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Navruz tour in Uzbekistan

Special tours in Uzbekistan:Navruz in Uzbekistan

Program "Navruz tour in Uzbekistan"

(10 days/ 9 nights)

Tuesday   13/03/12               Paris- Tashkent

Flight Paris-Tashkent

Overnight en board of plane

 

Day 1     Wednesday               14/03/12               Paris- Tashkent Urgentch - Khiva

05 h 25                    Arrival to Tashkent

Meeting in the airport with the national music

Young uzbek women  present the tourists small national giftsTashkent

07 h 00                    Transfer and accommodation in hotel

08 h 00                    Breakfast in hotel

                                Free time and leisure in hotel

13 h 00                    Check-out.

13 h 30                    Lunch in local restaurant

14 h 30                   Visit of the Museum of Applied Arts (where items of traditional Arts & Crafts both antique and contemporary are displayed)

16 h 00                    Transfer to airport

                                Flight Tashkent Urgentch HY-1057: 18 h 00 -> 19 h 40

19 h 40                    Arrival to Urgentch, transfer to Khiva and accommodation in hotel

20 h 00                    Dinner in hotel

Overnight in Khiva

 

Day 2     Thursday            15/03/12              Khiva

07 h 00                    Breakfast in hotelminaret Juma mosque

08 h 00                        Visiting Khiva : Ichan Kala: Kunia Ark, Mukkhamed-Amin medresseh, Seyid Alaouddine mausoleum, Pakhlavan-Makhmud mausoleum, Jami Mosque, Tashkaluli Palace, Alla Kuli medresseh

12 h 00                        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   Friday                16/03/12               Khiva - Bukhara

06 h 30                    Breakfast in hotel

07 h 00                    Transfer Khiva Bukhara (470 km)

                                Lunch in Bukhara

18 h 00                    Arrival and accommodation at hotel

Overnight in Bukhara

 

Day 4     Saturday          17/03/12               BukharaGijduvan-Bukhara

08 h 00                    Breakfast in hotelNavruz special dishes

09 h 00                   Excursion over Bukhara: Complex Poi Kalyan, Lyaby Khauz, Medressahs of Ulugbek, Abdulaziz Khan, domes of tradepeoples, Magoki Attori mosque.

13 h 30                    Lunch in hotel

14 h 30                    Transfer and visit of Naqshbandi mausoleum

                               Continuation of excursion over Bukhara: Sitora-i-Mokhi Khosa Palace the former residence of Emirs, Chor Minor

17 h 30                    Transfer to Gijduvan (80 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.

 

18 h 30   Festive dinner in Gijduvan with alcogol drinks;

                               Return back to Bukhara

Overnight in Bukhara

 

Day 5     Sunday          18/03/12               Bukhara

08 h 00                    Breakfast in hotelFestival Uzbekistan

Excursion over Bukhara: 

Arc fortress, complex Bolo Khauz, Chashma Ayb, mausoleum of Ismail Samani

 

Visit of house of one famous rich tradesman Fayzulla Khojaev and presentation of historical costumes

13 h 30                    Festive lunch in the ancient medresse Madarikhan

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).

15 h 30                    Departure to  Chor Bakr

Visit of Chor Bakr necropolis with the tombs of Abu Bakr Saad and Abu Bakr Ahmad, descendant of Magomet. Complex consist of one mosque, one khanaka and one medresse.

Return back to Bukhara


19 h 00                    Dinner in Nadir Divan Beguim medresse and folklore concert

                                (or in hotel due to climate conditions)

Overnight in Bukhara

 

Day 6     Monday            19/03/12               Bukhara Shakr i Sabz - Samarkand

07 h 00                    Breakfast in hotelDorut Tilovat madrassah

07 h 30                    Transfer Samarkand - Shakr i Sabz (170 km)

10 h 30                   Excursion over Shakhrisabz: Ak Saray Palace, Kok Gumbaz Mosque, Khazret Imam Mosque, Gumbazi Seidan mausoleum, bazar.

13 h 00                    Lunch in Shakr i Sabz motherland of Amir Temur

14 h 00                    Return back to Samarkand

17 h 00                   Visit of Necropolis Shakhi-Zinda and ensemble of mausoleums of the 11th-19th centuries, the necropolis of Samarkand rulers and nobles. The name refers to its original, innermost and holiest place the grave of Qusam Ibn-Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, who is said to have brought Islam to this area).

