Mirage dans le désert d'Asie centrale

Early arrival to Tashkent.

Meet at Tashkent airport with a meeting board.

Transfer to the hotel. Time to freshen up or rest for some hrs.

Discovery of the capital of Uzbekistan. You will visit the old part and the new part of the city. In the old part, you will explore the Hasti Imam square with Kaffal Shoshi Mausoleum (XVI c), Barak Khan Madrasa (XVI c) and Djuma Mosque « Khazrati Imam ». Then you will explore the Oriental “Chorsu” bazaar.

Time to have lunch.

Continue the sightseeing in the modern part of the capital where you will explore Independence Square, Amir Timur Square, and Applied Art Museum.

Overnight in Tashkent.

Transfer to the airport. Flight to Nukus at 7:25 am.

Arrival at 09:05am. Transfer to Karakalpakistan State Art Museum by name of Savitsky - important of Central Asia. Visit. Then drive to Khiva via the remains of Khorezm (Chilpyk Kala, Kyzyl Kala and Toprak-Kala fortresses) Tuprak Kala - the most impressive fortress in the region stretching over a hectare and a half and located in the middle of fields. The construction dates from the 1st century BC to the 4th century AD It was the capital of the ancient Khorezm. The civilization at Khorezm emerged around the middle of the 2nd millennium. It later emerged that the birth of Ancient Egypt and Babylon, but in the conditions of a very similar nature.

Arrival in Khiva in the late afternoon. Hotel accommodation.

Free time to walk in the inner city.

Time to have dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Discovery of Khiva.

Visit to Ichan-Kala begins with the discovery of the battlements and the main gate of Ota Darwaza, then by the madrasa of Mohammed-Amin Khan and its minaret (19th century), the central square of the ancient city, Kunya Ark (17th century), the madrasa of Mohammed-Rahim Khan, the mosque Djuma (X-XVIII th century), the Allakulikhan madrasa, the Harem - Tach Hawlie (XVII-XIX th century). Lunch to have lunch. Following the discovery of Khiva. The Madrasa of Islam Khadija and its minaret (1908), the Pakhlavan Mahmud complex (XIV-XIX century) - a place of worship for the population of the region.

After the sightseeing program, you will have free time to take a picture at sunset.

Time to have dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Bukhara (4750 km) via Kyzyl Kum Desert and cross through Amou-Darya river – one of the bigger in Central Asia. Arrival to Bukhara. Time to have lunch. Hotel accommodation. Time to freshen up. Free time to walk in the old part of Bukhara.

Breakfast.

Sightseeing program all day in Bukhara.

Made famous by its old carpet market, city museum in the middle of the sands, Bukhara will enchant you with the atmosphere of its old streets and its remarkable monuments, which bring us back to the medieval period and well before. Visit the monument of Bukhara starts from one of the oldest – Ismail Samani Mausoleum (IX-X c) – a masterpiece of local medieval architecture.

Chashma Ayyub complex (XIV – XVI c).

The oriental market of Bukhara, Bolo House Mosque (XVIII c), Ark – the Citadel, which was built by legendary heroes of Bukhara on IV c BC.

Time to have lunch.

Continue sightseeing. Visit Lab-i-Khauz complex which grouping the madrasas of Kukeldash (1568) and Nadir Divanbegi (1622). You will explore also the Trade domes dating XVI c, visit Madrasa of Ulugbek and Abdul-Aziz Khan (15th-17th centuries), then Poï-Kalian ensemble (XV-XVI centuries) which consists of the Kalon Mosque, Kalon Minaret, and the Miri Arab Madrasa.

After the visit, you will have free time to walk in the old part of the city.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Discovery of the monuments of the surroundings of Bukhara.

 Visit of the summer residence of the last emir (19th century),

  From the sacred site of Bakhaudin Naqshbad. And the Chor Minor madrasa cashed the eyes of travelers in one of the old neighborhoods of the city.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Explore of Samarkand – one of the ancient cities on the Great Silk Road, the pearl of the Orient. Visit Shakhi – Zinda necropolis. This necropolis consists of more than 14 mausoleums, dreed in blue glazed ceramics, built next to each other like a necklace of Pearls, as amazing jeweler work.

Bibi Khanum mosque, which was once one of the bigger in Central Asia with its beautiful blue domes, « Siyab » Bazaar – traditional market of Samarkand.

Time to have lunch (not included).

Continue the discovery: visit the famous place of Registan – the heard of ancient Samarkand. Which consist of 3 monumental madrasas, it is an example of the Urbanism Art; Ulughbek Madrasa (1417-1420), Sher Dor madrasa (1619-1636 and Tilla Kori madrasa (1646 – 1660). Gur Emir Mausoleum– an architectural masterpiece of Central Asia

After the excursion, you will have free time.

Breakfast.

Continue the sightseeing program in Samarkand: Visit the remains of the Ulugbek Observatory - the most important astronomical construction of the Middle Ages. The ruins of this Observatory was discovered by the Russian archaeologist Vyatkin in 1908 after his long research. Discovery of the sextant of the observatory and the museum that tells the story and research of Ulugbek.