A Bouquet Journey to Uzbekistan Tour
Tour details
UZBEKISTAN TOUR Turkish Airlines 5 Nights 6 Days VISA-FREE
What's included
‣ Round-trip economy class airfare with Turkish Airlines from Istanbul – Tashkent / Urgench – Istanbul
‣ High-speed train between Tashkent and Samarkand (Transportation between Tashkent and Samarkand will be provided by high-speed train depending on availability.)
‣ Tours and visits specified in the program
‣ Entrance fees for the tours and visits specified in the program
‣ Airport meet and greet and arrival & departure transfers
‣ 5 nights of accommodation in 4* and Boutique Hotels
‣ Breakfasts
‣ Dinners
‣ Luxury bus and professional driving service to be used throughout the tour
‣ 1 lt. of water offered daily
‣ Professional Turkish-speaking guiding service
‣ Airport and security taxes
‣ Local guide service
Not included
‣ Personal expenses and hotel extras
‣ Lunches
‣ International departure tax
‣ All expenses not specified as included in the fee
‣ Travel health insurance
Tour Program
Istanbul – Tashkent
Our journey begins with our meeting in front of the Turkish Airlines counters at the International Departures Terminal of Istanbul Airport. Following check-in and passport procedures, we depart for Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, at 07:15 on Turkish Airlines flight TK366. After an approximately 4.5-hour flight, we arrive in Tashkent at 13:55 and begin our city tour. In Tashkent, which draws attention with its wide and orderly avenues, we see the Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, the Barak Khan Madrasa, which today houses souvenir shops and handicraft workshops, and the Hazrat Imam Mosque. Following our visits to Amir Timur Square and Independence Square, we visit Chorsu Bazaar, which has been used as a marketplace for approximately 2,000 years. After some free time, we taste Uzbek pilaf at dinner and settle into our hotel in Tashkent. Overnight at our hotel.
Tashkent - Samarkand
After breakfast at the hotel, we head to Tashkent Train Station and set off for Samarkand. After a journey of approximately 2 hours, we arrive in Samarkand and begin our city tour. We start our visit with Gur-i Emir (Tomb of Emir Timur). Then, Registan Square and the Ulugh Beg, Tilla Kari, and Sher-Dor Madrasahs located there will be visited. After visiting the Bibi Khanum Mosque, we move on to the Shah-i-Zinda Tombs Complex, where we visit the grave of Qusam ibn Abbas, the cousin of our Prophet. Finally, we see the Ulugh Beg Observatory, visit the tombs of Imam Maturidi and Khwaja Ubaydullah Ahrar, and then have our dinner. Overnight in Samarkand.
Samarkand - Bukhara
After breakfast at the hotel, before departure, we will visit the tomb of Imam Bukhari, one of the most important hadith scholars in the Islamic world. After our visit, we will depart by bus to Bukhara. Along the way, we will visit the graves of Abdulkhaliq Gijduvani, Arif Rivgeri, and Mahmud Anjir Faghnavi, known as the Seven Saints, important figures in the Islamic Sufi tradition, and then arrive in Bukhara. In Bukhara, one of the most important stops on the historic Silk Road, we will visit the Ismail Samani Mausoleum, the Tomb and Fountain of Prophet Job, the Bolo Hauz Mosque, the Ark Fortress, and the Poyi Kalyan Complex (the Kalyan Minaret, Mir Arab Madrasah, and Juma Mosque), as well as the Ulugh Beg Madrasah, Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah, Magoki Attari Mosque, Nadir Divan Begi Madrasah, and Char Minar. After free time for shopping in the Silk Road bazaars, we will spend the night at our hotel in Bukhara.
Bukhara–Khiva
After breakfast at the hotel, we visit the tombs of Seyyid Emir Külal and Bahaeddin Shah-i Naqshband (k.s.) and their mothers, one of the most exceptional stops on our Bukhara tour. After the visits, we head toward Khiva, crossing the Kyzylkum Desert and traveling along the Amu Darya (Ceyhun) River, to the ancient capital of Khwarezm. Arrival in Khiva in the late afternoon, check-in at the hotel, and dinner. Overnight in Khiva.
beehive
Today we are touring Khiva all day. After breakfast, we enter the historic city of Khiva, located quite close to the Turkmenistan border, through the Ata Darvaza Gate. The Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa, Kalta Minar Minaret, Kunya Ark Fortress, Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasa and Khiva Khans Museum, Muhammad Amin Inak Madrasa and Science Museum, Allah Quli Khan Stone Courtyard Palace and Harem Section, Friday Mosque and Minaret, and Islam Khodja Madrasa and Minaret will be visited. After visiting the Pehlivan Darvaza Gate and the Mausoleum of Pahlavan Mahmud, shopping and free time. Overnight in Khiva.
Hive – Urgench – Istanbul
After having our breakfast early in the morning, transfer to Urgench Airport, approximately 40 km away. After baggage and passport procedures, we depart for Istanbul at 08:30 with Turkish Airlines flight TK263. Arrival at Istanbul Airport at 11:00 and the end of our enjoyable tour.