Delicious Uzbekistan

Description

This particular tour is designed for allowing, at the same time, to discover the Silk Road cities and also to taste national Uzbek traditional foods. You’ll begin in modern Tashkent to immerse your self in the local culture and will continue to explore the Marvels of Uzbekistan. At the end of each day of your trip, you are invited to join a cooking master class where you will have the possibility to participate in preparation of meals.

Our tour program ‘’Taste of Uzbekistan’’ gives you a chance to enjoy local cuisine and discover the Marvels of Uzbekistan.

Itinerary

Day 1. Arrive to Tashkent

Arrival in Tashkent in the early morning. Meeting at the airport. Seeing off and placing in the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel. At 09:30 a group gathering in the lobby and eviction from the hotel. At 10:00 the beginning of the tour around Tashkent: Hast-Imam Square, Barak-Khan Madrassah, Mausoleum of Kafal-al-Shashi Mazar.

Lunch at the Plov field, where you will taste Tashkent plov. After lunch, continue the tour around the city: the Kukeldash Madrassah, the oldest bazaar in Tashkent – Chorsu, the Museum of Applied Arts, the Tashkent Metro. Dinner at the restaurant. * (Main course – Naryn). Transfer to the station. Night train to Urgench №56 (20: 20 – 12:22). Night on the train till Urgench.

Day 2. Urgench – Khiva.

Arrival to Urgench at 12:22. Meeting at the station of Urgench. Transfer to Khiva and accommodation at the hotel. Lunch in the national house (main dishes: shurpa, Khiva plov and khanskoe dish – tukhum-barak). Beginning of the tour around Khiva: Ichan-Kala (inner city of Khiva), Kunya-Ark Fortress, madrassah and the Minaret of Islam Khoja, Avesta Museum. Master class of cooking gum (pies) in a national house. Night at the hotel.

Day 3. Khiva

Breakfast at the hotel. Continuation of the excursion: Tash-Hauli palace, Juma mosque, minaret and madrasah of Muhammad Amin-khan, complex of Pakhlavan Mahmud. Departure to the restaurant (the main course is freshly grilled fish). Return to Khiva. Free time. Dinner at the restaurant (main course – Khorezm kebab). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4. Khiva – Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel. Crossing the famous Kyzylkum desert along the Amu Darya River. Lunch on the way – lunch boxes. Arrival in Bukhara. Free time, visiting souvenir shops and workshops. Dinner at the restaurant (main course – tender beef according to the restaurant’s signature recipe). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5.  Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion around Bukhara: mausoleum of Samanids, burial-vault of Chashma Ayub, Bolo-Hauz complex, ancient fortress Ark, complex Poi-Kalyan, madrassah of Abdulaziz-Khan, madrasah of Ulugbek. Lunch – tasting of Bukhara plov . After lunch, visit the Lyabi-Khauz ensemble, the Kukeldash Madrassah, the Nodir-Devon-Begim madrassah, the trading domes.

Tea drinking in the tea house “Spices of the Silk Road” – tasting of tea with various spices and traditional Bukhara sweets. Folklore show in the Nodir Devon-Begi Madrassah. Dinner in the teahouse (main courses: assorted dolma, Bukhara somsa). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6. Bukhara – Country excursion – Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion around suburban objects of Bukhara: Sitorai Mohi Hosa palace, Bakhautdin Naqshbandi complex, Chor Bakr necropolis. Lunch in the Chaikh-Bakr Chaikhan – tandoor-kabob tasting (meat baked in tandoor). After lunch transfer to Samarkand. Visit to the winery. Khovrenko – wine tasting. Master class of cooking manti in the national house (main dishes: manti, shurpa). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7. Tashkent – Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion around Samarkand: the Gur-Emir mausoleum is the burial-vault of the Great Tamerlane, Registan Square (Ulugbek madrasah, Sher-Dor madrasah, Tilla-Kari madrassah) is the most famous square in Central Asia. Lunch at the center of the pilch “Punjab” – tasting Samarkand plov. After lunch, visit the Bibi-Khanum mosque, architectural ensemble Shahi-Zinda, Ulugbek observatory.

Departure from Samarkand on the express train “Afrosiab”. Arrival in Tashkent. Meeting at the station. Transfer and accommodation at the hotel. Dinner at the restaurant (main course – shish kebabs). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 8. Tashkent – …

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel until 12:00. Free time without transport and sightseeing. It is recommended to visit the bazaars, walk around the city center. Transfer to the airport. Departure from Tashkent.

* In rare cases, due to circumstances beyond our control, restaurants and food points can be replaced by similar ones.
* The tour is guaranteed and will take place regardless of the number of participants.