Tours to Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva

  • Archeological tour in “Dalvarzintepa” (8 Days/7 Nights)

    Travel itinerary: Tashkent – Termez – Dalvarzintepa – Samarkand – Tashkent

    Duration: 8 days/7 nights

    Kind of route: airway tour and motor coach

    Places of visit (nights): Tashkent (2) – Samarkand (1) – Termez (1) – Dalvarzintepa (3)

    Best time to travel: all year

    Accommodation: single or double accommodations in hotels, private house and expeditionary base

     

    Description: Traveling in tourist cities of Uzbekistan. The best program for visiting the archaeological sites of Surkhandarya region 

  • Carpet tour (8 Days/7 Nights)

    Travel itinerary: Tashkent – Khiva - Bukhara – Shahrisabz - Samarkand - Tashkent

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    Duration: 8 days, 7 nights

    Kind of route: airway tour and motor coach

    Places of visit (nights): Khiva(1) - Tashkent (2) - Samarkand (2) - Shahrisabz and Bukhara (2) 

    Best time to travel: all year 

    Accommodation: single or double accommodations in hotels

    Description: Traveling and visiting carpet workshops in major tourist cities of Uzbekistan. Tour package consists of historical components, best 8 days tour package for carpet purchase and visiting the memorial complexes of Khiva – open air museum, legendary Samarkand, holy Bukhara, homeland of Amir Temur (Tamerlan) – Shahrisabz and Tashkent.

    Tashkent: Visiting Old part of the city: Visiting Khazrat-Imam Complex including Madrasseh Barak-Khan (XVI c.); Jami Mosque (XIX c.); Mausoleum of Kaffal-Shoshi (XV c.). Madrasseh of Kukeldash (XV c.). Modern part of the city: visiting Museum of Applied Arts, Amir Temur square, Opera and Ballet Theater named by Alisher Navoi, carpet shop

    Samarkand: Visiting Registan square including: Madrasseh of Ulugbek (XIV), Sherdor Madrasseh (XVII) and Tillya Kari Madrasseh (XVII); Gur-Emir Mausoleum (XV c.), Ulughbek’s Observatory (XV.), Bibi Khanum Mosque (XV c.), Shakhi Zinda Mausoleum (XII-XVI cc.), carpet factory

    Shahrisabz: Visiting: Ak- Saray Palace (14-15cc.), Darus-Saadat, Dorut-Tillavat Complexes (14-16cc.), Ulugbek’s Gumbazi- Seyidan Makbarat, Kok- Gumbaz Mosque (15 cc.)
    Bukhara: Visiting Ark Fortress (VII-XIX); Mausoleum of Ismail Samani (X), Medrese of Ulugbek (1417), Poi-Kalyan Complex including: Minaret of Kalyan (XII), Medrese of Mir-Arab (XVI), Kalyan Mosque (XV); Taki-Zargaron Dome Bazar (XVI), Demonstration of silk production and materials, Lyabi-Khauz Mosque (XVI-XVII), Chor-Minor Medrese (1807), Visiting Sitorai Mokhi Hosa Palace (XIX-XX), private carpet workshop

    Khiva: Full day sightseeing program in Ichan- Qala, carpet factory 

  • Tour “Ceramics World of Uzbekistan” (12 days/11nights)

    Travel itinerary: Tashkent – Fergana – Margilan – Rishtan – Kokand – Kuva – Andijan – Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva – Bukhara – Gijduvan – Samarkand – Tashkent


    Duration: 12 days/11nights


    Kind of route: airway tour and motor coach


    Places of visit (nights): Tashkent (3) – Fergana (3)  – Margilan – Rishtan – Kokand – Kuva – Andijan –Khiva (1) – Bukhara (2) – Gijduvan – Samarkand (2)

     

    Best time to travel: all year


    Accommodation: single or double accommodations in hotels

     

    Description: Traveling in major tourist cities of Uzbekistan. Tour package consists of ceramic art, historical and archeological components. Best tour package for visiting memorial complexes and ceramic studios of Uzbekistan

  • Buddhist tour (8 days/7 nights)

