Tour to Samarkand and Urgut

Program’s name: Tour to Samarkand and Urgut

Quantity of days: 4

Day 1: Tashkent– Samarkand (transfer or train)
After arrival, your guide will meet you at the airport and drive to capital city of Uzbekistan. Before lunch, you enjoy tour of Tashkent city. First, you will travel to the massive Independent square, founded for the glory of the victory over the fascist Germany during the World War II. Later you will have an opportunity to take a pleasant walk to Amir Timur Square through wide Broadway. Then the highlight of the day is going to be old part of the city. It includes Chorsu Bazar, Kukaldash Madrasah and Hast Imam complex covering many madrasahs, mosques and mausoleum. Next visit will be to the most remarkalbe site, Othman Quran, the most ancient copy of Quran goes back to 8^th century. Othman Ibn Affan, one of the four righteous Caliphs who came after the prophet Muhammad owned this holy book. Even nowadays, you can see his blood stains spread on the book,while he was murdered by his enemy. In the afternoon, you will take a car (or train) to beautiful Samarkand. Stay in a hotel.

Day 2: Samarkand – Urgut – Samarkand
After having breakfast, you will travel to Urgut village, which located outskirts of Samarkand. Fast moving and dynamic traditional bazaar of Urgut is the main highlight of the village. The second half of the day will be devoted to explore historical site in countryside of Samarkand. It will be Al Bukhary memorial complex. Al Bukhary was the famous Islam scholar for his unique collection of hadith named “Sahih al-Bukhari”. According to the Sunni Muslim, it is the most ancient Hadith assemble. Moreover, he was author of other religious books like Al-Adab al-Mufrad. Spend a night at the hotel.

Day 3: Samarkand – Tashkent (evening train)
Samarkand is one of the few colorful cities in Central Asia. It lies in the beautiful valley of Zarefshan River and the second largest city in Uzbekistan. Moreover, Samarkand is coeval to most ancient cities like Rome and Babylon. City tour will starts from mesmerizing Registan Square and continue to UNESCO site Shakhi-Zindeh Complex and Bibi Khanum Mosque. Registan is most main square located between the three glorious Madrasahs, works of 15^th-17^th architecture. Its calming beauty will surprise you. Complex of Shakhi-Zindeh covers the large assemble of mausoleums, built during 11^th-15 centuries. Next, you will visit Guri Emir Mausoleum and Bibi Khanum Mosque. Tamerlane built Bibi Khanum Mosque, for the glory of his wife after he came back from victorious Indian invasion.   After interesting excursion, take evening train to capital city. Night in a hotel.

Day 4: Flight
After your short tour in Uzbekistan, transfer to airport to continue your adventures.