Arrive to Tashkent International Airport. After passport and customs controls you will be met by your guide/driver. Tashkent — The Capital of Independent Uzbekistan, the cosmopolitan city in the heart of Central Asia, the crossroad of different cultures. Depart airport to hotel and overnight.
After breakfast check-out from the hotel, city tour around Tashkent – visit The Independence Square and Memorial, Amir Temur Square, Monument of Courage, Museum of Applied Arts, and Khazrat Imam Complex. Afternoon flight to Bukhara, arrive to Bukhara check-in to the hotel and overnight.
Breakfast and start city tour in Bukhara, the old center of Tajik culture, where locals still speak Tajik language. Explore one of the gems of Islamic architecture, the center of Mediaeval Islamic Education and Sufism. Visit The Ark, the palace of the last rulers of Bukhara, The Bolo-Khauz Mosque, The Samanid Mausoleum, Mausoleum of Chashma-Ayub, city walls. Lunch and continue city tour by walking through the old city, the old trade center of the city: visit Kalon Minaret, Mir-Arab Madrassah, Kalon Mosque, continue with Madrassah Of Ulugbek, Madrassah of Abdul-Aziz khan, trade domes, Magoki-Attor mosque, Lyabi-Khauz complex consisting of Nadir-Divan Begi Madrassah and Khanaka, and the Lyabi Khauz water-pond. Enjoy your dinner around Lyabi Khauz. Back to the hotel and overnight.
After breakfast, check-out from the hotel and drive to Samarkand crossing the countryside. On the way stop in Gizjduvan, one of the center for ceramics in Central Asia, to learn more about local pottery and it’s unique colors. Arrive to Samarkand afternoon, check in to hotel, short rest. Start city tour in Samarkand, the former capital of the Great Empire of Tamerlane, the place which attracted Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, and other thousand visitors around the world. Start with Gur-Emir mausoleum, Registan Square consisting of Ulugbek Madrassah, Sherdor Madrassah and Tilla-Kari Madrassah. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast check out from the hotel and continue city tour in Samarkand; visit the Museum of Ulugbek’s observatory with the original part of main instrument sextant, continue to the hills of Afrosiyab to visit Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, and later proceed to Bibi-Khanum Mosque and famous Siyab bazar. Lunch and drive to Tashkent by The Pamir Mountains, and on the way cross Sir Darya River. Arrive Tashkent and check in to the hotel and overnight.
Check out the hotel for the international flight to the next destination.