One day trip from Tashkent to Samarkand

Type:

Excursions Uzbekistan

Duration:

1 day

Physical demands

Comfortable

Supplier

SR 1455

Some Tour Attractions:

Samarkand, Tashkent

Tour description

An entertaining trip to the city of Central Asia known for its mosques and mausoleums.

Samarkand is a city with a long history. It has differences with Tashkent – other streets, other people and simply stunning places of interest! Here is Registan Square, surprising in its scale; the burial of Tamerlane, who once conquered most of the Silk Road; the Shahi Zinda mausoleum complex, the largest in Central Asia; the observatory of Ulugbek, the grandson of Tamerlane and a prominent scientist from the Middle Ages.

Tour Program

An excursion from Tashkent to Samarkand will take literally a day. In the early morning, the guide will meet you at the hotel and you will go to the station, from where you will arrive by train to Samarkand (the trip takes about three hours). Upon arrival, you will be met by a driver – a tour of the ancient city will be held on comfortable transport. In a few hours, you will visit the main attractions of Samarkand, take a walk along the ancient streets and squares, make a hike in the madrasah and mausoleums, and certainly try the enchanting national dishes.

Toward evening, you will return to the station and head back to Tashkent. The estimated time of arrival is 22:00. In Tashkent, our guide will accompany you to the hotel.

Important: we strive to book tickets for the Afrosiab high-speed train, it is more convenient and practical. However, it happens that in the season tickets for Afrosiab on the right date are not available, especially if the tour is booked a day or two in advance. In this case, the trip is by train Shark.

The main attractions on the route: Church of St. John the Baptist, Cathedral of St. Alexis of Moscow, Gur Emir Mausoleum, Rukhabad Mausoleum, Registan Square, Hazret-Khizr Mosque, Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Shahi-Zinda Memorial Complex, Khoja Donier Mausoleum, Ulugbek Observatory.

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Tour package

Included

Guide services;
Transport services by Yandex taxi, including meeting at the hotel and return transfer to the hotel at the end of the tour;
Tickets for the train Tashkent – Samarkand – Tashkent;
Transportation services in Samarkand;
Entrance fees to all visited sites;
Lunch and dinner in Samarkand

Not included