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8 days from $1,999 per person
Your Privately Guided Touring features first class and deluxe hotels, 19 meals, in-depth sightseeing with your own personal car, driver and guide, luggage handling and all on-tour transportation.
Journey along the heart of the ancient Silk Road… from Samarkand, the fabled capital of Tamerlane, to Khiva - the last great oasis on the northern caravan road. In the expert company of your own personal guide, this sweeping journey encompasses 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Bukhara - an ancient city filled with a maze of ancient homes, mosques and bazaars.
Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, Uzbekistan
Engaging Discoveries
Behold the medieval architecture of Registan Square, revered as the Heart of Samarkand.
- Travel overland on the legendary Silk Road from Samarkand to Bukhara and on to Khiva, imbued with the exotic charm of an ancient town of the Orient.
- Behold the graceful Kalyan Minaret… Erected in 1127, it escaped the conquering forces of Genghis Khan which nearly destroyed ancient Bukhara.
- 3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- This trip is available with professional, bi-lingual guides fluent in their own local dialect plus a variety of other languages like Spanish, Italian, Chinese and many others.
Day 1 - Welcome to Tashkent!
Check in to the 5-star InterContinental Hotel.
Day 2 - By rail to Samarkand
Transfer to the station for your first class rail journey to Samarkand, where you are escorted to the Samarkand Plaza Hotel.
Meals B,L,D
Day 3 - Sightseeing in Samarkand
Samarkand was hailed as the Heart of the Great Silk Road – and Registan Square was revered as the Heart of Samarkand. Your privately guided tour explores the handsome medieval buildings that still grace the Square. After lunch, see the ancient observatory, visit the Afrosiab Museum and browse in a local bazaar.
Meals B,L,D
Day 4 - Journey to Bukhara
Journey by private car, following the fabled Great Silk Road to the ancient city of Bukhara and check in to your comfortable inn.
Meals B,L,D
Day 5 - Discover Bukhara
Nearly destroyed by Genghis Khan, Bukhara still offers a wealth of ancient sites, a legacy of its location on the Great Silk Road. Your full-day private tour includes the Kalyan Minaret, erected in 1127, and the Ismail Samani Mausoleum that date back a thousand years.
Meals B,L,D
Day 6 - Drive to Khiva
Travel overland to Khiva and check in to the Malika Khiva Hotel.
Meals B,L,D
Day 7 - Ancient Khiva and back to Tashkent
With a small population and 2,500 years of history, Khiva is a living museum – its Old City capturing the exotic charm of an ancient town of the Orient. Your privately guided tour explores these sites in-depth, including the Kunya-Ark Fortress and Tash Hauli Palace. After sightseeing, return to your hotel in Tashkent.
Meals B,L,D
Day 8 - Depart Tashkent
Your journey ends this morning.
Meals B
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