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

The adventure kicks off in Almaty -former capital of Kazakhstan - where you can go backpacking to spectacular Tien Shan reaching Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous paradise surrounded by plains. The trip continues visiting the Crossroads of Great Silk Road Uzbekistan with thousands of ancient architectural monuments to witness a brilliant history of Temurid's era in the fairy tale like cities from 1001 nights of enchanting Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Turkmenistan rounds the tour off boasting its wonderful desert sand, camels and best carpets on our planet!

1 Day
Arrival at Almaty International Airport. Transfer to Hotel by vehicle, check in at the Hotel, free time at your disposal. Dinner. Overnight.

2 Day
Breakfast at Hotel. City sightseeing tour around Almaty. ZENKOV Russian Orthodox Cathedral, CENTRAL State Museum (The Golden Man), Museum of Kazakh National Instruments, MEDEO - Large Skating Rink, dike, Chimbulak mountainous area, bazar. Lunch. Dinner. Overnight.

3 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Tamghali by vehicle. Sightseeing tour, picnic (Lunch). Departure to Bishkek. Check in at the Hotel. Dinner. Overnight

4 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Ala-Archa gorge, picnic (Lunch). Lenin Museum. Check in at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.

5 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Aisha-Bibi Mausoleum (19th c.). Picnic (Lunch). After lunch departure to Aksu-Dzhabagly natural reserve. Homestay. Dinner. Overnight.

6 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Aksu River canyon. Free time at your disposal. Lunch. Sightseeing tour of Aksu-Dzhabagly natural reserve. Homestay. Dinner. Overnight.

7 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Tashkent by vehicle. Arrival in Tashkent. Check in at the hotel. Lunch. City sightseeing tour around Tashkent. New city - Amir Temur Square, Tamerlane monument, State museum of Temurids history, Sailgoh - pedestrian street, City Hall, Opera & Ballet Theater and theater square, Mustaqillik - main square of the country, earthquake epicentre, OLD BLOCKS - Hast-Imam Plaza: BARAK-KHAN Medressa - 16th c., TILLA SHEIKH Mosque & Library (if Libarary is open you can see Original Koran!), ABU BAKR KAFFAL SHOSHI Mausoleum (16th c.), IMAM AL-BUKHARAIY Medressa (active), Old Town Bazar, KUKELDASH Medressa & Mosque (16th c.) Uzbekistan museum of Applied Art, Alisher Navoiy Park, Navoiy monument, Navruz center, OLIY MAJLIS - Uzbekistan Legislative Body (Parliament), ABUL QOSIM SHEIKH Medressa - handicraft school of artisans, Tashkent Subway, Sailgoh - take a walk. Dinner. Overnight.

8 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Samarkand by vehicle. Arrival in Samarkand. Check in at the hotel. Free time at your disposal. Lunch. City sightseeing tour around Samarkand: GUR EMIR Mausoleum, REGISTAN Square, BIBI-KHANUM Mosque, Bazar. Dinner. Overnight.

9 Day
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour around Samarkand - continuation. SHAKHI-ZINDA Complex of Mausoleums, AFROSIYOB Museum (Early Samarkand excavations), ULUGBEK Observatory and Museum, Lunch. Visit IMAM Al-BUKHARIY Complex. Return to Samarkand. Dinner. Overnight.

10 Day
Breakfast. Time free at your disposal. (Optional tours can be proposed). Lunch. Free time. (Optional tours can be proposed). Dinner. Overnight.

11 Day
Breakfast. Departure to Bukhara by vehicle. Arrival in Bukhara. Check in at the Hotel. Free time at your disposal. Lunch. City sightseeing tour around Bukhara: visit SITORA-IMOKHI HOSA (Summer Residence of the Emir of Bukhara), LABI-HAUZ Plaza: Hoja Nasreddin statue, NADIR DAIVANBEGI Medressa, NADIR DIVANBEGI Khanaka, Dinner. Overnight.

12 Day
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour around Bukhara - continuation: KUKELDASH Medressa, JEWISH BLOCK, COVERED BAZARS, TAQI-SARRAFON Area, TAQI-TELPAK FURUSHON Area, TAQI-ZARGARON Area, KALYAN MINARET Area, KALYAN Mosque, MIRI-ARAB Medressa, AMIR ALIM KHAN Medressa, THE ARK and around it, JUMA Mosque, RECEPTION & CORONATION Court, REGISTAN, ZINDON, BOLO-HAUZ Mosque, ISMAIL SAMANI Mausoleum and around, TOWN WALLS, CHASHMA-AYUB Mausoleum. Lunch. BUYAN KULI KHAN & SAIFUDDIN BUKHARZI Mausoleum, TURKI JANGI Mausoleum, CHOR MINOR, GAUKUSHAN Medressa, NAMOZGOKH Mosque, FAYSULLA KHUJAEV House, Museum of Art, EMIR'S Palace (Makhosa), Mausoleum of BAKHAUTDIN NAQSHBAND. Dinner. Overnight.

13 Day
Breakfast. Preparations for 600 km ride through desert. Departure to Urgench (Khiva). Arrival in Urgench. Check in at the Hotel. Free time at your disposal. Dinner. Overnight.

14 Day
ICHANQALA Gates & Walls, MUKHAMMAD AMIN KHAN Medressa & KALTA MINOR, KUNYA ARK, MUKHAMMAD RAKHIM KHAN Medressa, SAID ALAUTDIN Mausoleum & Music Museum, JUMA Mosque & Minaret, MATPANA BEY Medressa, ARABHANA Medressa, DOST ALYAM Medressa, ABDULLA KHAN Medressa, AQ Mosque, ANUSHA KHAN Bath, Lunch (at Khiva)
ALLAKULI KHAN Medressa, BAZAAR & Caravansaroyi, KUTLIMURODINOK Medressa, TASH-HAULI Palace, HAREM, ISHROT-HAULI, ARZ-HAULI, EAST GATE & MODERN BAZAR, ISLAM-KHODJA Medressa & Minaret, PAHLAVON MAHMUD Mausoleum & SHERGAZI KHAN Medressa, DISHON QALA. Departure to Dashhovuz (Turkmenistan). Dinner. Overnight.

15 Day
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour around Konye-Urgench. Lunch. Free time at your disposal. Flight to Ashgabat. Arrival at Ashgabat Airport. Transfer to Hotel. Check in at the Hotel. Free time at your disposal. Dinner. Overnight.

16 Day
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour around Ashgabat. MUSEUM of Carpets. Lunch. Free time at your disposal. Dinner. Overnight.

17 Day
Breakfast. City sightseeing tour around Nisa, Sunday Bazar. Lunch. Free time.
Departure home.
End of the tour.