Tour in Uzbekistan 6 days, 5 nights

An Uzbekistan 6 days tour will let you enjoy the country’s historical and cultural beauties.

Your 6-day trip to Uzbekistan takes you to Samarkand, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz, and Tashkent. Uzbekistan is a country in Central Asia. The country possesses a rich history and cultural heritage that spans thousands of years.

The grandeur of the blue domes of the ancient mosques and palaces will amaze you!

Detailed itinerary of the 6-day tour in Uzbekistan

6-day Uzbekistan travel itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Tashkent
Day 2: Tashkent – Bukhara
Day 3: Bukhara – Samarkand
Day 4: Samarkand-Shakhrisabz-Samarkand
Day 4: Samarkand – Tashkent
Day 5: Tashkent – Departure

Day 1. Home – Tashkent

Early morning arrival in Tashkent. Meet with the group guide and transfer to the hotel (10 km) Breakfast. Check-in at 2:00 PM.

Afterwards, transfer to the northeast part of Tashkent, where the ancient part known as “Old City” is located. City tour: the “Khasti-Imom” complex: madrassa, mosque, mausoleum, and the Quran Museum. Apart from this, the tour also includes a visit to the Moyi Mubarek Museum, which is a very important spiritual site. Then, transfer to Chorsu Bazaar, visiting the local market. It has existed since ancient times and is the most beautiful market in Tashkent, bustling with people every day. In addition, you can find many traditional handcrafts.

Next, excursion to the Museum of Applied Arts, built (in the late 19th century) by the Russian ambassador Plovsev, who used it as his residence. As a matter of fact, it has existed as a museum since 1937.

Day 2: Tashkent – Bukhara

Breakfast. Transfer to Bukhara by high-speed train “Afrosiyob” (7:28–11:19). Check-in at 2:00 PM. Excursion to the historic center of Bukhara.

The Samanid Mausoleum is one of the most crusial sites of Central Asian architecture. The monument was built in the 9th (10th) century (between 892 and 943) as the resting place of Ismail Samani.

A shrine to Chashma-i Ayub next to the Samani Mausoleum. Its name means “Job’s Well.” According to a legend, Job (Ayub) visited this site and dug a well by striking the ground with his staff.

The Bolo Khauz Mosque was built in 1718. In the 19th century, its roof was extended and supported by carved Karagach (a rare species of elm, often referred to locally as sycamore) wooden columns. Next, a visit to Ark. Ark of Bukhara is a massive fortress. The fortress was initially built and occupied by the rulers around the 5th century BC. Poi Kalyan Square (meaning “The Foot of the Great”) is an Islamic religious complex located around the Great Minaret, Minorai Kalon. The “Great Mosque” is Masjid-i Kalon. Mir-i-Arab Madrassah is dedicated to Sheikh Abdullah Yamani of Yemen.

The Ulugbek Madrassa, built in 1417, is one of the architectural highlights of Central Asia. Then, visit the Magoki Attori Mosque, built on the ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian temple. The Lab-i Hauz Ensemble (meaning “pond,” 1568–1622) is the name of the area surrounding one of the few remaining hauz (ponds) in the city of Bukhara.

Day 3: Bukhara – Samarkand

Breakfast, final visits to Bukhara, and departure for Samarkand (260 km). Upon arrival in Samarkand, transfer to the hotel and check-in at 1:00 PM. Lunch.

The Gur Amir Mausoleum, Persian for “Tomb of the King”. This architectural complex with its blue dome contains several tombs, including those of Timur, his sons Shakhrukh and Miranshakh, and his grandsons Ulugbek and Sultan Muhammad. The Bibi Khanum Mosque is one of Samarkand’s most important monuments. In the 15th century, it was one of the largest and most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world.

The Shah-i-Zinda Mausoleum (meaning “The Living King”) is a necropolis in northeastern Samarkand. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings from the 9th to 14th centuries, and the 19th. The construction process of The Shah-i-Zinda lasted for over nine centuries (from the 11th to the 19th) and now comprises more than twenty buildings.

Day 4: Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand

Breakfast, afterwards, transfer to Shakhrisabz, “the green city” (100 km). A small town located in the south of Samarkand. Visit the splendid ruins of this ancient and glorious city, with over two thousand years of history. Its construction style is a typical Early Middle Ages model with a central structure similar to those of Samarkand and Bukhara, and continued to develop during the 9th and 10th centuries despite the constant conflicts between the Samanid dynasties and the Turks. It is the birthplace of Tamerlane, and at one time, his fame probably even eclipsed that of Samarkand. He built the Ak-Saray Palace (1379-1404), “the white palace,” there, whose grandeur and magnificence are astonishing. Likewise, Dorutilavat (seat of power and strength) perhaps even surpassed the palace itself in grandeur, while other attractions include the tombs of Tamerlane’s ancestors and the gigantic Kok-Gumbaz mosque (1437), used as a mosque for Friday prayers. Transfer to Samarkand (100 km), and overnight at a hotel.

Day 5: Samarkand – Tashkent

Breakfast. Check out from the hotel. In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures. Registan Square was the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand during the Timurid dynasty. There are three madrassas of distinctive Islamic architecture: the Ulugbek Madrassa (1417–1420), the Tilla-Kori Madrassa (1646–1660), and the Sher-Dor Madrassa (1619–1636). The Ulugbek Observatory, built in the 15th century by the Timurid astronomer Ulugbek, is considered by scholars to be one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world of that century. Some of the famous Islamic astronomers who worked at the observatory include Al-Kashi, Ali Qushchi, and Ulugbek himself. The observatory was destroyed in 1449 and rediscovered in 1908.

Departure for Tashkent (280 km).