A Trip into History

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights 
Type of route:: air and motor coach (on Mercedes S600) 
Season: March - November
Accommodation: Single/Double LUX in hotels

Travel itinerary: Tashkent - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent

Day 1: Arrival in Tashkent airport and passing through CIP hall. Transfer to Hotel  InterContinental Tashkent, Check-In. Lunch at The Brasserie on the Park restaurant. City tour in Tashkent. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight in Tashkent.
br>More detailed Tashkent city tour:
Khalklar Dustligi square, Abdulkasim madrasah (1850), Abu Bakr Kaffal Shoshi- Islamic scholar mausoleum (16th c.), Barak-Khan madrasah (16thc.), Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.), Kukeldash madrasah (16th c.), Djuma Mosque (9th c.).

Day 2: Breakfast at The Brasserie on the Park restaurant. Drop off at Tashkent airport for morning flight HY to Bukhara. Arrival in Bukhara.  Accommodation in Suite/s of the Oriental-styled Hotel Zargaron, located in the very center of the Old City. Lunch in the Hotel restaurant. City tour. Wine tasting in Caravansarai Nughai. Dinner in the old medresse Nodir-Divan Begim, with folklore concert and fashion show. Overnight in Bukhara.

More detailed Bukhara city tour:
Minaret Kalon (12-14th c.), Kalon mosque (15th c.), Medreseh Miri Arab (16th c.), Citadel Ark, Samanids Mausoleum (10th c.), Chashma Ayub, Bolo-Hauz Mosque (early 20th c.), Coumpol bazaar, complex Lyabi-Khauz (14-17th c.).

Day 3: Breakfast in Hotel. Upon guests' wishes, prior to departure to Samarkand, trip out of the city for a visit to the Emir's summer residence Sitorai- Mokhi- Hossa (19th c.) the Bahouddin Nakshbandi mausoleum (16-19th c.), and the sepulchers of his mother and his predecessor (14th c.). Transfer to Samarkand (268 km, 4 hrs). Arrival in Samarkand and accommodation in Hotel President . Lunch in the Hotel restaurant Timur. City tour. Dinner in restaurant Karim Bek. Overnight in Samarkand. 

More detailed Samarkand city tour:
Registan square: Medreseh Ulughbek (15th c.), Medreseh Shir-Dor (17th c.), Medreseh Tilla-Kori (17th c.), Mausoleum Guri Emir - Tamerlane's Tomb (14-15th cc.), Bibi-Khonum Mosque (1399-1404), Mausoleum of Al-Bukhoriy, Bazaar.

Day 4: Breakfast in Hotel. Completion of city tour. Lunch in Hotel restaurant. Transfer to Tashkent (315 km, 4 hrs). Accommodation in Hotel InterContinental Tashkent. Farewell Dinner at the Allegro restaurant, on the Mezzanine floor of the Hotel. 

More detailed Samarkand city tour:
Architectural complex Shakhi-Zindeh (11-15th c.), Ulughbek Observatory (1428-1429), Excavations of the ancient city of Afrosiab (8th c. BC - 13th c. AD).

Day 5: Breakfast in the in The Brasserie on the Park. Transfer to airport for flight to next destination (according to timetable).

Accommodation
Tashkent	Hotel InterContinental Tashkent*****
Bukhara	Hotel Zargaron ***
Samarkand	President Hotel****

  Cost for 2 person:500 USD