Путешествие по Самарканду (1 — день)

Day 1:

Tashkent-Samarkand (train)

Transfer to the station and take High Speed Train to Samarkand at 8:00-10:08.

Meeting with guide and driver. Start sightseeing:

• Gur Emir Mausoleum (XV century) — burial place of the Timurid dynasty. A unique architectural monument with an unforgettable blue and blue dome. The famous tomb of Tamerlane is located here.
• Registan Square (XV-XVII centuries) — the heart of Samarkand. A unique ensemble, consisting of three madrasahs, which were and are the center of the old city and the passage of forums and festivals.
• Bibi – Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV centuries) — a project conceived by Timur as the largest mosque of that time. It impresses with its size and grandeur
• Siab Bazar — is a traditional «oriental» market in Samarkand that surprises tourists with its colorfulness and variety of products and goods offered.

Free lunch.

• Shahi Zinda complex (XI-XIX centuries) — the so-called «City of the Dead». A complex of more than 20 unique buildings from different times of construction. This one of the oldest buildings in the city is an important pilgrimage site.
• The Mausoleum of Khoja Doniyar is a place of numerous pilgrimages for Jews, Christians and Muslims, covered with numerous legends and legends.
• Ulugbek’s Observatory (15th century) — the first observatory in the east with a 30-meter sextant built by Ulugbek to accurately measure the trajectories and positions of star bodies. All that remains of the goth of the ancient observatory is the curved trench of the sextant part.

Transfer to the station and take High Speed Train to Tashkent at 18:08-20:23.

Meet with driver and transfer to hotel.