KOREA program. Uzbekistan “The Magic East”

FLIGHT OZ-573 SELTAS 1700-2020 A330-300, ASIANA AIRLINES
Meet at the airport by Korean speaking guide. Transfer to the hotel. Check in to the hotel
Overnight in Tashkent

08:00 Breakfast in the hotel.
City tour Around Tashkent: : visit Museum of History, visit Center for Applied Arts in madrasah Abul Kasim, Currently the Abulkasym madrasah houses the Khurnamad association for craftsmen also known as the Centre for Traditional Applied Arts. There you can watch painters, jewellers, wood engravers and miniaturists at work, take a  lesson of craftsmanship from them and buy one of their beautiful items.
12:30   Lunch at at Korean food restaurant
After lunch continue city tour: The Chorsu bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, located in the old part of Tashkent called Eski Shahar.
19:00-20:00 Dinner at Korean food restaurant
Overnight in Tashkent

07:00 Early  Breakfast in the hotel.
07:30 Drive to Samarkand by speed train Afrosiab,
09:40 City  tour: Registan Square – the heart of Samarkand, a huge square in the old town center, on which stand three majestic medieval university (“madrassas”) – Ulugbek madrasah, Sherdor madrasah and Tilla-Kori madrasah. The ensemble of three madrasahs is a unique example of urban art and a remarkable example of architectural design. The Ulugbek Observatory is one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, built by Ulugbek on the hill of Kukhak in the vicinity of Samarkand in 1424-1428. Museum of History in Afrosiab settlement. The director of the Northeast Asia Foundation, Republic of Korea, Yong Min Su said that for the Republic of Korea, the fresco “Ambassadors” is important, because this wall painting depicts ambassadors from far-away Korea, which proves the existence of the Korean state in the 7th century of our era. This list is included in school history books and is taught by Korean students. Also a copy of this fresco is placed in a prominent place in the exposition of the National Museum of the Republic of Korea. We distribute reproductions of this mural painting throughout the country and introduce our people to it. For the first time in Samarkand, when I saw him, I was again convinced of the fantastic nature of your city. After all, it is one of the main and connecting cities on the Great Silk Road.
13:30  Lunch at the National restaurant.
14:30 City Tour: Paper factory Konigil, the Wine Museum (wine tasting).
19:00 Dinner at Korean food restaurant
Overnight in Samarkand

07:30   Buffet breakfast at the hote. Transfer to train station.
09:45   Drive to Bukhara by speed train Afrosiab
11:15   Arriving in Bukhara.  Check in to the hotel.
12:30   Lunch at the National restaurant.
City tour around old part of Bukhara: “The heart of Bukhara – historic- architectural complex Lyabi-Khauz with the oldest in Central Asia pool (XIV-XVII c) surrounded by medieval buildings madrasah and Khanaka of Nadira Divan-begi (XV-XVI c) with the facade, decorated with gorgeous mosaic, Kukeldash madrasah (XV c) – the largest madrasah in Bukhara.
18:00 Visit uzbek national dancing show at  Nodir Devan Begi madrasah with dinner
Overnight in Bukhara

08:00   Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Continue city tour: “The Samanids Mausoleum” – the most ancient brickwork building in Central Asia, the masterpiece of world architecture (IX-X cc.), “The Bolo Khavuz Mosque” (beginning of the XXth c.), The Ark Citadel – the center of government system of Bukhara (IV c. BC), the silk carpet shops and  Gold Bazaar which is near to Ark fortress, Poi –Kalyan Complex includes: 48 m minaret Kalyan (XII c) – the symbol of Bukhara; large Friday mosque Kalyan (XV c) with galleries topped with 288 domes of 1 hectare area
13:30   Lunch at national restaurant
14:30 Transfer to Train station
15:55 Move to Bukhara by speed train Afrosiab
19:40 Come to Tashkent.
Overnight in Tashkent

08:00   Buffet breakfast at the hotel
Departure from Tashkent towards Chimgan mountains (80 km, 2 hours). The road to the mountains of Chimgan lies through the picturesque settlements of the Tashkent region. On arrival in the tract Chimgan walk on the mountainous terrain. Transfer to the Beldersay gorge, where a cableway runs more than three kilometers long, to ride to the top of Mount Kumbel (2400 m), where the longest ski slope in Uzbekistan is located.
Then drive to the shore of the artificial reservoir Charvak, surrounded by green slopes of the mountains. Then, transfer to the restaurant “Cinara’s”. In this picturesque place, there are magnificent petroglyphs – rock carvings of the late Stone Age. Here you can have a delicious lunch and rest on the trestles at the mountain stream, where the trout and sturgeon, specially bred for the visitors of “Cinara’s”, splashes.
15:30 Return to Tashkent. Visiting Kim Pen Hwa collective farm. Almost 35 years, Kim Pen Hwa led the collective farm “Polar Star”. During the war years, in spite of the acute shortage of equipment and material resources, they managed to increase the area under cultivation more than five times, by developing virgin land. The enormous economic achievements of the collective farm have made it possible to radically improve the well-being of residents, their way of life, build modern buildings, palaces of culture, a stadium, schools, medical and children’s institutions. All the houses of collective farmers were electrified and radiofected.
18:30 Dinner in the Korean food restaurant
19:30 Transfer to international airport
FLIGHT OZ-574 TASSEL 2220-0855 A330-300, ASIANA AIRLINES
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