    Travel itinerary: Tashkent – Termez – Bukhara – Tashkent – Samarkand – Tashkent

    Duration: 8 days/7 nights

    Kind of route: airway tour, train and motor coach

    Places of visit (nights): Tashkent (4) – Termez (2) – Bukhara (1) – Samarkand

    Best time to travel: all year

    Accommodation: single or double accommodations in hotels

     

    Description: Traveling in tourist cities of Uzbekistan. The tour consists of a combination of historical, architectural, cultural and Buddhist components of Uzbekistan 

  • Combined tour IV. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (10 Days/9 Nights)

    Travel itinerary: Tashkent – Urgench - Khiva – Kunya Urgench – Khiva – Urgench - Bukhara - - Shahrisabz -Samarkand – Tashkent – Chimgan - Tashkent.


    Duration: 10 days, 9 nights

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National cuisine

Uzbek cuisine is particularly distinctive and developed aspect of Uzbek culture. Unlike its nomadic neighbors, the Uzbek people have had strong and settled civilization for many centuries. People grew wheat and bred the cattle between the deserts and mountains, in oasis and fertile valleys. As a result, abundant products allowed the Uzbek people to express the unique hospitality tradition that, in turn, enriched their cuisine.
Seasons. Especially winter and summer affect the structure of main menu. Fruits, vegetables and nuts are available everywhere during summer. Fruits in Uzbekistan grow in abundance - grape, melons, water-melons, apricots, pears, apples, quince, persimmon, cherry, pomegranates, lemons, figs. Vegetables are also diverse, including some less known varieties of green radish, yellow carrot, gourd family in addition to regular eggplants, bell peppers, turnips, cucumbers and juicy tomatoes.

Winter diet traditionally consists of dried fruits and vegetables and preserved products. Pasta and pasta type dishes are also usual meals during cold seasons.

Mutton is generally preferred source of proteins in Uzbek cuisine. Sheep are valuable not only for their meet and fatty tail (source of fat in culinary), but also for their wool. Beef and horse-flesh are also used for meal in substantial amounts. Camel’s and goat’s meet are less widespread.

Uzbek meals are not very hot by taste, though they are very spicy. Some spices used in meal preparation are caraway, red and black pepper, barberries, coriander and sesame seeds. Most popular herbs include the parsley (fresh coriander), dill, celery and basil. Other spices include vinegar which is added separately to salads, and marinades and yogurt products. Variety of bread, unleavened and short, is the main element in meals for the major part of population. Flat bread or naan is usually baked in clay ovens (tandoors)and served with tea, not mentioning each separate dish. Some types of flat breads are baked with onion or meet baked in the pasta, others are covered with sesame or kalonji seeds.

Central Asia is famous for availability of various and delicate yogurt products. Katyk or yogurt made of sour milk, and suzma - melted thick milk similar to cottage cheese are the most famous ones. They are usually served separately, in salads or are added to soups and main courses, and this gives the latter the unique and amazing aroma.

Palov (Uzbek version of pilaf) is the leading dish of Uzbek cuisine. It mainly consists of fried meet, onion, carrots and rice with addition of raisins, barberries, yellow peas (nohat) and (or) fruits. Uzbek men are proud of their mastery to make the most unique and wonderful palov. Oshpaz of chef often cooks palov on open fireplace in a separate kazan (cauldron). On holidays or special occasions, for example weddings, more than 1,000 people may try palov. Indeed, years of practicing is required for perfect cooking this dish which sometimes contains more than 100 kg of rice.

Tea as a ceremony is one of the most beautiful oriental traditions. Tea is offered first to any guest, and there is additional set of customs including preparation, suggestion and consumption of tea. Green tea is predominant and is the hospitality drink. Black tea is preferred in Tashkent. Both types of tea are sometimes served with milk, more often with sugar. Tea drinking ceremony in Uzbek cuisine also includes the consumption of dishes such as samsa (flaky pies), flat breads, khalva and various fried and baked products.
Choykhona (tea house) is an important part of traditions of the Uzbek society. Always located in shady places, preferably, situated near the calm water spring, choykhona is the place of meetings for social interaction, communication and brotherhood (friendship). Uzbek men gathering around the low tables put on the trestle-beds (special beds with fences) decorated with ancient carpets, enjoy the amazing palov, shashlik (shish kebab) and unlimited cups of green tea.