Piligrimage tours
To see and to feel the great power and attraction of sacred places, that is what every man with the soul of faith dreams of. To pay homage to great scientists and their works-all these and others are awaiting You in your pilgrimage tours around Uzbekistan.
Visit cities where great Islamic scientists lived and worked, feel with all your heart the atmosphere of those years, when every discovery was great and magnificent. Let your feelings touch the atmosphere of spirituality, tranquility and sublimity.
«NAQSHBANDI AND HIS LEGACY»
Itinerary: Tashkent-Urgench (Khiva)-Bukhara-Gizduvan-Samarkand-Tashkent
Duration: 10 days/9 nights.
Day 1.
Arrival to Tashkent. Transfer to to the hotel, check-in. Free time. Dinner. Night in the hotel
Day 2. Tashkent-Urgench (Khiva)
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the hotel. Fly to Urgench. Arrival to Urgench. Transfer to Khiva. City tour:Ichan Qala complex:Mausoleum of Said Aloviddin(XIV cc), Mohammed Amin Khan Madrassah (XIXc), blue (short) minaret, Tash Hauli Palace (XIX c), Jumma mosque (X-XVIII cc.), Pakhlavan Mahmud complex (XIV-XIX cc.), Lunch. Islam Khodja madrassah & Minaret (1908), Kunya Ark (XVII c.).Dinner in the hotel. Night in Khiva.
Day 3. Khiva-Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Sightseeing program: The mausoleum of Yusuf and Said Hamadoniy,Sultan Uvays Karaniy. lunch. Departure to Bukhara (470 km). During the trip we stop at the bank of the Amudarya (Oxus) river-one of the two main rivers of central Asia and for lunch in a local teahouse for lunch. Arrival to Bukhara. Check-in in the hotel. Free time. Dinner. Night in Bukhara.
Day 4. Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day city tour: Samanids mausoleum (IX-Xth cc), Chashma Ayub Mazar (graveyard) (XIV-XIX), Poi-Kalan complex (XII-XVI c.), Ulugbek madrassah (1417) ( built by grandson of Tamerlane - Ulugbek - distinguished mathematician and astronomer) and Abdulazizkhan madrassah (XVII cc), Lyabi-Hauz complex (XVI-XVII c.);Lunch in the restaurant. Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah, built in 1630, Ark - ancient fortress (IV-XX cc.); trading domes: Toki-Zargaron, Toki Telpakfurushon, Toki-Sarrofon. Dinner in Nadir Devanbegi Madrasah with a folklore show. Night in Bukhara.
Day 5. Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Sightseeing program: the mausoleum of Khodja Mukhammad Orif Revgariy. Mausoleum of Khodja Mukhammad Anjir Fagnaviy.Lunch.Continuation of sightseeing: The mausoleum of Khodja Ali Rometaniy, The mausoleum of Khodja Mukhammad Boboyi Samosiy, The mausoleum and the mosque of Said Amir Kulol, The mausoleum of Khodja Mukhammad Bakhouddin Naqshbandiy. Dinner in Nadir Devanbegi Madrasah with a folklore show.Night in Bukhara.
Day 6. Bukhara-Gizduvan-Samarkand
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Gizduvan. Arrival to Gizduvan and visit the mausoleum of Abdukholiq Gizduvaniy.Visit the ceramist Alisher’s house.Lunch. Drive to Samarkand. Arrival to Samarkand. Check-in in the hotel. Dinner. Night in Samarkand.
Day 7. Breakfast in the hotel. City tour:
Your morning sightseeing starts with a visit to Tamerlane's tomb-Gur Emir (XIV cc),(Said Baraka) mausoleum Rukhabad (Burkhoniddin Sukhorjiy) (XIV cc),the magnificent Registan Square, the noblest square in Central Asia, which consists of Ulugbek madrassah, Sherdor madrassah and Tillakori madrassah.Lunch. Continue the city tour: Ulugbek observatory (XV cc), the mausoleum of Prophet Daniil (XIV-XX cc), the Afrosiyab Museum and the beautiful 14th century mausoleum complex of Shah-I-Zinda. You finish the tour at the beautifully decorated Bibi Khanym or Friday Mosque and old local bazaar. Dinner at a local restaurant. Night in Samarkand.
Day 8. Samarkand
Breakfast in the hotel. Sightseeing program: drive to the village of Khartang to see the Imam al Bukhari complex (25 km from Samarkand). The mausoleum of Said Ahmad Ibn Said Jaloliddin Kosoniy (Makhdumiy A’zam).Drive back to Samarkand. Lunch.continue the sightseeing: The mausoleum of Khodja Ahror Valiy (XVI cc),The mausoleum of Prophet Doniyor,Khazrati Khizr Mosque (Sheikh Nuriddin basr and Kutbu Chardahum).Dinner.Night in Samarkand.
Day 9. Samarkand-Tashkent.
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Tashkent. Lunch.Visit the old city including Khast Imam Complex consisting of brand new blue domed Khast-Imam mosque, Barak-Khan medrese (XVI c.), the museum of VII th century Uthman Koran and other old manuscripts, Kaffal-Shashi Mausoleum (XVIc),Chorsu market, Kukeldash Medressa (XVIc), Museum of Applied Arts, Independence Square, Theatre Square where Uzbek National Opera House is and others. Farewell dinner. Night in Tashkent.
Day 10. Departure.
Breakfast in the hotel.Transfer to the inmternational airport. Flight. End of services.