Festival Tour

Meeting at the Bukhara airport. Transfer to the hotel, registration of tourists at the hotel. Beginning of the excursion program. We begin our tour with the “Melon Festival”. Uzbek melons are considered the most delicious in the world, so all participants will get real pleasure, and will remember the taste of melon for the rest of their lives. Also during the entire trip we will try different kinds of fruits and sweets.

After a delicious melon, it was time to look at the city. In Bukhara, we will visit the Kalyan Mosque, the Ark complex, and the Chor Minor Mosque (meaning four minarets). Lyabi Hauz is a very beautiful place, with an amazing atmosphere that is unique to Bukhara, and there is also one of the largest mosques in Bukhara.

How can a visit to Bukhara be complete without visiting the central bazaar?

In the Bukhara bazaar, we will see how knives are made, what and how carpets are made, as well as other hand-made items. At this bazaar you can buy various kinds of souvenirs, from CDs with classical Uzbek music to ceramics.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from Bukhara to Khiva through the desert. Panoramic view of the desert on the way to Khiva. Arrival in Khiva. Transfer to the hotel, free time.

Breakfast at the hotel, sightseeing tour of Khiva. Visiting attractions such as Ichan-Kala, which is an entire city within a city, and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Kunya Ark Citadel is located closer to the western gate of Ichan Kala, we can also see the Muhammad Amin Khan madrasah there, a little further is the famous short minaret of Kalta Minor.

Not far from the eastern gate is the Tash Khauli Palace, the Allakuli Khan madrasah. In addition, you should definitely visit the Pakhlavan-Mahmud Memorial. After we see all of Ichan Kala, we will go to the city of Urgench airport, from where the Urgench-Tashkent plane is waiting for us. Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. The beginning of the excursion around Tashkent. The Minor Mosque, which was opened on October 1, 2014, next to which the Ankhor flows. Monument of Courage, a monument to the fortitude and courage of our peoples who survived the strongest earthquake on April 26, 1966.

After that, we will visit the city center, Amir Temur Square, where the Palace of Forums is located, built in the oriental style in a modern way. Also located there are the Tashkent Chimes, the Law University, the Park, where you can see many artists who paint portraits, landscapes and much more. Many chess and checkers lovers gather in the park and play among themselves. The Tashkent TV Tower is one of the tallest buildings in all of Central Asia, from the TV tower you can see a stunning view of the entire city, see Tashkent from a bird’s eye view.

After we see Tashkent from above, we will look at it from below, that is, we will go down to the Tashkent metro. The Tashkent metro is recognized as one of the most beautiful in the world, and is more like a museum than public transport. We will travel 2 metro stations and get off at the station that leads to the Alai Bazaar.

Alai Bazaar is one of the central bazaars of Tashkent, there we can see what is in the Tashkent bazaars, appreciate the taste of our vegetables and fruits, and engage in the favorite pastime of eastern people – bargaining.

Mustakillik Square (Independence Square) is certainly the central square of Tashkent, here is a memorial plaque to the Uzbeks who died during World War II, here is also a monument to a grieving mother.

Walking a little further you can see a new monument to a happy Mother with a child, which personifies the changes in the life of the country that have occurred over the past few decades. Independence Square will also be interesting for lovers of trees and other vegetation, the entire square is literally in greenery, different trees and flowers add charm to the entire square.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer by car to Fergana. Arrival in Fergana. Visit to the “Flower Festival”. We will also visit the “Honey Festival”. Having looked at all the beauty of various flowers, and having tried a huge amount of different types of honey. Free time.

Breakfast at the hotel. In Rishtan we will visit the personalexhibition of famous ceramics in the local history museum and in the house museum of ceramics of Rustam Usmanov and Ganisher Nazirov. After that we will go to Margilan where we will visit the exhibition of silk products of the masters of Avrband, works of masters of carpet weaving, chasing, wood carving in the madrasah of Said Ahmad Eshon Khuzha. We will also visit the exhibition of silk products. After that we will go to the city of Kokand, where we will visit Dakhma-yi Shahana (the tomb of the kings) and the fortress of Khudayarkhan. Arrival in the city of Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Early breakfast at the hotel. Departure by Afrosiab train from Tashkent to Samarkand. Arrival in Samarkand. Meeting at the station. Beginning of the excursion program. Visit to the Ulugbek observatory, where we can learn about how our ancestors counted and studied the stars. In the museum, see the achievements of Ulugbek, as well as other historical things that will help you get to know Samarkand in more detail.

Afrosiab Museum. We will also visit a wine shop where you can buy local wines. Samarkand wine is very high quality and special, at the same time, you will be pleasantly surprised by the prices for Samarkand wines.

We will also visit a bakery where they make Samarkand “Nan”, there is a story about how one of the Indian rulers, who was in love with Samarkand Nan, invited the best bakers from Samarkand to bake him the same bread as in Samarkand. But it did not turn out as tasty as in the Motherland, when the ruler asked the bakers why it did not turn out as tasty as in Samarkand, because all the products for bread were brought from Samarkand, to which the baker replied that the Samarkand air was not enough for bread.

After lunch, we will visit the eastern bazaar Siab Bazaar, the central market of Samarkand. The final stop is the music festival “Sharq Taronalari” where participants from different countries will perform, presenting their special culture. At this festival, we will immerse ourselves in the culture of different peoples, and get aesthetic pleasure from their great talent.

Breakfast at the hotel. Start of the excursion. Visit to the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, the tomb of the Temurids, the Bibi-Khanum Mosque, the Shahi-Zinda ensemble. The Mausoleum of Saint Daniel is one of the rarest places in the world where Christians, Jews and Muslims come to pray. There are many different legends about this place, one of them is the size of the grave, they say that it increases every year. Our tour guides will tell you more about this and other myths. Transfer to the station. Departure by Afrosiab train from Samarkand to Tashkent. Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting at the station. Transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to the Khast Imam Complex, which includes a mosque, an Islamic university, a museum and a small bazaar of handicrafts. The museum houses one of the first Korans in the world written on camel skin. After that we will visit the Kukeldash Madrasah. Visit to the Amir Temur Museum. Free time in shopping centers, bazaars.

Transfer from the hotel to the airport. End of the Tour. Flight from Tashkent to Moscow.