Treasures of the Great Silk Road

23.03.2025 - 29.03.2025 (7 days)

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  • Accommodation
  • Breakfast
  • Field trip
  • Transfer

from 600 usd / 1 person

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Tour itinerary:

  • Bukhara
  • Samarkand
  • Tashkent
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Tour program

Day 1. Bukhara. 03/23/2025
Meeting at the international airport.

You will be met by a representative of Caucasia Travel with a sign. From this moment on, you are our honored guest under the careful care of our team!
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in at the hotel after 14:00.

Free time.

Dinner at the hotel cafe (if you purchase a tour with dinners or full board).

Day 2. Bukhara. 03/24/2025
Breakfast at the hotel.

Meet the guide in the hotel lobby at 09:00.
After breakfast, we will go to get acquainted with the Miracle of the Spirit - Bukhara.

The historical center of Bukhara is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
We will see:

We will start our acquaintance with the most famous and visited square of Bukhara - the Lyabi-Khauz ensemble.
In the center of the ensemble there is an artificial pond, around which are located the Kukeldash madrasah, the Nadir Divanbegi madrasah, the khanaka, the famous monument to Khoja Nasreddin and many cozy cafes.

We will walk along the old streets and go into the puppet workshop. There we will see a mini-performance, the dolls "come to life" in the hands of the masters and become part of history.
We will continue the excursion and see: Chashmai Ayub Mausoleum, Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Samanid Mausoleum, Kosh Madrasa (Abdullakhon and Modarihon), Bolo Khavuz, Poi Kalon, Mir-i-Arab Madrasah, Ulugbek Madrasah, Abdulakhzizkhon Madrasah, Chor-Minor Madrasah, Magoki Attori.
Lunch at a city restaurant (if you buy a tour with lunches or full board).
Bukhara is known to the world not only for its mosques, the Ark fortress and the majestic Kalyan minaret, but also for its trading domes, which stretch in a string from Lyabi-Khauz to the Miri-Arab Madrasah.
You will learn all about the four domes: Toki-Sarrophon, Telpak Furushon, Tim Abdullakhan, Toki-Zargaron, Lyabi Khavuz.
Free time after the excursion.
Dinner at the city restaurant/hotel cafe (when purchasing a tour with dinners or full board).
Option - Visit to the Silk And Spices tea house - $10 (Order when booking, pay when booking).
Option - Visit to the workshop of the blacksmith dynasty - master class $20 (Order when booking, pay when booking).
Option - Folklore show at the Nodir Divan Begi madrasah in Bukhara - $20 (Order when booking, pay when booking).

Day 3. Bukhara-Konigil-Samarkand. 03/25/2025
Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, check out of the rooms and meet in the hotel lobby at 09:00.
After breakfast, we will go to Konigil (3.5 hours on the road), visit a paper workshop in a village near Samarkand.
The highlight of the village is a workshop for the manual production of traditional silk Samarkand paper using a revived ancient (early medieval) technology.
Here you can see and participate in the entire technological process from cleaning the mulberry bark, soaking and crushing it to obtaining finished sheets of paper, as well as making original products and souvenirs from them.
Master class on making manti + lunch (Included in the price).
Konigil is located on the outskirts of Samarkand, not far from the Ulugbek observatory, so after visiting the paper workshop we will go to the largest observatory in Central Asia, built in 1420 by Ulugbek (grandson of Tamerlane).
We will visit the Hudjum carpet factory.
After the excursion, transfer to Samarkand. Accommodation at the hotel.
Dinner at the hotel cafe (when purchasing a tour with dinners or full board).
Night at the hotel.
Option - Master class in a pottery workshop - $ 20 (Order when booking, payment when booking).

Day 4. Samarkand. 03/26/2025.
Breakfast at the hotel.
At 09:00 Meet the guide in the hotel lobby, start of the tour of Samarkand. "If Bukhara is a miracle of the spirit, then Samarkand is a miracle of the earth"
Acquaintance with Samarkand begins at Registan Square - ("sand square"), called the pearl of Central Asia, is one of the most beautiful squares in the world and a symbol of the city. The center of Samarkand since the time of Tamerlane, inside the square are the madrassahs of Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillakori.


Next to Registan Square there is an amazing place that looks like a grandmother's treasure chest - Lena Ladik's art gallery "happy bird". Hospitable hosts will share interesting stories. Antique carpets, chests, scarves, fabrics, skullcaps, jewelry, paintings and of course clothes. Trying on chapans and hand-embroidered dresses, we will get into character and feel like shahzods of Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand and other cities of the Silk Road.


We continue our walk through the interesting places of delightful Samarkand and go to see one of the main attractions of the city - the Gur-Emir mausoleum, it is known as the tomb of Tamerlane.
Lunch at a restaurant in the city (if you buy a tour with lunches or full board).
After lunch, you will learn the legend about Tamerlane's wife, the beautiful Bibi-khanym, who, upon her husband's return, built him a mosque as a gift, the likes of which the world had never seen - built in 1399-1400.
We will not leave aside and will definitely visit the Siyab Bazaar - the most famous and most important bazaar in Samarkand. There you can see the local color, buy souvenirs and bargain with local sellers.


