Uzbek Pearl
Duration: 2 days | Direction: Uzbekistan
Your route: Tashkent – Samarkand – Tashkent
Day 1: Tashkent – Samarkand
Departure at 7:00 AM by the “Afrosiyob” train to Samarkand. Arrival at 9:00 AM. Your guide will meet you at the Samarkand train station.
Tour
Samarkand – a magical name and almost a mythical city that captivates. A contemporary of Babylon and Thebes, the Greek “Maracanda,” it is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a history spanning over 4,000 years. After being destroyed by the ruthless Genghis Khan, it flourished in the 14th century when Emperor Timur (Tamerlane) made it the “Pearl of the East” — an exceptional city filled with palaces, monumental mosques, and madrasas, decorated with turquoise or indigo-colored ceramic tiles. As the main city of ancient Sogdiana, Samarkand was a central hub for trade on the Silk Road.
The city still shines with azure, cobalt, and jade, a bluish symphony that cuts through the walls of madrasas, mosques, and other mausoleums, reaching the sky in a bouquet of ceramics and majolica, as if the architects wanted all these monuments to be immediately associated with the divine. It was here that science made significant advances: astronomy, medicine, and algebra saw great progress under the guidance of scholars whose names have been passed down through history: Ulugh Beg, Avicenna, Al-Khwarizmi, Averroes — so many names that advanced the understanding of the world.
Sites to Visit:
Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum
Registan Square with its magnificent madrasas: Ulugh Beg, Sher-Dor, and Tilla-Kari
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
Siyob Bazaar
Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis
Ulugh Beg Observatory
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Samarkand – Tashkent
Breakfast at the hotel. Continue the tour with a visit to the Afrasiab Historical Museum, the Mausoleum of Saint Daniel, and a visit to the village of Konigil to see a paper-making workshop. Then take a 30 km excursion to the pilgrimage site of Khodja Ismail al-Bukhari, a famous theologian who compiled the Hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad.
Around 4:15 PM, transfer to the train station for the return journey to Tashkent.
End of our services.
Inclusions:
Meet and greet at Samarkand train station by the guide, along with 2 days of guide service.
1 night in a hotel in a double room with breakfast.
All transfers between Samarkand railway station and the hotel.
Entrance tickets to the sites and museums listed in the program.
Exclusions:
Train tickets.
Supplement for a single room.
Meals.
Anything not mentioned under “Inclusions.”
Registration and Rules: Registration for this trip will be confirmed after written confirmation and payment of a 30% deposit of the total trip cost. An invoice specifying the prepayment method will be sent to you via email once you accept the offer. The remaining amount must be paid at least one month prior to departure, without reminder from our side. If you register less than one month before departure, full payment will be required upon accepting the offer.
Cancellation by the Client: In case of cancellation by you (for any reason) more than 40 days before departure, the deposit amount will be refunded to you, except for a fixed amount of 50 EUR per person (application fee and bank charges).
After 40 days from the departure date, the following cancellation fees will apply:
40 to 22 days before departure: 25% of the trip cost.
21 to 15 days before departure: 50% of the trip cost.
14 to 8 days before departure: 75% of the trip cost.
Less than 8 days: 100% of the trip cost.
Please note: In case of cancellation, kindly notify us as soon as possible via email or fax, as the cancellation date will be used for the refund calculation.
Any trip shortened or interrupted by the participant for any reason will not be entitled to a refund.
Cancellation by Roksi Sam Travel: Cancellation may occur due to circumstances beyond our control (political unrest, safety issues, etc.). In such cases, cancellation will be fully made by Roksi Sam Travel, but no other compensation will be provided.
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