10-Day Great Silk Road Tour in Uzbekistan with Khiva and Samarkand

• Arrival at Tashkent airport.  Transfer to the hotel for luggage drop-off and additional breakfast; check-in at 14:00. At 09:00 - start sightseeing in the city, which is very dynamic and modern with its history. 
• Visit Hast Imam Square, where the Barakkhan Madrasah, Tillya Sheikh Mosque and Kafala Ash-Shashi Mausoleum (XVI century) are located. Visit Kukeldash Madrasah. 
• Then, walk along the biggest and most dynamic market of Uzbekistan—Chorsu. 
• Visit the Museum of Applied Art. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• Continuation of visiting religious sites: Catholic and Orthodox temples. 
• Visit the most beautiful metro stations—a panoramic tour of Tashkent: Independence Square, Opera and Ballet Theatre Square, and Amir Temur Square. 
• Visit to Magic City amusement park. 
• Transfer to Tashkent airport for departure by domestic flight HY-057 to Urgench (20:25/21:55). 
• Arrival in Urgench.
• Transfer to hotel in Khiva. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• At 09:00, the excursion to the ancient complex of Ichan Kala starts: Kunya Ark, Mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud, Minaret and Madrasah of Ichan Kala, Minaret of Kalta Minor, Tash Khovli Palace, Ak Mosque, Anush Khan Bani, Medersa Muhammad Rahimkhan, and Friday Mosque.

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast at the hotel. Long transfer to Bukhara (450 km, 7-8 hours) through the Kizilkum desert (red sands). 
• Arrival and accommodation at the hotel. 
• Free time for a walk through the narrow streets of the old city.

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast at the hotel. 
• Visit the Magokki Attari Mosque, built on the site of Buddhist and Zoroastrian temples (12th-16th centuries). 
• Visit to the 16th-century covered market known as the ‘merchant domes’. During the visit, gold embroidery, copper, blacksmith, and weaving workshops were discovered. 
• Visit to Ulugbek Madrasah built by Tamerlane's grandson in 1417, Abdul-Aziz Khan Madrasah (17th century), Tim Abdullah Khan Madrasah (16th century) built in 1577 and used by Afghan silk and wool traders, and the magnificent architectural complex of Poy Kalon (12th-16th centuries) including Masjidi Kalon Mosque, Miri Arab Madrasah and the highest minaret of its time in the East. 
• Visit the majestic Ark Citadel, the residence of the Emir until 1920. 
• End the day with a visit to Chor Minor (a small madrasa with four minarets). 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• Walk around the old city of Bukhara
• Admire the Lyabi Hauz complex of the XVI-XVII centuries with Nodir Divan-Begi madrassah, Kukeldash madrassah and Nodir Devon-Begi khanaka. Continuation of Bukhara sightseeing: Ismail Samani Mausoleum, built in the 10th century, a masterpiece of Arabic geometry; Bolo Hauz complex, including a mosque (18th century); and Chashma Ayub Mausoleum. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• Departure by bus to Shakhrisabz (300 + 150 km), the birthplace of Tamerlane. 
• Then, a city tour (about 2 hours). The remains of Tamerlane's palace Ak-Saray, which means ‘white palace’, were left unfinished after his death. 
• Visit to the complex: Friday mosque Kok-Gumbaz, built by Ulugbek in 1432 in honour of his father. Imam Hazrati Mosque has a shady summer terrace; Darus Siadat is the tomb of Timur's eldest son, Jahangir. Dorut-Tilovat is a memorial complex of the era of Amir Temur and his successors (XIV-XV cc.), the tomb of the house of Temurids. Transfer to Samarkand. Arrival and accommodation at the hotel. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• Go on the Samarkand Tour. The Great Silk Road has long passed through this city, and the famous conqueror Tamerlane, a descendant of Genghis Khan, made it the capital of his vast empire in the XIV century and built here many architectural masterpieces, many of which have survived to this day. 
• The tour starts with a visit to the famous Registan Square, where Ulugbek, Till Kori and Sherdor madrassahs are located. Visit to Gur-Emir Mausoleum. 
• Visit the Konigil Meros paper factory. 
• Visit the Khujum carpet factory. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• We will resume our tour of Samarkand with a visit to the Shahi-Zinda necropolis. 
• Visit Ulugbek Observatory, Afrosiab Archaeological Museum, Bibi Khanim Mosque and Siab Market, the busiest market in the city.
• In the afternoon, we transfer to Tashkent (about 280 km/4-5 hours). Arrival and accommodation. 

Lunch and dinner are not included. Overnight at the hotel.

• Have breakfast. 
• Transfer to Tashkent airport.