Stone Palace” in Uzbek)(Note: separate entrance) to the reception court (ishrat hauli).
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in central located Hotel in Khiva 3* or boutique hotel
Day 3: Transfer from Khiva to Bukhara with a private driverStop At: Bukhara, Bukhara, Bukhara Province
Transfer from Khiva to Bukhara 7-hour drive. Crossing the river Amu Darya (in the antique called Oxus) and the desert Kizilkum. On the way lunch stop in a tea house—chayxana (optional)
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in central located Hotel in Bukhara 3* or boutique hotel
Day 4: The sightseeing in old town Bukhara and afternoon catch a train to SamarkandStop At: Bukhara, Bukhara, Bukhara Province
On this walking tour you learn about Art, history, old town, architectural monuments, food. The UNESCO listed city Bukhara has it all. Bukhara, one of the most ancient cities of Central Asia, has a 2500-year-old history. Bumichkat “New Castle”, Al Madina as-sufriyya “Copper City”, Madinat at-tujjor “City of Traders”, Foxira “Honorable City” are some the names given to this unique city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Moschea Bolo-khauz, Registan square, Bukhara Uzbekistan
Bolo Hauz mosque (XVIII century)— it is a functioning Friday mosque from XVIII century and consists of reservoir, mosque and minaret (Note: this mosque you can visit from outside, since it is functioning Friday mosque)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ark of Bukhara, Afrosiab St, Bukhara Uzbekistan
The Citadel Ark (I-XX centuries)— the construction of the citadel is dated to beginning of the 1st millennium BC. During the history the fortress has been destroyed several times but has been restored again. All buildings of the citadel have been reconstructed mainly during the XVIII-XX centuries
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Great Minaret of the Kalon, Khodja Nurobobod Street, Bukhara 200100 Uzbekistan
Poi Kalon complex (“The foot of tall” in Uzbek) from XII-XVI centuries. Consisting of mosque, madrassah and minaret, one of the great centre of trade and scholarship along the Silk Road. The beauty of the minaret amazed Genghis Khan (Temuchin or Temujin)
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Magoki Attori Mosque and carpet meusium, Mekhtar Anbar Str. 55, 200118, Buxoro, Buxoro Viloyati, Uzbekistan
Magoki-Attari Mosque— Central Asia’s oldest surviving mosque. Prior to the Arab invasion there was a Buddhist monastery and then a Zoroastrian temple on the site. It now houses the dull Museum of the History of Carpet Weaving
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Lyab-i-Hauz, B. Nakshabandi, Bukhara Uzbekistan
Labi Hauz Complex (“The edge of the pond” from Persian) constructed by Nadir Divan Begi, The Grand Vizier of Bukhara, around 1620
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bukhara Synagogue, Khusainova St., Bukhara Uzbekistan
XVI century Synagogue— to the south of Labi Hauz Square spreads the Jewish Quarter of the old town. Jews have been an important minority in Bukhara since their forced migration from Merv and Shiraz in the 14th century (the majority having emigrated to Israel and the US since 1970s). (Note: most of the time it is closed if it is open travelers can visit inside and see old Torah)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Monument to Hodja Nasreddin, Mekhtar Anbar St., Bukhara Uzbekistan
Statue of Hodja Nasruddin— the homespun philosopher and humorist on his donkey. Elsewhere in the world he is generally accepted as Turkish, but Uzbeks claim he was born in Bukhara and is one of their own
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Samarkand, Samarkand, Samarqand Province
Late afternoon transfer to Bukhara train Station 15 km and take the train to Samarkand (subject to availability) upon arrival outside of train station of Samarkand met by driver and transfer to hotel
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in central located Hotel in Samarkand 3* or boutique hotel
Day 5: The sightseeing in SamarkandStop At: Samarkand, Samarkand, Samarqand Province
Samarkand— a fairy tale city along the ancient Silk Road. “The Mirror of the World”, “The Garden of the Soul”, “The Jewel of Islam”, “The Precious Pearl of the Moslem World” are some the names given to this unique city. In ancient Greece, this city was known as Marakanda
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ulugh Beg Observatory, Samarkand 140100 Uzbekistan
The Ulugbek Observatory, built by Amir Temur’s grandson astronomer-king Ulugbek in XV century
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Shah-i-Zinda, Samarkand Uzbekistan
The complex Shahi Zinda (“alive king” in Uzbek) from XII-XX centuries. Burial place of royal persons and nobles. One of the most spiritual place in Uzbekistan
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Bibi Khanym Mosque, Guzarskiy Lane, Samarkand 140164 Uzbekistan
