Uzbekistan in Depth

Day 1 — Tashkent

Arrival in Tashkent, transfer, check-in. Overnight Tashkent.

Day 2 — Tashkent

Hazrati Imam, Chorsu Bazaar, Museum of Applied Arts, metro. Overnight Tashkent.

Day 3 — Fergana Valley

Drive to the Fergana Valley over the Kamchik pass. Kokand: Khudoyar Khan Palace, Norbutabiy madrasah. Overnight Fergana.

Day 4 — Margilan & Rishtan

Margilan — Yodgorlik silk factory, Kumtepa Bazaar. Rishtan — ceramic workshops. Overnight Fergana.

Day 5 — Tashkent → Khiva

Return to Tashkent, evening flight to Urgench. Check-in in Khiva. Overnight Khiva.

Day 6 — Khiva

Ichan-Kala in full — Kalta Minor, Juma Mosque, Kunya-Ark, Tash-Hauli, Pahlavan Mahmud, Islam Khodja. Overnight Khiva.

Day 7 — Khorezm fortresses → Nukus

Desert fortresses of Khorezm — Ayaz-Kala, Toprak-Kala, Kyzyl-Kala. Drive to Nukus. Overnight Nukus.

Day 8 — Nukus & Muynak

Savitsky Museum — the largest collection of Russian avant-garde outside Moscow. Muynak: ship cemetery, the former Aral shoreline. Overnight Nukus.

Day 9 — Nukus → Bukhara

Drive to Bukhara across the Ustyurt plateau and Kyzylkum. Check-in. Overnight Bukhara.

Days 10–11 — Bukhara

Ark, Bolo-Hauz, Samani, Chashma-Ayub, Lyabi-Hauz, trading domes, Poi-Kalon, Sitorai Mohi-Xosa, Bahouddin Naqshbandi, Chor-Minor. Craft workshops. 2 nights Bukhara.

Day 12 — Bukhara → Samarkand

Train to Samarkand. Check-in. Gur-e-Amir, Registan. Overnight Samarkand.

Day 13 — Samarkand

Shah-i-Zinda, Bibi-Khanym, Siyob Bazaar, Ulugbek Observatory, Afrasiab, Konigil. Overnight Samarkand.

Day 14 — Shahrisabz

Over the Takhtakaracha pass to Shahrisabz — Ak-Saray, Dorut-Tilovat, Dorus-Siadat, the birthplace of Amir Temur. Overnight Samarkand.

Day 15 — Departure

Morning Afrosiyob to Tashkent, airport transfer.