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2nd – 8th March 2024
6 nights
10-12
Tehmina
£500.00
cost
£ 1400.00
2nd – 8th March 2024
6 nights
10-12
Tehmina
£500.00
cost
£ 1400.00
2nd – 8th March 2024
6 nights
10-12
Tehmina
£500.00
cost
£ 1400.00
The MWTG recommend the following flights if flying from LHR.
Airline: Uzbekistan Airways (recommended flight below)
Depart: London Heathrow (LHR) – Tashkent (TAS) 01/03/2024
18:00 – 05:50 (arrival 02/03/2024)
Return: Tashkent (TAS) – London Heathrow (LHR) 08/03/2023
13:45 – 16:25
Depart London Heathrow (LHR) on 1st March 2024 to arrive at Tashkent (TAS) on 2nd March 2024
Tashkent (TAS) to London Heathrow (LHR) on 8th March 2024
02/03/2024 to 08/03/2024
The availability of the ‘pay a deposit to secure your spot’ option changes from tour to tour, and is dependent on the number of days remaining before the tour’s departure.
Arrival at Tashkent Airport.
Xush kelibsiz. Welcome to Uzbekistan
You will have a private transfer waiting for you to take you to our chosen 4 or 5 star hotel. If you haven’t travelled together then you will be met at the hotel by The MWTG lead. We have arranged a early check-in.
Morning is at leisure at hotel with breakfast included.
Tashkent is one of the oldest and largest cities in Central Asia, the Uzbek capital since 1930, and very much a showpiece of Soviet and post-soviet architecture.
In the afternoon we meet our guide and start exploring the capital by going back in time – to visit the old town: Barak Khana Seminary, Tila Shaikh mosque and their archives, known for a rare original version of the Koran written by the third Caliph Osman. Later we will continue to Chorsu bazaar, the oldest market in Tashkent and Kukeldash Madrassah.
Overnight at Hotel in Tashkent.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
We start at early and straight after breakfast at the hotel we head to the airport to catch a short flight to Urgench.
Short drive to the city of Khiva.
Khiva is made for walking. It is compact, well looked after, lived in and basks in a beautiful desert light.
Our walking tour takes in all the major sights of the Ichan Kala – the citadel – where we will see the truncated Kalta Minor minaret, the Kunya Ark, the Madrassah Rakhim Khan, the Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud and Islam Khodja minaret – from the latter we will see the entire town beneath us and the desert beyond.
As we walk around you can imagine the layers of history around us – the town is thought to date back more than 2,000 years. What can be seen now would not be dissimilar to the city that the Russian Army stormed in 1873 in their conquest of Central Asia. The ravages of modern development have been largely kept away from the citadel itself, much to our advantage.
In the afternoon we will continue, visiting the Friday mosque and Tashauli Palace, including the harem.
Our dinner includes a folk show dance and music Yasaul Boshi
Overnight at Hotel in Khiva
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
We leave straight after breakfast for a day on the road to Bukhara.
Transfer to Bukhara through Kyzyl-Kum desert. Route will take around 8 hrs. Enroute we will have several stops, with panoramic views to plains of desert and the river basin of Oxus (the ancient name of Amu-Daria river.
We lunch in local restaurant enroute arriving to Bukhara in late afternoon.
We will have some free time till the dinner that involves a cooking master class at Rakhmon Toshev’s “Suzane” workshop with dinneOvernight at Hotel in Bukhara.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
Straight after breakfast we will be spending a full day exploring fabulous Bukhara.
Today’s visit is dedicated to discover Holy city of Bukhara, the city tour will be by foot as all monuments are located in close dense area. First we drive to starting point near the city park.
Sightseeing tour in Bukhara will include:
We stop for lunch locally before seeing the rest of Bukhara including:
We finish with a Caligraphy master class and dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Bukhara.
Today we will travel to Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of the Great Amir Timur (Tamerlane), located approximately 90km south of Samarkand.
On way there will be plenty of stops for pictures of the beautiful scenery.
Upon arrival to Shahrisabz. We have lunch locally and then start a fabulous sightseeing tour in Shahrisabz:
In the evening we will be having the Famous Uzbek dish “pilaf” cooking master class at a guest house with dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Samarkand.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
No name is so evocative of the Silk Road as Samarkand. It is one of the oldest existing cities in the world and the oldest of Central Asia. Built on the site of Afrosiab, which dated from the 3rd or 4th millennium B.C., Samarkand was known to the ancient Greeks as Marakanda; ruins of the old settlement remain north of the present city.
We will have a full day tour of Samarkand to see the famous Registan Square which was for many centuries the heart of Samarkand. See the three beautiful madrassahs: the Ulug-Bek Madrasah built in 15th century; the Tillya-Kori Madrasah built in 17th century; the Sher-Dor Madrasah, also built in 17th century. Visit Gur Emir – mausoleum of Great Tamerlane. Later see the grandest structure of Amir Temur’s times – the chief Friday Mosque called Bibi-Khanum, the Silk Road bazaar and Shahi Zinda necropolis.