In the evening, if desired, you can return to Registan to admire the colors of the East in the light of the lights.
Dinner at the city restaurant/hotel cafe (when purchasing a tour with dinners or full board).
Option - Wine Tasting at the Khovenko House - $40 (Order when booking, pay when booking).
Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5. Samarkand - Tashkent. 03/27/2025.
Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, check out of the rooms and meet in the hotel lobby at 08:30.
Transfer to Tashkent (4 hours 30 minutes).
Upon arrival, we immediately go to the Besh Qozon Plov Center. An amazing place where you can not only taste national pilaf, but also see huge cauldrons in which up to 10 tons of pilaf are cooked per day (lunch is included in the price).
After lunch, we begin our daytime walk through the "Old City":
We will begin our acquaintance with the city from Khast Imam Square - the spiritual center of Tashkent, where the original unique manuscript of the Koran of Usman and the hair of the Prophet Muhammad are kept. We will be able to see with our own eyes the Barak Khan Madrasah, the Kafal ash-Shashi mausoleum. Next, we will visit the new part of Tashkent - Independence Square or Mustaqillik Maydoni. The central square of the capital of Uzbekistan, like Red Square in Moscow. We will pass through the Ezgullik Arch, see the Independence Monument, the Monument to the Grieving Mother and walk along the Alley of Memory.
We will admire the extraordinary Palace of Konstantin Romanov, the appearance and style of which is unusual for eastern architecture, attractive in its grandeur, elegance, solitude, mystery and inaccessibility. A kind of ancient "noble nest". (review from the outside)
We will see the Theater Square named after Alisher Navoi (Bolshoi Theater), Amir Timur Square and Tashkent "Broadway", Tashkent metro.


Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at a city restaurant or hotel cafe (when purchasing a tour with dinners or on a full board basis).
Option – SPA in the hotel - $50 for 2 hours for 2 persons (650,000 SUM) booking and payment on site

Day 6. Tashkent. 03/28/2025.
Breakfast at the hotel.
At 10:00 we meet in the hotel lobby and go to the Chimgan Mountains.
The road runs through beautiful mountain landscapes.
Arrival in the Amirsoy area, where you can ride a chairlift.


Overview of the surroundings:
12:00 Approximate Arrival Time in Amirsoy
ATV riding is optional (additional)
Then the road runs to the Charvak Reservoir, surrounded by mountain slopes.
Arrival at the reservoir.
The Charvak Reservoir is a great place for recreation and active sports, including paragliding.
A few minutes of flight can be one of the most vivid memories in your life. The flight lasts 5-10 minutes, optional (additional).
Lunch at a cafe where they cook the most delicious mastava shurpa (if you buy a tour with lunches or full board).
Visit to the Khodjikent grotto with rock paintings (petroglyphs);
16:00 Return to Tashkent


In Tashkent we will visit the oldest bazaar, which is more than 2000 years old - Chorsu Bazaar. The name of the market is translated from Persian as "four roads" or "four streams", since in ancient times it was in this place that all the trade routes of the East were connected. And in modern times, the Chorsu Bazaar is located in the center of the intersection of the four main shopping streets of Tashkent.
Night at a hotel in Tashkent
Dinner at a local restaurant or hotel cafe (if you buy a tour with dinners or full board).
Option - Cable car ride - $ 5, payment on site on a first-come, first-served basis

Day 7. Tashkent. 03/29/2025.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Check out before 12:00.
Transfer to the airport.

Tour Price

Standard Double

600 usd / 1 person
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Tour price per person based on double occupancy:

 

Services

Basic Tour

3*

4*

600$

700$

International flight cost

no

Meeting/seeing off at the airport, group transfer airport – hotel – airport

yes

Accommodation in hotels (3-4*) in double rooms with breakfast yes
Group excursions with a guide according to the tour program yes
Comfortable transport with air conditioning throughout the tour yes
Lunch at Plov Center Besh Qozon, day 5 of the tour yes
Master class on making manti + lunch, day 3 of the tour

yes

Mineral water for each day of the tour

yes

Lunch on the 2nd, 4th, 6th day of tour

no

Dinner 1-6th days of tour

no

Entrance tickets to monuments and museums according to the tour program

 

 

no

Tourist tax

yes

Medical expenses and insurance

no

Bottled drinking water for each day of the tour

yes

Single occupancy supplement

170$

270$

Additional charge for entrance tickets to monuments

85$

Extra charge for lunches on days 2, 4, 6 of the tour

55$

Surcharge for dinners 1-6 days of the tour

110$

Important:
The tour operator has the right to change the procedure for providing services without reducing their volume. Replace travel by train with a comfortable bus between cities.
In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the tour operator reserves the right to replace excursions without reducing the total volume of the excursion program.
If you plan to check into a hotel immediately upon arrival (at night or early in the morning), you will need to pay an additional fee for early check-in

Accommodation in hotels*

 

Hotels 3*

Hotels 4*

Samarkand

Reikartz Amar

Grand Plaza

Bukhara

Reikartz Modarixon

Reikartz Bahor

Tashkent

Reikartz Abis, Reikartz Amirun, Reikartz Xon

Reikartz Sote Ташкент

Extra charge for additional night in the hotel

70$

120$

*or similar, no worse in level


Our transport:
Toyota Hiace / King Long / Joylong
Supplement for individual transfer airport - hotel - airport:
sedan: +30$ one way.
minibus: +50$ one way.