Bibi Hanim mosque XV century. The mosque was built in honour of Temur’s chief wife, Saray Mulk Khanum
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Gur Emir Mausoleum, Oksaroi St. 1, Samarkand 140164 Uzbekistan
Gur-Amir mausoleum (“the tomb of the king” in Uzbek) from XV century
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Registan St регистан, Samarkand 140164 Uzbekistan
Registan square (“sandy place” in Uzbek) from XV-XVII centuries. A spectacular architectural ensembles, with fantastic Islamic designs and calligraphy etched into the facades of its mosques and madrassahs
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in central located Hotel in Samarkand 3* or boutique hotel
Day 6: Travel by train from Samarkand to Tashkent. Have sightseeing in capital of Uzbekistan and depart to final destinationStop At: Tashkent, Tashkent, Tashkent Province
Early morning transfer to Samarkand train station and take the train to Tashkent (subject to availability) upon arrival outside of train station of Tashkent met by guide and start sightseeing in Tashkent
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Monument of Courage Earthquake Memorial, Corner of Sharaf Rashidov Ave and Abdulla Kadiry Street, Tashkent Uzbekistan
Earthquake Memorial— this memorial is devoted to the tragic date of earthquake in Tashkent on April 26th of 1966 and is erected in the approximate spot of the earthquake epicenter
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ensemble Hazrati Imam, Zarkainar Street / Qorasaroy Street, Tashkent Uzbekistan
Khazrati Imom Complex (XVI-XX centuries) the historical spiritual heart of the city (consists of functioning Friday mosque “Khazrati Imom Mosque” from 2007, Barak-Khan Madrassa from XVI-XVIII centuries—present-day serving as shopping place, Tellya Sheikh Mosque from XIX century, Muyi Moborak Library— holds rare Oriental manuscripts collection, among which the world-famous Caliph Osman-Koran from the VII century and the mausoleum of Abu Bakr Mohammed Kaffal Shashi, the first Koran preachers of Central Asia, who was also a famous scientist)
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chorsu Bazaar, Tafakkur Ko'chasi 57, Tashkent Uzbekistan
The market Chorsu (“four roads” in Uzbek, the commercial heart of the city and has been for hundreds of years).
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Amir Temur Square, Mirabad District, Tashkent Uzbekistan
Amir Timur Square—the centre of the modern city, is green space with plenty of flowers and fountains. The square covers the most important buildings both political and cultural. In the middle of the square is the statue of Amir Timur (known in Europe as Tamerlane) on horseback, hotel “Uzbekistan” which was built in 1974, University of Law (former Women’s Gymnasium), Museum of Amir Timur, well-known Tashkent Clock Towers (the first tower was constructed in 1947 to house the clock mechanism from Eastern Prussia, a war trophy brought back to Tashkent by watchmaker Ayzenshteyn), and Uzbekistan Forums Palace
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Tashkent, Tashkent, Tashkent Province
Transfer to International Airport of Tashkent
Duration: 25 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Stroller accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Infants must sit on laps"
"Most travelers can participate"
"Check in to the hotels is after 14:00"
"Note: In a high tourist season when the high-speed train is unavailable, we will replace this with the most-comfortable class of regular train"
"The itinerary might be changed according domestic air ticket availability"
"After booking send copy of passport for booking train tickets and hotels, please"
"It is recommended to have some extra cash in US dollars to buy the souvenirs, food, tipping and for other expenses. There are many ATMs but you can’t withdraw US dollars they always give you cash in local currency and there is a limit"
"On this tour you visit architectural marvels which have a rich history and important religious sites. It’s recommended to follow a specific dress code when visiting these iconic landmarks. Both men and women should wear clothing that covers their shoulders and knees. Avoid wearing tight, revealing, or transparent clothing. Women should cover their hair with a headscarf or shawl when they enter to holy places"
"A current valid passport is required on the day of travel"
"This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"
Hora de Inicio:
05:00 AM
Duración: 6 Days
Lugar de comienzo: Traveler pickup is offered
Travelers should go outside of airport terminal building and there is a metal fence and all people who come to meet passengers wait there. Our driver will be there with a name board.
Airports- Tashkent International Airport, Kumarik ko'chasi 13, 100167, Тоshkent, Toshkent, Uzbekistan
Cancelaciones y devoluciones:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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