We then transfer to the railway station to catch our train to Tashkent. On arrival, transfer to hotel where we will have our farewell dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Tashkent.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
It’s our last day. We will have breakfast, pack up and say our goodbyes to each other and the wonderful friends we have made before heading home to our different countries. Oq yo’l!
Arrival at Tashkent Airport.
Xush kelibsiz. Welcome to Uzbekistan
You will have a private transfer waiting for you to take you to our chosen 4 or 5 star hotel. If you haven’t travelled together then you will be met at the hotel by The MWTG lead. We have arranged a early check-in.
Morning is at leisure at hotel with breakfast included.
Tashkent is one of the oldest and largest cities in Central Asia, the Uzbek capital since 1930, and very much a showpiece of Soviet and post-soviet architecture.
In the afternoon we meet our guide and start exploring the capital by going back in time – to visit the old town: Barak Khana Seminary, Tila Shaikh mosque and their archives, known for a rare original version of the Koran written by the third Caliph Osman. Later we will continue to Chorsu bazaar, the oldest market in Tashkent and Kukeldash Madrassah.
Overnight at Hotel in Tashkent.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
We start at early and straight after breakfast at the hotel we head to the airport to catch a short flight to Urgench.
Short drive to the city of Khiva.
Khiva is made for walking. It is compact, well looked after, lived in and basks in a beautiful desert light.
Our walking tour takes in all the major sights of the Ichan Kala – the citadel – where we will see the truncated Kalta Minor minaret, the Kunya Ark, the Madrassah Rakhim Khan, the Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud and Islam Khodja minaret – from the latter we will see the entire town beneath us and the desert beyond.
As we walk around you can imagine the layers of history around us – the town is thought to date back more than 2,000 years. What can be seen now would not be dissimilar to the city that the Russian Army stormed in 1873 in their conquest of Central Asia. The ravages of modern development have been largely kept away from the citadel itself, much to our advantage.
In the afternoon we will continue, visiting the Friday mosque and Tashauli Palace, including the harem.
Our dinner includes a folk show dance and music Yasaul Boshi
Overnight at Hotel in Khiva
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included.
We leave straight after breakfast for a day on the road to Bukhara.
Transfer to Bukhara through Kyzyl-Kum desert. Route will take around 8 hrs. Enroute we will have several stops, with panoramic views to plains of desert and the river basin of Oxus (the ancient name of Amu-Daria river.
We lunch in local restaurant enroute arriving to Bukhara in late afternoon.
We will have some free time till the dinner that involves a cooking master class at Rakhmon Toshev’s “Suzane” workshop with dinneOvernight at Hotel in Bukhara.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
Straight after breakfast we will be spending a full day exploring fabulous Bukhara.
Today’s visit is dedicated to discover Holy city of Bukhara, the city tour will be by foot as all monuments are located in close dense area. First we drive to starting point near the city park.
Sightseeing tour in Bukhara will include:
We stop for lunch locally before seeing the rest of Bukhara including:
We finish with a Caligraphy master class and dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Bukhara.
Today we will travel to Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of the Great Amir Timur (Tamerlane), located approximately 90km south of Samarkand.
On way there will be plenty of stops for pictures of the beautiful scenery.
Upon arrival to Shahrisabz. We have lunch locally and then start a fabulous sightseeing tour in Shahrisabz:
In the evening we will be having the Famous Uzbek dish “pilaf” cooking master class at a guest house with dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Samarkand.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
No name is so evocative of the Silk Road as Samarkand. It is one of the oldest existing cities in the world and the oldest of Central Asia. Built on the site of Afrosiab, which dated from the 3rd or 4th millennium B.C., Samarkand was known to the ancient Greeks as Marakanda; ruins of the old settlement remain north of the present city.
We will have a full day tour of Samarkand to see the famous Registan Square which was for many centuries the heart of Samarkand. See the three beautiful madrassahs: the Ulug-Bek Madrasah built in 15th century; the Tillya-Kori Madrasah built in 17th century; the Sher-Dor Madrasah, also built in 17th century. Visit Gur Emir – mausoleum of Great Tamerlane. Later see the grandest structure of Amir Temur’s times – the chief Friday Mosque called Bibi-Khanum, the Silk Road bazaar and Shahi Zinda necropolis.
We then transfer to the railway station to catch our train to Tashkent. On arrival, transfer to hotel where we will have our farewell dinner.
Overnight at Hotel in Tashkent.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner included.
It’s our last day. We will have breakfast, pack up and say our goodbyes to each other and the wonderful friends we have made before heading home to our different countries. Oq yo’l!
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