Silk charm of Uzbekistan

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the station and transfer by train from Tashkent to Kokand (08: 05-12: 10). The train goes through the tunnel that lays on the famous Kamchik pass.
Arrival in Kokand and lunch at a restaurant.
After lunch, sightseeing tour around Kokand:

• Khudoyarkhan's palace - on the whole territory of Central Asia it is the only palace of the khan that has survived to our time. In the palace there is a minaret decorated with ceramic tiles, seven courtyards and one hundred and nineteen rooms, all rooms are decorated with openwork ganch carving, decorated with ornamental paintings and decorated with gilding.
• Jami Mosque is the main Friday mosque of the city. Its decoration is a long aivan held by 98 carved wooden decks. And also a minaret, laid out with a smooth, simple masonry of burnt bricks and twenty-two meters high.
• Mausoleum of Modari Khan, which means "Mother of the Khan", was built for the mother of the ruler of Kokand Umarkhan, by order of her daughter-in-law. And he became the tomb of all the women of the khan's family.
• Madrasah Narbuta-biy is the highest Muslim educational institution of the eighteenth century. Today, the madrasah is still active and represents an institute for religious knowledge.

Dinner at the restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to the town of Rishtan (1 hour).

• The city is famous for its ceramics. Unique technology for the production of ceramic masterpieces has been developed here from the ancient times. The color range is characterized by the presence of turquoise, brown and blue shades on a snow-white background, achieved with a mixture of glaze with cobolt. And in patterns, preference is given to pictures in the form of picturesque vegetation. Among the most famous masters of Rishtan of our time, Rustam Usmanov and Alisher Nazirov should be noted. Today's Rishtan is world famous thanks to the author's works of these famous ceramists-artists.
• We will visit the house of the master ceramist and get acquainted with the whole process of making amazing ceramic products. The house also exhibits a variety of works, which you can appreciate the skill and imagination of local craftsmen.

After the excursion we will move to Margilan (1 hour) and have lunch at a local restaurant.

• Margilan is especially famous as a city where craftsmen create wonderful embroidery, handicrafts (skullcaps, suzane), exquisite carvings on wooden surfaces and ganch.
  
• The local population is especially proud of the production of fabrics from the finest natural silk. The khan-atlases, bekasams and adras are known all over the world for their iridescent colors.
• We will visit the Erdolik factory. It started its activity in 1972 and is one of the largest silk production enterprises. We will see workshops in which cocoons are processed, silk yarns, weaving warp, and silk fabrics and carpets are made. Almost all of these technologies are old and unchanged types of manual labor. No one will remain indifferent to see how this delicate silk is created.
• City tour with a visit to the bazaar.

Transfer to the station and transfer by train from Margilan to Tashkent (16: 45-21: 40).
Dinner boxes on the train, or late dinner upon arrival in Tashkent.
Overnight at the hotel in Tashkent.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the station and transfer by high-speed train from Tashkent to Bukhara.
Lunch at a restaurant in Bukhara.
After lunch, out-of-town excursion around Bukhara:

• Sitorai Mokhi Khosa (XIX century) is a summer residence of more than one generation of Bukhara emirs, built in the combined style of local and European traditions of that time. The halls of the palace are richly decorated with carpets and paintings.

Return to the city and excursion in the center:

• Chor Minor - unique and one of the most amazing buildings in Bukhara with four minarets
  – one in each corner. Built in 1807 by the Turkmen merchant Caliph Niyazkul.
• Lyabi-Hauz complex - the heart of Bukhara - one of the central squares, formed in the XVI-XVII centuries. The central pond "hauz" is framed by three buildings - Kukeldash madrasah, Divan-Begi madrasah and Divan-Begi khanaka. The house is surrounded by old tall trees, which provide coolness in the summer heat and make the square a favorite resting place for local residents.

Dinner at the restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
All day walking tour of Bukhara:

• The Trade Domes are three trade centers that have survived since the 16th century: Toki Zargaron - a bazaar of jewelers, Toki Telpak Furushon - a skullcap bazaar, Toki Sarrafon - a bazaar for money changers.
• Magoki Attari Mosque - in 937 the mosque burned down almost to the ground in a fire and in the 12th century it was restored in the likeness of a miraculously preserved southern portal.
• The Poikalyan complex (XII-XVI centuries) is a visiting card of Bukhara - an architectural ensemble consisting of the Kalyan cathedral mosque, the Miri Arab madrasah and the Kalyan minaret, the highest (46 m) in the Central Asian region.
• Twin madrasahs - Ulugbek and Abdelazizkhan

Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, continue the excursion:

• ARK fortress (IV BC - XIX century) - in the Middle Ages it was a whole small city surrounded by a wall. Inside the fortress were the emir's palace, mint, mosques, government institutions, warehouses, shops, a prison and a public meeting area.
• Bolo Hauz Mosque (1712) - a famous and revered mosque near an artificial reservoir with amazing wooden columns.
• The Samanid Mausoleum (IX-X centuries) - the first building in Central Asia, built of baked bricks in the shape of a cube, with a covered dome and a unique geometric design of masonry - a masterpiece of world architecture.

Dinner at the restaurant. During dinner, we invite you to enjoy Uzbek national folk music and dances.
Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
After breakfast, transfer to Samarkand (about 5 hours).
Arrival and lunch at the restaurant.
After lunch, sightseeing tour around Samarkand:

• Registan Square (XV-XVII centuries) - the heart of Samarkand. A unique ensemble, consisting of three madrasahs, which were and are the center of the old city and the passage of forums and festivals.
• Mausoleum Gur Emir (XV century) - burial place of the Timurid dynasty. A unique architectural monument with an unforgettable blue and blue dome. The famous tomb of Tamerlane is located here.
• Tasting of collection wines at the winery named after Khovrenko - After the traditional historical outline, the oldest winery in the city, 10 traditional glasses of different types of wines await guests.

Dinner at the restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Full day sightseeing tour of Samarkand:

• Ulugbek Observatory (15th century) - the first observatory in the east with a 30-meter sextant built by Ulugbek to accurately measure the trajectories and location of star bodies. All that remains of the goth of the ancient observatory is the curved trench of the sextant part.
• The Mausoleum of Khoja Doniyar is a place of numerous pilgrimages for Jews, Christians and Muslims, covered with numerous legends and legends.
• Museum "Afrosiab" - created near the ancient settlement of Afrosiab, where the main unique exhibits found during excavations are presented.

Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, sightseeing tour around Samarkand:

• Shakhi Zinda complex (XI-XIX centuries) - the so-called "City of the Dead". A complex of more than 20 unique buildings from different times of construction. This one of the oldest buildings in the city is an important pilgrimage site..
• Siab Bazaar is a modern traditional "oriental" market in Samarkand that surprises tourists with its colorfulness and variety of products and goods offered.
• Bibi-Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV centuries) - a project conceived by Timur as the largest mosque of that time. It impresses with its size and grandeur.
• Paper mill "Meros" - silk paper workshop. Since ancient times, local people have been making paper from recycled mulberry bark. In a picturesque suburb of Samarkand, a group of craftsmen equipped a mill and a workshop in which they completely recreated this handmade process and now we can see all the subtleties of this craft.

Ужин в ресторане.
Ночь в гостинице.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Airport transfer.