9-Day Uzbekistan Cultural Tour from Tashkent to Bukhara

• Arrival at Tashkent International Airport, where you will be met by our driver holding a Miral Tour sign.
• Transfer to the hotel for check-in and rest.

Overnight in a Tashkent hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your driver and guide.
• 10:00 - Transfer to the starting point of the excursion.
• Sightseeing in the central part of Tashkent:
  • Hazrat Imam area (16th century).
  • Mausoleum of Kafal al-Shashi (16th century) - the burial place of Imam Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Kaffal Shashi, one of the first Muslim imams and a famous prophet and poet.
  • The Namazgah Mosque (19th century), in whose building the Islamic Institute named after Imam al-Bukhari is located.
  • The Tillya-Sheikh Mosque (19th century), which contains a large collection of books as well as a reading room.
  • Madrassah Mui-Muborak (16th century) - in the premises of the old khanaka, the oldest Koran of Osman (7th century) is preserved.
  • Next to the Khazret Imam ensemble stands the madrasah and mausoleum of Barak Khan (15th-16th centuries), built by Suyunidzh Khan, the first ruler of the Uzbek Shaybanid dynasty.
  • Sheikh Zaynuddin-Bobo, the son of the founder of the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order, Sheikh Ziya ad-Din Jahim Suhrawardi. He was sent by his father to these places to spread the ideas of the Sufi order.
  • Khodja Ahror Vali Mosque.
• Transfer to Tashkent train station.
• Departure from Tashkent by the fast Afrosiyob train.
• Arrival in Samarkand.
• Transfer to the hotel.

Overnight in a Samarkand hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the holy places in and around Samarkand:
  • The mosque and mausoleum of Imam Al-Bukhari (Al Bukhari Muhammad bin Ismail Abu Abdallah al-Joufi) (810-870), a recognized Muslim scholar and author of the authoritative hadith collection

• 08:00 - Departure from Samarkand and transfer to Shakhrisabz.
• On the way, visit Teshik Tash in the Bay Santau mountains and Chor Chinor, a plane tree that is already 1,000 years old. The tree has become sacred, and locals pray to it for health.
• In the era of Temur, the city was not only a trade and craft center, but also one of the cultural centers of the East.
• The

• Breakfast at the hotel. Continue visiting holy places and architectural masterpieces in Samarkand:
  • Mausoleum of Gur-e-Amir. Amir Timur, members of his family, as well as Timur's spiritual guide Mir Seyyed Bereke, are buried here.
  • Rukhabad Mausoleum - the tomb of Shaykh Burkhaniddin Sagardji, who died in China but asked his son Abu Said to bury him in Samarkand at the feet of Nuriddin Basri, one of the representatives of the Dervish Order

• Breakfast at the hotel. 10:00 - Start of the excursion program in Bukhara.
• Mausoleum of the Samanids (9th-10th centuries) - a monument from the Samanid dynasty, a period marked by the formation and flourishing of science, culture, literature, and architecture.
• Mausoleum of Chashma Ayub (12th, 14th, and 16th centuries) - inside is a source of holy water named after the biblical prophet Job.
• Bolo-House Complex (18th-20th centuries) - consisting of a mosque with a beautiful aivan, a minaret, and a house.
• The Ark Fortress, a magnificent citadel and the residence of the rulers of Bukhara, stood as a stronghold of power and might from the 1st century BC to the 19th century.
• Poi-Kalon Ensemble (12th-16th century):
  • Mir-i-Arab Madrasah (1530-1536). Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov and the head of Russian Muslims, Ravil Gaynuddin, studied here.
  • Kalyan Minaret (1127) - a symbol of Bukhara that for centuries served as a beacon for caravans approaching the city through the desert.
  • Kalyan Mosque (16th century), one of the largest mosques in Central Asia.
• Lyabi-Khauz Ensemble: the madrasah and khanaka of Nodir Divan Begi (1630), Kukeldash Madrassah (1578), and a monument to Khoja Nasreddin. This is a favorite place of recreation for Bukharans and guests of the city, with numerous teahouses around the reservoir.
• Leisure time in Bukhara.

Night in a Bukhara hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel. 10:00 - In the morning, visit sights outside the city:
  • After breakfast, take an out-of-town tour to

• Breakfast at the hotel. Out-of-town sightseeing program in Bukhara:
  • Madrassah Chor Minor.
  • The summer palace of the Emir of Bukhara, Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa.
• 13:00 - Break for lunch.
• People from far countries come here to find healing and wisdom.
• Chor-Bakr Necropolis, built over the burial place of Abu-Bakr-Said, who was one of the four Abu-Bakrs (Chor-Bakr), descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
• Transfer to Bukhara train station.
• Departure from Bukhara by the fast Afrosiyob train (if tickets are available at the time of booking).
• Arrival in Tashkent.
• Transfer to your hotel for accommodation and rest.

Overnight in a Tashkent hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Transfer to Tashkent International Airport for departure.