Jade Tours - Tour Package


10 Days Treasures of Tamerlane Tashkent • Khiva • Bukhara • Samarkand • Tashkent


Day 1 Home City > Tashkent Begin your Central Asia adventure with an overnight flight to Tashkent via Europe. Day 2 Tashkent Arrive in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. You are met at the airport and transferred to the Le Meridien Palace Hotel for 2 nights. Day 3 Tashkent [B/L/D] A full day tour of Tashkent include visits to the Amir Tamerlane Square, Kukeldash Madrassa, Chorsu Bazaar, Barak Khan Madrassa, Tillya Sheikh Mosque and Museum of Applied Arts. Drive by the Palace of Prince Romanov and take a walk along Sailgoh street. Tonight, enjoy a performance of ballet or opera at the Navoi Opera & Ballet Theatre. Day 4 Tashkent > Urgench > Khiva [B/L/D] Fly to Urgench this morning and continue with a short drive by car to Khiva, a city frequently called a “living museum” with its mud streets and inward-looking squares so well-preserved. It is somewhat feels like a film set. Your sightseeing begins in Ichan-Kala, the walled inner town protected as the World Heritage Site. Visit the Pahlovon-Mahmud, Shergozi-Khan Madrassa, Tosh-Khovli Palace, Alloquli Khan Madrassa, Minaret of Kalta Minor and Djuma Mosque. Enjoy a dinner at the Toza Bog Palace; the summer residence of Mohammed Rakhim Khan II. Overnight at Malika Hotel. Day 5 Khiva > Bukhara [B/L/D] Experience a totally different landscape as you travel through the Kizil Kum Desert to Bukhara, one of the best places in Central Asia possessing much of its pre-Russian historical charm. Stop en route for photo opportunities of the nomads and their herds. Arrive this afternoon and stay 2 nights at the Bukhara Palace Hotel. Later, you visit central Lyabi Hauz Square, and sit in a shady tea shop watching the world go by. Day 6 Bukhara [B/L/D] Bukhara has been one of the main centers of Iranian civilization during its history and was once the center of a powerful Islamic empire, second only to Mecca. Learn the beauty and history of Bukhara with a tour of Samonides Mausoleum, followed by the exquisite Bolo-Khauz Mosque. Continue on to the ancient Fortress Ark, the Poyi-Kalyan complex, the Ulugbek Madrassa, the Moghoki-attar Mosque and the Summer Palace of the Last Emir, the Sitorai-Mokhi-Khosa. This evening you will attend a traditional Bukhara cultural folk show in the courtyard of a former madrassa. Day 7 Bukhara > Samarkand [B/L/D] Travel to Samarkand; known as the “Rome of the Orient”. UNESCO inscribed this 2700 year old ancient city on the World Heritage List as “Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures”. En route you will make stops to visit Vabkent Minaret and Rabat Malik Caravansary. Arrive in Samarkand and stay at the Domina President Palace Hotel for 2 nights. Late this afternoon, embark on a city tour visiting the famous Registan Square and three famous Madrassas: Ulugh Beg, Sherdor and Tilla-Kari. Day 8 Samarkand [B/L/D] A full day tour features the beautiful Shahi-Zinda, Bibi Khanum Mosque, Mausoleum of Tamerlane, Afrasiab Museum and Ulughbek Observatory. Walking on the streets of the old town, you will meet Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, Georgians and other Central Asian nationalities living side by side. Enjoy a “Light and Sound Show” in Registan Square this evening . Day 9 Samarkand > Tashkent [B/L/D] Travel through Uzbekistan’s countryside with miles of cotton fields, with a stop enroute to visit the Al Imam Bukhariy Mausoleum. On arrival, check in at Le Meridien Hotel. Enjoy a farewell dinner at the “Bahor” restaurant. Day 10 Tashkent > Home City [B] Transfer to the airport for your flight home via Europe. Legend: B - Breakfast L - Lunch D - Dinner