Winterurlaub auf der Seidenstraße

Arrive in Tashkent early in the morning. Your driver meets you at Tashkent International Airport and takes you to the hotel, where you can rest and have breakfast. At 11:00 you meet your guide and start the city tour of Tashkent with Khast Imam (Hazrati Imam) Square and the Chorsu bazaar. After lunch you continue to Independence Square, Amir Timur Square and the Tashkent metro. Transfer to the hotel and overnight in Tashkent.

Taschkent, Hazrati Imam Komplex, Chorsu Bazaar, Tashkent Independence Square, Amir Temur Square, Metro Taschkent

• Tashkent International Airport → Taschkent (9 km)

Über Nacht: Taschkent (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück

After breakfast, at 09:00, you set off by road to Samarkand, about 300 km away. On arrival you meet your guide and visit the main sights of Samarkand: Registan Square with the Ulugbek, Sher-Dor and Tilla-Kori madrasahs, and the Gur-e Amir Mausoleum, the tomb of Tamerlane. Transfer to the hotel, rest and overnight in Samarkand.

Samarkand, Registan, Gur-e Amir Mausoleum

• Taschkent → Samarkand (300 km)

Über Nacht: Samarkand (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück

After breakfast, at 10:00, you meet your guide in the hotel lobby and continue the guided sightseeing tour of Samarkand: the Bibi-Khanym Mosque, the Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, the Ulugbek Observatory and the Siab bazaar, and then Konigil village, where you visit the workshop that makes silk paper by hand. At 20:30 you can enjoy the evening lights on Registan Square (without a guide). Overnight at the hotel in Samarkand.

Bibi-Khanym Moschee und Mausoleum, Schah i Zinda, Ulugbek-Observatorium, Siyob Bazaar, Konigil Paper Mill (Meros), Registan

• Samarkand → Konigil Paper Mill (Meros) (7 km)
• Konigil Paper Mill (Meros) → Samarkand (7 km)

Über Nacht: Samarkand (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück

After breakfast, at 09:00, your driver takes you towards Bukhara, about 280 km away. On the way you stop in Gijduvan, one of the ceramic centres of Uzbekistan, to watch a ceramics demonstration and have lunch with a local family of pottery masters. Then you continue to Bukhara. On arrival you meet your guide and start the city tour at the Lyabi-Hauz ensemble and the buildings around it. Transfer to the hotel and overnight in Bukhara.

Gijduvon, Bukhara, Lyabi-Hauz-Ensemble

• Samarkand → Gijduvon (235 km)
• Gijduvon → Bukhara (45 km)

Über Nacht: Bukhara (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück, Lunch

After breakfast, at 09:00, the sightseeing program in Bukhara begins: the Ismail Samani Mausoleum, the Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, a local bazaar, the Bolo-Hauz Mosque and the Ark citadel with its Zindan prison. At 13:00 you have lunch in the national house of a master of miniature painting, with a master class in cooking Uzbek plov. After lunch the sightseeing continues with the Poi Kalyan complex (the Kalyan Minaret and more), the Miri Arab Madrasah, the Magoki-Attori Mosque and the Ulugbek Madrasah. At 17:00 you visit the house gallery of a local suzani (embroidery) master with a very beautiful collection of his works. Return to the hotel, rest and overnight in Bukhara.

Samaniden-Mausoleum, Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum, Bolo Hauz-Komplex, Die Arche von Bukhara, Poi Kalyan, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Ulugbeg Madrasa Buchara

Über Nacht: Bukhara (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück, Lunch

After breakfast, at 10:00, the guided tour continues in the surroundings of Bukhara. Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa, the "Palace of the Moon and Stars", was the summer residence of the Emir of Bukhara and is an amazing combination of Russian, Eastern and European architecture. Next you visit the "Central Asian Mecca", the Sufi complex of Bahauddin Naqshband. Naqshband was the spiritual mentor of Amir Timur and the founder of the Naqshbandi Sufi order, which soon became one of the most famous orders in the East. At 14:30 you transfer to the railway station for the train back to Tashkent (15:50–19:45). In Tashkent your driver meets you and takes you to the hotel. Overnight in Tashkent.

Sitori-i Mokhi Khosa Palast, Bakhauddin Naqshband Mausoleum

• Bukhara → Sitori-i Mokhi Khosa Palast (6 km)
• Sitori-i Mokhi Khosa Palast → Bakhauddin Naqshband Mausoleum (11 km)
• Bakhauddin Naqshband Mausoleum → Bukhara (14 km)
• Bukhara → Taschkent (600 km)

Über Nacht: Taschkent (Hotel)

Mahlzeiten: Frühstück

Transfer to Tashkent International Airport for your morning flight home.

• Taschkent → Tashkent International Airport (9 km)