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Cities: Tashkent – Samarkand – Gijduvan – Bukhara – Mary – Merv – Ashgabat – Dashoguz – Kunya-Urgench –
Khiva – Urgench – Tashken – Turkestan – Tashkent
Duration: 17 nights/18 days
Tour program:
Every Muslim knows such a names like Bahauddin Nakshbandi, Abduhallik Gijduvani and Akhmad Yassavi.
During the tour you will have opportunity to make pilgrimage to the graves of this great theologians of Islam but also to other sacred places.
You will get know better one of the most mysterious branch in Islam- Sufism. The follower of this knowledge will talk you about Sufism and demonstrate you silent zikr (sufi meditation and prayer).
You will have opportunity to touch mystic but real sides of Sufism. You will visit the graves of Sufis where people during the centuries get treatment with water from the holy sources next to the Sufis graves. Almost every grave of the Sufi could give a treatment. Almost every has a legend.
| Day 1 | Arrival in Tashkent – Samarkand (330 km = 5 h) Arrival in Tashkent. Transfer to Samarkand. Check in to the hotel. |
| Day 2 | Samarkand Sightseeing in Samarkand: Registan Square (XVII c, Registan is circled with 3 main buildings: Ulugbek Madrasah, Sherdor Madrasah and Tillya Kari Mosque) - Guri-Emir mausoleum - Ulugbek Observatory (XV c) - Bibi–Khanum Mosque (XV c) - Architectural ensemble Shakhi-Zinda (XII – XV cc) - Afrosiyob Museum Afternoon visiting of Hoja Akhrar (XV c) mausoleum and Divan Begi mausoleum (XV c). |
| Day 3 | Samarkand Free time. At 17:00 visiting of Hoja Abdi Darun complex (XII c). |
| Day 4 | Samarkand Free time. Afternoon visiting of Hoja Akhrar mausoleum (XV c). |
| Day 5 | Samarkand – Gijduvan – Bukhara (280 = 4,5 h) Transfer to Bukhara via Gijduvan. Half day sightseeing in Gijduvan: including Unique tomb of the founder of sufism in Central Asia – Gijduvani (IX-X cc) - Arif Rafgari and Fagnavi mausoleums (XII-XIII cc) in Shafirkan village - Meeting with unique Gijduvan pottery. Arrival in Bukhara and check in to the hotel. |
| Day 6 | Bukhara Sightseeing in Bukhara : Ark - ancient fortress (VI-VII cc.) - Chashma Ayub Mazar (graveyard) (XIV-XIX cc.) - Poi- Kalan complex (XII-XVI cc.), that includes famous Minaret Kalan (built in 1127, height is 49 meters) - Samanid’s Mausoleum (IX-X cc.) - Lyabi-Hauz complex (XVI-XVII cc.) which includes: Kukeldash madrassah (1568) and Nadir Divanbegi madrassah (1622). |
| Day 7 | Bukhara Sightseeing in Bukhara: Sitorai Mokhi Khosa – “Palace of Moon and Stars” – summer residence of the last Bukhara Emir (XIX c) - Bolo Khauz mosque - Complex Bakhoutdin Nakshbandy (so-called Central Asian Mecca). |
| Day 8 | Bukhara Sightseeing in Bukhara: Chor-Bakr mausoleum (XVI – XVII cc) - Picnic in Nakshbandi mausoleum. Afternoon free time. |
| Day 9 | Bukhara Full day free time in Bukhara. |
| Day 10 | Bukhara – Mary (385 km = 6 h) Transfer to “Farab” check point. Crossing Uzbek-Turkmen border. Transfer to Mary. Check in to the hotel. |
| Day 11 | Mary – Merv – Ashgabat Sightseeing in ancient Merv: Hamadani mausoleum (XII c). Transfer to Ashgabat. Arrival in Ashgabat. Check in to the hotel. |
| Day 12 | Ashgabat Sightseeing in Ashgabat: The National Museum of Turkmenistan - Nisa – the residence of the Parthian kings - the Neutrality Square and Arch of Neutrality - Independence Park - Ertogrul Gazy mosque - Sunday Bazaar - Carpet museum. |
| Day 13 | Ashgabat – Dashoguz – Kunya-Urgench (120 km = 2 h) – Khiva (60 km) Early morning flight to Dashoguz. Transfer to Kunya-Urgench. Half day sightseeing in Kunya-Urgench: Mausoleums of Nadjmeddi-ibn-Kubra - Tyurabek-Khanym - Soltan Tekesh - Il-Arslan - Kutlug-Timur minaret - Kyrk Molla Hill. Transfer to Uzbek-Turkmen border (140 km). Transfer to Khiva. Check in to the hotel. Free time. |
| Day 14 | Khiva Sightseeing in Khiva: Ichan-Kala – Mohammed-Amin Khan madrassah and minaret (XIX c.) - Kunya Ark – Old fortress (XVII c.) - Pakhlavan Mahmud complex (XIV-XIX cc.) - Islam Khodja madrassah & Minaret (1908) - Jumma mosque (X–XVIII cc.) - Tash Hauli Allakuli-Khan Palace (XVIII-XIX cc.) - Bazaar. |
| Day 15 | Khiva – Urgench – Tashkent Transfer to Urgench. Flight to Tashkent. Arrival in Tashkent. Check in to the hotel. Sightseeing in Tashkent: The old city - Barak-Khan madrassah (XVI c) - Yunus-Khan mausoleum - Kaffal-al-Shashi Mazar - Kukeldash madrassah (XVIII c) - Museum of Applied Art. |
| Day 16 | Tashkent – Turkestan (315 km = 5-6 h) Morning transfer to Turkestan, Kazakhstan. Check in to the hotel. Free time. |
| Day 17 | Turkestan – Tashkent (315 km = 5-6 h) Sightseeing in Turkestan: The tomb of Ahmad Yassavi (XIV c), the revered 12-th century Sufi teacher and Turkic mystical poet, who was born at Sayram, east of Shymkent. Afternoon transfer to Tashkent. |
| Day 18 | Tashkent – departure Transfer to the airport. Departure . |
The cost of the tour:
| Pax | 10+1 | 11-12+1 | 13-14+1 | 15-16+1 | 17-18+1 | 19-20+1 | Single supplement |
| $/pax | 2915 | 2820 | 2640 | 2500 | 2415 | 2335 | 355 |
Hotels 2-4*:
Tashkent - "Tashkent Palace" 4* or similar
Khiva – “Asia Khiva” 3* or similar
Bukhara - "Sasha & Son" 3* or similar
Samarkand - "Afrosiab" 4* or similar
Mary – “Yrsgal” 3* or similar
Ashgabad – “President” 5*, "Nissa" 4*
Turkestan – “Yassy” 2+* or similar
The cost includes:
- Visa support letter for Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan;
- Accommodation: in Double / Twin rooms of the mentioned hotels with breakfasts;
- Meals – half board (only dinners);
- Local SS guide in the cities;
- Entrance tickets to the main monuments according the program;
- General English speaking escort guide for entire itinerary;
- Transport: a/c with driver during the whole tour including transfers: airport - hotel – airport;
- Air tickets Mary – Ashgabad, Ashgabad – Tashauz;
- Folklore show in Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva;
- Mineral water during all tour.
The cost does not include:
- Cost of Visa for Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan;
- International flights;
- Payment for photo and video in the museums and monuments;
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