TOURS: CENTRAL ASIA

17 days/16 nights FB
Accommodation: 14 nights at Hotels, 2 nights home stay
Meals: three times a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Transfers: by air - Urgench - Ashgabat. By coach: Almaty - Bishkek - Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Urgench (Khiva)- Konye-Urgench

1 Day ALMATY
Arrival at Almaty International Airport. Transfer to Hotel by motor vehicle Check in the Hotel, free time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight.

2 Day ALMATY
Breakfast at Hotel. City sightseeing tour of Almaty (Zenkov Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Central State Museum (The Golden Man), Museum of Kazakh National Instruments, Medeo - Skating Rink, damb, Chimbulak mountainous area, bazaar). Lunch. Dinner. Overnight.

3 Day ALMATY-TAMGHALI-BISHKEK
Breakfast, luggage down, check-out Depart Tamghali by motor vehicle. Sightseeing tour, picnic (Lunch). Departure to Bishkek, arrival, Check in the Hotel. Dinner. Overnight

4 Day BISHKEK
Breakfast. Depart Ala-Archa gorge, Picnic (Lunch). Lenin Museum. Dinner. Overnight.

5 Day BISHKEK-AKSU DZHABAGLY
Breakfast. Depart Aisha-Bibi Mausoleum (19th c.). Picnic (Lunch). After lunch depart to Aksu-Dzhabagly natural reserve. Home stay. Dinner. Overnight.

6 Day AKSU DZHABAGLY
Breakfast, departure to Aksu River canyon. Free time at leisure. Lunch. Sightseeing tour of Aksu-Dzhabagly natural reserve. Home stay. Dinner. Overnight.

7 Day AKSU DZHABAGLY-TASHKENT
Breakfast. Depart to Tashkent by motor vehicle. Arrival at Tashkent. Check in the hotel. Lunch. City sightseeing tour of Tashkent. New city - Amir Temur Square, Tamerlane monument, Uzbek Museum of Temurids history, Sailgoh - pedestrian street, City Hall, Opera & Ballet Theater and Theater square, Mustaqillik - main square of the country, earthquake epicenter, OLD QUARTERS - HAZRAT-IMAM Plaza: BARAK-KHAN Medressa - 16th c., TILLA SHEIKH Mosque & Library (if Library is open you can see Original Koran!), ABU BAKR KAFFAL SHOSHI Mausoleum (16th c.), IMAM AL-BUKHARIY Medressa (active), Old Quarters Bazar, KUKELDASH Medressa & HOJI AKHRORVALIY Mosque (15th c.) Uzbekistan museum of Applied Art, Alisher Navoiy Park, Navoiy monument, Navruz center, OLIY MAJLIS - Uzbekistan Legislative Body, ABUL QASSIM SHEIKH Medressa - handicraft center of artisans, Tashkent Subway, Sailgoh - take a walk. Dinner. Overnight.

8 Day TASHKENT-SAMARKAND
Breakfast. Depart Samarkand by motor vehicle. Arrival at Samarkand. Check in the Hotel. Free time at leisure. Lunch. City sightseeing tour of Samarkand: (GUR EMIR Mausoleum, REGISTAN Square, BIBI-KHANYM Mosque, Bazar) Dinner. Overnight.

9 Day SAMARKAND
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour of Samarkand - continuation (SHAHI-ZINDA Complex of Mausoleums, AFROSIYOB Museum (Early Samarkand excavations), ULUGHBEK Observatory and Museum) Lunch. Leave Samarkand for IMAM Al-BUKHARIY Complex. Return to Samarkand. Dinner. Overnight.

10 Day SAMARKAND
Breakfast. Free time at leisure. (We are pleased to offer you optional tours). Lunch. Free time at leisure. (We are pleased t offer you optional tours). Dinner. Overnight.

11 Day SAMARKAND-BUKHARA
Breakfast. Depart to Bukhara by motor vehicle. Arrival at Bukhara. Check in the Hotel. Free time at leisure. Lunch. City sightseeing tour of Bukhara: (visit SITORA-I-MOKHI HOSA (Bukhara Emir's Palace), LABI-HAUZ Plaza: Hoja Nasriddin statue, NADIR DIVANBEGI Medressa, NADIR DIVANBEGI Khanaka), Dinner. Overnight.

12 Day BUKHARA
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour of Bukhara - continuation: (KUKELDASH Medressa, JEWISH QUARTERS, COVERED BAZARS, TAQI-SARRAFON area, TAQI-TELPAK FURUSHON area, TAQI-ZARGARON area, KALAN MINARET area, KALAN Mosque, MIRI-ARAB Medressa, AMIR ALIM KHAN Medressa, The ARK and around it, JOMMEH Cathedral, RECEPTION & CORONATION Court, REGISTAN, ZINDON, BOLO-HAUZ Mosque, ISMAIL SAMONIY Mausoleum and around, TOWN WALLS, CHASHMA-AYUB Mausoleum, BUYAN KHULI KHAN & SAIFUDDIN BUKHARZI Mausoleum, TURKI JANGI Mausoleum, CHOR MINOR, GAUKUSHAN Medressa, NAMOZGOKH Mosque, FAYZULLA KHUJYAEV House, Museum of Art, EMIR'S Palace (Makhosa), Mausoleum of BAKHAUTDIN NAQSHBAND) Lunch Dinner. Overnight.

13 Day BUKHARA-URGENCH
Breakfast. Preparations for 600 km motor coach drive by desert highway. Depart to Urgench (Khiva). Arrival at Urgench. Check in the Hotel. Free time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight.

14 Day URGENCH (KHIVA)-DASHKHOVUZ
Breakfast, trip to Khiva Arrival, city sightseeing tour of Khiva (ICHON QALA Gates & Walls, MUHAMMAD AMIN KHAN Medressa & KALTA MINOR, KUKHNA ARK, MUHAMMAD RAKHIM KHAN Medressa, SAYID ALAUDDIN Mausoleum & Music Museum, JOMMEH Mosque & Minaret, MATPANA BAY Medressa, ARABHANA Medressa, DOST ALYAM Medressa, ABDULLA KHAN Medressa, AQ Mosque, ANUSHA KHAN Bath, Lunch (at Khiva)
ALLAKULI KHAN Medressa, BAZAAR & Caravanserai, KUTLIMURODINOK Medressa, TOSH-KHOVLI Palace, HAREM, ISHROT-KHOVLI, ARZ-KHOVLI, EAST GATE & MODERN BAZAR, ISLAM-HUJA Medressa & Minaret, PAHLAVON MAHMUD Mausoleum & SHERGHOZI KHAN Medressa, DISHON -QALA). Lunch, Depart Dashhovuz (Turkmenistan). Arrival, check-in the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.

15 Day DASHKHOVUZ-KONYE URGENCH-ASHGABAT
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour of Konye-Urgench. Lunch. Free time at leisure. Flight to Ashgabat. Arrival at Ashgabat Airport. Transfer to Hotel. Check in the Hotel. Free time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight.

16 Day ASHGABAT
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour of Ashgabat. MUSEUM of Carpets. Lunch. Free time at leisure. Dinner. Overnight.

17 Day ASHGABAT
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour of Nisa, Sunday Bazar. Lunch. Free time.
Depart home, end of the tour.