Self-Drive Silk Road Secrets Tour in Uzbekistan

Day 1: Arrival in Tashkent

(Sightseeing tour duration: 5-6 hours)

Arrive in Tashkent. STANTOURS driver will meet you at the Tashkent International Airport. (If you are arriving by an early morning flight, extra night at the hotel may be needed).

Start sightseeing from the Old City part of Tashkent. Visit Khast Imam - a cultic architectural complex and the religious center of Tashkent where the world famous Uthman Quran has been preserved. Khast Imam complex consists of Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tillya Sheikh Mosque, Muyi Muborak Madrasah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, New Khazrati Imam Mosque and the Muftiate building. Drive to Chorsu Bazaar - one of the oldest bazaars in Uzbekistan.

After exploring the bazaar STANTOURS will arrange a lunch at the Central Asian Plov Center. Plov is cooked in a giant, wood-fired kazans. Enjoy your plov!

Have a short Tashkent metro ride. Visit Independence Square, Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, Amir Timur Square and Monument of Courage.

Transfer to the office to pick up the car. Collect the car and drive to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Tashkent → Samarkand

(Sightseeing tour duration: 5-6 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
07:00 Drive to Samarkand (≈300 km).
13:00 Arrive in Samarkand. Leave your luggage and cars at the hotel. STANTOURS will arrange a lunch at the Plov Center.

Start the sightseeing tour. Visit Gur-Emir Mausoleum, Registan Square - The Pearl of Central Asia, Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Siab Bazaar - the largest market in Central Asia and the most visited place after Registan. After exploring the bazaar continue sightseeing. Visit Khazrat Khizr Mosque - the first mosque of Samarkand, Mausoleum of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis and Ulughbek Observatory - one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages. Visit the Meros paper mill in Konigil village. Drop off at the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Samarkand → Bukhara

(Sightseeing tour duration: 5-6 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Drive to Bukhara (≈270 km).
13:00 Arrive in Bukhara. Leave your luggage and cars at the hotel. Have a lunch.

14:30 Meet your tour guide at the hotel and start your walking sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visit Lyabi-Khauz ensemble, surrounding the pool on three sides, consists of the Kukeldash Madrasah - the largest madrasa in the city, on the north side of the pool, and two religious edifices built by Nodir Devon Begi: a khanqah (a lodging house for itinerant Sufis) and a madrasa, which stand on the west and east sides of the pool respectively.

Visit Magoki-Attori Mosque (today, the mosque is used as a carpet museum), Chor-Minor Madrasah (alternatively known as the Madrasah of Khalif Niyazkul), Trade domes (there are four trading domes have only survived up to now), Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Miri-Arab Madrasah, Kalyan Minaret - one of the most prominent landmarks in Bukhara, Kalyan Mosque, Ark Fortress and Bolo-Khauz Mosque. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Bukhara → Samarkand

(Free day)

Breakfast at the hotel.
12:00 Drive to Samarkand (≈270 km).
16:00 Arrive in Samarkand. Check-in the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Samarkand → Tashkent

(Free day)

Breakfast at the hotel.
11:00 Drive to Tashkent (≈300 km).
17:00 Arrive in Tashkent. Return the car to the office. Transfer to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Departure from Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel.
12:00 Check out. Free time.
Transfer to the Tashkent International Airport according to the flight time.