Gurmantour - taste all the main dishes of Uzbek cuisine

Welcome on arrival in Tashkent. Meeting with your guide and transfer to the hotel. On arrival at the hotel, we will offer you and your roommate a 1 bottle of local wine (0.75 L) + basket of dried fruit wine, so that you can celebrate the start of your trip!

Breakfast at the hotel and full day tour of Tashkent. We start with an old town: Khastimom complex (madrassah Barak Khan, Tillya Sheikh mosque, Kaffal Shashiy mausoleum) including the handwritten Quran by Third Khalif Osman (644-656 AD), Chorsu bazaar and museum of applied arts.

Then we take a walk in a new part of the capital: Independence Square and a few popular metro stations, the old Tashkent branch of the former State Bank of the Russian Empire, Amir Temur Square, the promenade on Broadway, the former palace of the Romanovs (outside), the square of the Navoi theater. In the afternoon, visit to the Rakhimov family ceramic workshop with a tea break with oriental sweets! This family is one of the most famous ceramic master dynasties in Tashkent and has more than six generations of masters. You will have an exclusive dinner in the family of a ceramist, feel the real Uzbek hospitality and taste homemade national dishes.

In the evening, transfer to the airport to take the flight to Urgench. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel in Khiva. Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch and dinner at the local restaurant.

Breakfast at the hotel. Today visit the historic city of Khiva. We will visit the Allakuli Khan Madrasah, Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasah, Kunya Arch, Kelte Minar, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Islam Khoja Minaret and Madrasah. Participation in a culinary demonstration of the main dishes of the Khorezm region: making unique bread and cooking Shivit Oshi - bright lagman on dill infusion is a national dish of the Khorezm (native Khiva) cuisine. Enjoy evening Folklore show at the Harem in Khiva.

Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch and dinner at the local restaurant.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Bukhara (480 km, 7-8 hours). Travel the long steppe road through the famous Kyzyl Kum (red sand desert). The road runs along the Amudaria river. We will stop on the shore to take photos and enjoy nature.

For lunch we will stop at the typicla road tea house. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel and rest. Folklore show at Nadir Devonbegi Madrassah (if available).

Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel and lunch in a typical chaykhana with delicious kebabs. Dinner at the restaurant.

After breakfast, visit the city of Bukhara. We will visit Ark Fortress, Bolo Hauz Mosque, Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Chashmai Ayub, Poi Kalyan Complex with Kalyan Mosque, Kalyan Minaret and Miri Arab Madrasah, Ulugbeg and Abdulazizkhan Madrasahs, Commercial Domes, the Old silk market, Magokki Attori Mosque and the Chor Hauz complex, Minor Mosque. In the afternoon, taste aromatic teas in the retro tea house, which is a good place to relax, surrounded by wonderful aromas of teas and spices. - Cooking demonstration of the main national course - Plov at the local family house

Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch at the local restaurant. Dinner with the Uzbek family.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Bukhara for the region of Nurata.

Visit of a family pottery workshop in Gijduvan that has existed for six generations. Continuation to Samarkand. Arrival in Samarkand and installation at the hotel.

and departure for the village of Gijduvan (60 km) - the only polychrome glazed ceramic center in the region. Stop on the way at the Vabkent minaret. The minaret of Vabkent, dating from the 12th century and 39 m high. On arrival in Gijduvan, visit to the pottery workshop of Mr. Narzullaev, who was one of the most famous ceramicists in Uzbekistan and the founder of the Gijduvan ceramics school, he distinguished himself by the use of geometric shapes, as well as plant, bird and flower themes in ornaments. Then continue by car to Samarkand (210 km, 3 hours). Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel for the night.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch and dinner at the local restaurant.

After breakfast, visit the city of Samarkand. Visit Gur Emir Mausoleum, Registan Square (Ulugbek Madrasah, Sher Dor Madrasah and Tilla Kari Madrasah), Bibi Khanym Mosque, Siyob Bazaar, Ulugbek Observatory. Wine tasting in the cellar of the Khovrenko wine factory. The history of the Samarkand wine factory begins in 1868 with the arrival from Russia of D.M. Filatov, who loved wine and was well acquainted with the technology of its production. And after 15 years, the wine of Samarkand "Biishty" won a big gold medal at an exhibition in Paris. Later, the Filatov factory was headed by M.A. Khovrenko.

Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch and dinner at local restaurant

After breakfast, continue the city tour of Samarkand. Visit of the Afrosiab museum, necropolis of Shakhi Zinda. Manty cooking with the Uzbek family in Samarkand during lunch.

  PM. Drive to Tashkent. On the way, visit the Amir Temur gate and the local honey market in Djizzak. OR take the evening Afrosiyob train (17: 28-19: 44 OR 18: 00-20: 10) to Tashkent. Night at the hotel.

Meals: breakfast at the hotel. Lunch at local Uzbek family restaurant. Farewell dinner at local restaurant.

In the morning, transfer to the airport for the departure flight to the native country.

Meals: morning light breakfast at the hotel (weather permitting).