Heart of Tamerlane's Empire — Tashkent, Samarkand, Gijduvan, Bukhara — 6 Days
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If the 8-day “Golden Silk Road” with Khiva doesn’t fit your schedule, this is its compact version: the same Tashkent, Gijduvan and Bukhara, without the long desert drive to Khiva.
Route
Tashkent → Samarkand → Gijduvan → Bukhara.
Day by day
- Arrival in Tashkent, check-in, free evening.
- Tashkent: Khast-Imam complex, Chorsu Bazaar, old town walk. Drive to Samarkand.
- Samarkand: Registan Square, Gur-Emir mausoleum, Bibi-Khanym mosque, Siyob bazaar, Shah-i-Zinda ensemble.
- Drive to Gijduvan — pottery masterclass with a family of hereditary ceramicists, lunch with grilled kebabs. On to Bukhara in the evening.
- Bukhara: Samanid mausoleum, Ark fortress, Poi-Kalyan ensemble, Lyab-i Hauz.
- Transfer to Bukhara airport, departure.
Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)
- Comfortable air-conditioned transport
- Guide in each city
- Breakfasts, lunch at the plov center and at the Gijduvan ceramicists’ house
- Entrance tickets to listed monuments
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