Samarkand & Bukhara by High-Speed Train — a Short Weekend from Tashkent — 3 Days

Friday evening — Registan Square. Sunday — back home. This tour is built for people who live or work in Tashkent and want a short weekend spent in Samarkand and Bukhara instead of a dacha, with no flights and no extra days off beyond the usual weekend.

Route

Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Tashkent (on “Afrosiyob” trains).

Why this tour

• Unlike “Two Capitals of the East” (5 days, requiring a flight into Samarkand and out of Bukhara), this is a short train weekend straight from Tashkent and back.
• The Khovrenko winery in Samarkand — Uzbek winemaking is older than most tourists assume.
• Just 3 days, genuinely fitting inside a normal weekend with no vacation days needed.
• The “Afrosiyob” train is faster and more comfortable than a car — no multi-hour drives.

Day by day

1. Meet at the Tashkent train station, train to Samarkand. The Gur-Emir mausoleum, Registan Square, the Bibi-Khanym mosque, the Khazrati Khizr complex, lunch at the Plov Center. The Ulugbek Observatory, the Shah-i-Zinda mausoleum. A tour of the Khovrenko winery with tasting (extra fee). Dinner with a show.
2. Train to Bukhara. The Lyabi-Hauz ensemble, the Magoki-Attori mosque, the trading domes, the Ulugbek and Abdulaziz Khan madrasahs, the Kalyan minaret and mosque, the Mir-i-Arab madrasah. Dinner with a folk program.
3. The Ark fortress, the Bolo-Hauz mosque, the Samanid mausoleum, the Chashma-Ayub mausoleum. Free time at the bazaar, a trip to the emir’s summer residence “Sitorai Mokhi Khosa.” Train back to Tashkent.

Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)

• 4-star hotel accommodation
• Meals: lunch-dinner-breakfast-lunch
• A festive dinner with a show
• Qualified guides, a company escort
• “Afrosiyob” train tickets in both directions, entrance tickets to monuments

Not included

• Winery tasting (extra fee)
• Single occupancy supplement

Confirmed departure dates and the final price are arranged with your travel consultant at booking.