Day Tour to Samarkand from Tashkent by train.

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Itinerary

1. 7:00 Meet the driver at the hotel lobby and transfer from hotel to Tashkent railway station. 08:00 Departure for Samarkand by the tourist train Afrosiab or Sharq. 10:10 Arrival in Samarkand. At the meeting zone meet the driver and guide who will wait for you with a sign "ANUR TOUR".

2. Transfer to the old part of Samarkand and start sightseeing program: – Gur Emir Mausoleum – a burial vault of Timur the Great and his descendants decorated with gold ornaments and considered as one of the most significant places in the world;

   30 minAdmission included

3. – Continue to the famous Registan Square – the heart of Samarkand and a real masterpiece of Central Asian medieval architecture consists of three grandiose buildings: Ulughbek Madrassa, Madrassa Sherdor, and Madrassa Tilla Kori.

   15 minAdmission included

4. – Bibi Khanim Mosque – the biggest medieval building in the city which was one of the most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world in 15th Century;

   30 minAdmission included

5. – Shahi Zinda Necropolis – unique complex of Mausoleums formed by standing on both sides of the cenotaph (an imaginary grave) belonging to the Muslim person named Saint Abbas ibn-Kussam;

   45 minAdmission included

6. – Ulugbek’s Observatory – the finest astronomical centers in the medieval world was built by order of Ulugbek, an outstanding scholar and astronomer;

   30 minAdmission included

7. – Samarkand bazaar – Siyab.

   30 minAdmission included

8. 16:00 Transfer to Samarkand railway station. 17:00 Departure for Tashkent by the tourist train Afrosiab or Sharq. 19:10 Arrival in Tashkent. Meet the driver at the meeting zone. Transfer to the hotel. End of the tour.

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How it compares in Tashkent

• Its from-price is 34% above the median of the 40 day trips we list in Tashkent.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 6 of 40.

About Tashkent

Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan, an ancient Silk Road city of wide Soviet-era avenues, decorated metro stations, old madrasas and big bazaars.

Tashkent has been a trading city on the Silk Road for over two thousand years, but a major earthquake in 1966 destroyed much of it, and the modern capital was rebuilt with broad avenues, big squares and Soviet-era buildings. The old city, Eski Shahar, survives in pockets, with narrow lanes and mud-brick houses. The Khast Imam complex has madrasas and mosques, and its library holds the Uthman Quran, one of the oldest copies of the Quran.

Top-ranked sights in Tashkent: Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art, Broadway Alley.

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