Dinner in hotel

Overnight in Samarkand

 

Day 7   Tuesday           20/03/12               Samarkand Urgut - Samarkand

08 h 00                   Breakfast in hotelKhodja Akhrar mosque

08 h 30                   Transfer to Urgut (35 km)

09 h 15                   Visit of Urgut: Gavsul Agzam sanctuary and bazaar one of the biggest and famous in the region

12 h 00                   Return back to Samarkand

12 h 30                   Lunch in hotel

14 h 45                   visit of Khodja Akhar mosque, Abdi Darun mausoleum, Ulugbek observatory

Dinner in the local habitants house with tasting the national uzbek cuisine.

Overnight in Samarkand

 

 

Day 8     Wednesday          21/03/12               Samarkand

07 h 00                    Breakfast in hotel

08 h 00                   As a part of big tourists group transfer to one village located in about 100 km from Samarkand. Participation in Traditional uzbek Games Kopkari (Buzakbashi) and celebration of Navruz

(due to climate conditions)Navruz festival

 

13 h 00                    After the games Festive lunch with alcohol drinks under the yurts (national dwelling of nomad kirgiz and kazakh)

14 h 00                    Return back to Samarkand.

15 h 00                   Excursion in Samarkand: Mausoleum Gur-Emir (graves of Tamerlane and his descendants, 15c.), Registan square which since Tamerlane the Greats Time became an official centre of Samarkand (1415 cc), the word Registan means the sandy place. The Square is surrounded by the Ulugbeks madrassah (1417-1420), the Sher-Dor madrassah (1619-1636), and Tilla-Kori madrassah (1647-1660).

Performance in one medresse of Registan complex

(due to climate conditions)

Dinner in hotel

Overnight in Samarkand

 


Day 9   Thursday             22/03/12               Samarkand - Tashkent

08 h 00                   Breakfast in hotelRoad from Samarkand to Tashkent

09 h 00                    Visit of memorial complex of Al Bukhari, located in 30 km from Samarkand. It is the place of Islam pilgrimage.

11 h 30                   Return back to Samarkand

12 h 30                   Lunch in local restaurant

13 h 30                   Transfer Samarkand Tashkent (350 km)

18 h 00                    Arrival and accommodation in hotel

18 h 30                    Dinner at hotel

Overnight in Tashkent

 

Day 10   Friday                23/03/12               Tachkent - Paris

08 h 00                    Breakfast in hotelUzbek bread in oriental bazar

09 h 00                   Sightseeing tour in Tashkent: Independence Square, Amir Temur Square, Alisher Navoi Theatre Square, complex Khazrati Imam, including: Barak-Khan mosque, Jami mosque, Namazgokh Mosque, Kaffal-Chachi mausoleum; Kukeldash madrassah, the Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Broadway street.

                                Visite of oriental bazar

13 h 00                    Lunch in local restaurant

14 h 00                    Transfer to the airport

Flight TashkentParis

*-The program is presented as a sample. All the excursions, hotels and other services are subject to be changed upon request. The tour cost depends of the services, hotel categories and number of persons.   

 

See also:

Program "Bukhara and Samarkand on Great Silk Road"

Tashkent-Bukhara-Shakhrisabz-Samarkand-Tashkent 7 days

Program "Uzbekistan - cities of legends"

Tashkent-Khiva-Bukhara-Shakhrisabz-Samarkand-Tashkent 8 days

Program"Uzbekistan - Routes of Tamerlan"

Tashkent-Khiva-Bukhara-Gijduvan-Samarkand-Tashkent-Charvak-Tashkent 10 days

Program"Central Asia"

Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan

Program"Ancient settlements of Central Asia"  

Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan

Program"The Great Silk Road" 

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan

Program "Ancient cities of Uzbekistan"

Moscow-Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara-Khiva-Tashkent-Bangkok 7 days

Program"Holy Bukhara"

 Bangkok-Tashkent-Bukhara-Samarkand-Tashkent-Moscow 6 days

Program"From Saint Samarkand to St.Petersburg"

Bangkok-Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent-St.Petersburg 4 days

Program"Blue domes of Samarkand"  

Bangkok-Tashkent-Samarkand-Moscow 4 days

Program"One day in Tashkent"    

Yekaterinburg-Tashkent-Bangkok 1 day

Program"Tashkent-Transit"   

 Rostov-na-Donu-Tashkent-Bangkok 1 day

Program"Skiing tour"

Tashkent-Chimgan-Tashkent 6 days

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