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The most cherished public holiday is Navruz (‘new day’), the Central Asian new year that falls on March 21 in Uzbekistan. During this two-day festival of spring renewal, look for singing, dancing, the parading of seven special dishes beginning with’s’, plus sumalakh (a wheat bran pudding cooked during an overnight party), kurash wrestling by burly pafoans, dorboz tightrope walkers, kopkari horse races and epic poetry recital by wandering bakshi minstrels. Streets and bazaars fill with crowds seeking national dishes and handicrafts, and the festival culminates with a ritual plugging of the first furrow of the year by the most respected aksakal in the village.
Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
Itinerary: Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Samarkand – Urgut – Tashkent
Description
TOUR PROGRAM:
DAY 1. Tashkent—Urgench—Khiva
Meeting in the airport. Transfer and accommodation in hotel. Breakfast in hotel. Free time and leisure in hotel. Check-out. Visit of the Museum of Applied Arts (where items of traditional Arts & Crafts both antique and contemporary are displayed). Lunch in local restaurant. Transfer to airport. Flight Tashkent—Urgentch. Arrival to Urgentch, transfer to Khiva and accommodation in hotel. Dinner in hotel. Overnight in Khiva
DAY 2. Khiva
Breakfast in hotel. Visiting Khiva : Ichan Kala: Kunia Ark, Mukkhamed-Amin medresseh, Seyid Alaouddine mausoleum, Pakhlavan-Makhmud mausoleum, Jami Mosque, Tashkaluli Palace, Alla Kuli medresseh. Lunch in one ancient medresse or in hotel with folklore of Khorezm. Proceed the visit of Khiva. Visits of Kurnych Khana, Ak Cheikh Bobo, Mukhammed Rakhim Khan et Islam Khodja medresse. Dinner in Khiva. Overnight in Khiva
DAY 3. Khiva—Bukhara
Breakfast in hotel. Transfer Khiva—Bukhara (470 km). Lunch picnic in desert restaurant. Arrival and accommodation at hotel. Overnight in Bukhara
DAY 4. Bukhara
Excursion over Bukhara: Arc fortress, complex Bolo Khauz, Chashma Ayb, mausoleum of Ismail Samani. O/n at hotel
DAY 5. Bukhara
Breakfast. Continuation of city tour: walking through the old streets, Chor Minor (18th c.). Tour outside the city: Emir’s Summer Residence Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa (19th c.), memorial necropoles Chor Bakr (10th c.), visit to the Bahouddin Nakshbandi mausoleum (16-19th c.), to the sepulchers of his mother and his preceptor (14th c.). Dinner with folklore show at Nodir Devon Begi (or in hotel — due to climate conditions). O/n at hotel
DAY 6. Bukhara—Gijduvan—Samarkand
Breakfast in hotel. Continuation of excursion over Bukhara: Sitora-i-Mokhi Khosa Palace — the former residence of Emirs, mosque. Transfer to Gijduvan (40 km from Bukhara) Visit of ceramic workshop. Tourists can see the proves of the ceramic production, assist in the preparation of festive dinner, taste the national uzbek cuisine which prepares only during the Navruz period: “sumalyak”, “khadisa”. Festive lunch in Gijduvan. Drive to Samarkand. O/n at hotel
DAY 7. Samarkand
Breakfast. City tour: Excavations and museum of the ancient city of Afrosiab, Architectural complex Shakhi-Zindeh (11-15th c.), Mausoleum Guri Emir — Tamerlane’s Tomb (14—15th c.), Bibi-Khonum Mosque, market place. Dinner in traditional Uzbek house with folklore concert. Overnight in Samarkand.
DAY 8. Samarkand—Urgut—Samarkand
Breakfast. Coach trip to Urgut (50 km). Participation in Traditional uzbek Games “Kopkari” (Buzkashi/Kupkari/Ulok) and celebration of Navruz (due to climate conditions). Tourist can participate in the Navruz festival. They can see the uzbek national puppet-show, traditional uzbek music, performance of artists and clowns, rope-walkers (due to the climate conditions). HoliDAY lunch with national dish plov. Come back to Samarkand. Dinner in hotel. Overnight in Samarkand.
DAY 9. Samarkand—Tashkent ( 330 km)
Breakfast in hotel. Transfer to the railway station at 10.30 AM. Arrival in Tashkent at 14h40 PM. Lunch panier repas in train. Transfer to the hotel. Visit of local “Broadway”. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight in Tashkent.
DAY 10. Tashkent
Breakfast. Transfer to Tashkent Airport for flight to next destination.
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- All transfers by minibus according to the itinerary, as well as your airport, pick up and drop off
- Accommodation based on double room sharing.
- English-speaking local tour guide accompanying the group
- All entrance tickets as per the itinerary
Price does not include
- International airfares
- Hotel charges for additional services
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses, e.g. souvenirs
- Tips for guides and drivers
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