Uzbekistan Tour from Ankara

We will meet at Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 21:30 and fly to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, with AJET Airlines flight number VF583 at 23:55.

After a 4.5-hour flight, we arrive in Tashkent at 06:35 and begin our exploration. Tashkent, a very well-organized city with wide and clean streets, features the Keffal Shashi Mausoleum, the Barak Khan Madrasa, now home to souvenir and handicraft workshops, the Hazret Imam Mosque, and the original Quranic manuscript in the Muyi Mubarak Madrasa, thought to date back to the time of Hazrat Osman. We also visit Emir Timur Khan Square and Istiklal Square. After visiting the Charsu Bazaar, a marketplace for 2,000 years, we tour the Tashkent Metro, which opened in 1977 and was one of the first metro lines in Central Asia. We arrive at our Tashkent hotel and check in. Overnight at our Tashkent hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Tashkent Airport. Our domestic flight arrives in Urgench, the current capital of the Khorezm Province. We board our waiting buses and travel to Khiva, approximately 40 km away. Today, we'll be in Khiva all day. After breakfast, we'll explore the streets of Khiva, the ancient capital of Khiva, and enter this fairytale city, located very close to the Turkmen border, through the main gate called Ata Darvaza. We'll see the Muhammad Emin Khan Madrasa, the Kalta Minar Minaret, the Old Ark Fortress, the Muhammad Rahim Khan Madrasa and the Museum of Khiva Khans, the Muhammad Emin İnak Madrasa and the Science Museum, the Allah Kulu Khan Stone Courtyard Palace and the Harem, the Friday Mosque and Minaret, and the Islam Hodja Madrasa and Minaret. We'll also see the Pehlivan Darvaza Gate and the Tomb of Pehlivan Mahmud, concluding our Khiva tour. We have free time to shop and wander the historical streets of Khiva. We are in the Hive tonight.

After breakfast at our hotel, we embark on an exciting journey. We cross the Kyzyl Kum Desert and follow the Amu Darya River, also known as the Ceyhun River, towards Bukhara. Upon arrival in Bukhara, we visit the tombs of Seyyid Emir Külal and Bahaeddin Shah-i Naqshbandi K.s. and their mothers, perhaps the most exceptional highlight of our Bukhara trip. After completing our visits, we check into our hotel and have dinner. Tonight, we'll be in Bukhara.

After breakfast at the hotel, we'll visit Bukhara, one of the most important stops on the historical Silk Road, including the Ismail Samani Mausoleum, the Fountain and Tomb of the Prophet Eyüp, the Bolo Havuz Mosque, the Ark Fortress, the Poyi Kalan Complex, the Kalan Minaret, the Mir Arab Madrasa, the Juma Mosque, the Ulugh Beg Madrasa, the Abdüzaziz Khan Madrasa, the Magaki Attari Mosque, the Nadir Divan Begi Madrasa, and the Char Minar. We'll stroll through the Silk Road bazaars selling souvenirs and do some shopping. After completing our Bukhara tours, we'll arrive at the Bukhara train station and depart for Samarkand. After approximately a two-hour drive, we'll arrive in Samarkand and depart for our hotel. Tonight, we'll be in Samarkand.

After breakfast at the hotel, we begin our city tour. In Samarkand, we first visit Gur-i Emir (the tomb of Emir Timur Khan). Afterwards, we visit Registan Square and the Ulugh Beg, Tilla Qari, and Shirdar madrasahs located there. We visit the Bibi Khanum Mosque, then move on to the Shah-i Zinde cemetery complex, where we visit the tomb of Qusam ibn Abbas, the Prophet's cousin. We then visit the Ulugh Beg Observatory and the tombs of Imam Maturidi and Khwaja Ubeydullah-i Ahrar. After completing our Samarkand tours, we arrive at the Samarkand train station and depart for Tashkent. After approximately a two-hour drive, we arrive in Tashkent and check into our hotel.

We'll depart for Tashkent Airport with our lunch boxes for the evening. We'll board Ajet Airlines flight VF584 for Ankara at 7:20 AM. We'll arrive at Ankara Esenboğa Airport at 10:10 AM, concluding our tour.