Silk Road Grand Tour: Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara & Samarkand — 9 days

The four legendary cities of the Uzbek Silk Road. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival in Tashkent; On to Khiva; Khiva; Desert drive to Bukhara.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival in Tashkent

14:00 — Arrival in Tashkent
16:00 — Hotel check-in — Centre-ville
Walk to the bazaar — Centre-ville → Tachkent
18:00 — Chorsu Bazaar & the decorated metro — Tachkent
20:00 — Uzbek plov dinner — Tachkent

Day 2 — On to Khiva

09:00 — Domestic flight to Urgench — Tachkent → Ourguentch
11:00 — Transfer to Khiva — Ourguentch → Khiva
12:00 — Hotel check-in — Itchan Kala
Walk to Itchan Kala — Itchan Kala → Khiva
15:00 — Walled city of Itchan Kala — Khiva

Day 3 — Khiva

09:00 — The unfinished Kalta Minor minaret — Khiva
11:00 — Kunya Ark fortress — Khiva
13:30 — Lunch
18:00 — The city walls at sunset — Khiva
20:00 — Dinner — Khiva

Day 4 — Desert drive to Bukhara

08:00 — Drive across the Kyzylkum Desert — Khiva → Boukhara
17:00 — Hotel check-in — Vieille ville de Boukhara
Walk to dinner — Vieille ville de Boukhara → Boukhara
20:00 — Dinner — Boukhara

Day 5 — Bukhara

09:00 — The Ark fortress — Boukhara
11:00 — Kalyan Minaret and Mosque — Boukhara
13:30 — Lunch
15:30 — Lyabi-Hauz pool & the trading domes — Boukhara
20:00 — Dinner with a folk show — Boukhara

Day 6 — On to Samarkand

09:30 — Train to Samarkand — Boukhara → Samarcande
12:00 — Hotel check-in — Samarcande
19:00 — Registan Square lit up at night — Samarcande

Day 7 — Samarkand

09:00 — Registan Square — Samarcande
11:30 — Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum — Samarcande
13:30 — Samsa lunch
15:00 — Shah-i-Zinda necropolis — Samarcande
20:00 — Dinner — Samarcande

Day 8 — Back to Tashkent

10:00 — Afrosiyob high-speed train — Samarcande → Tachkent
13:00 — Hotel check-in — Tachkent
15:00 — Tashkent TV Tower — Tachkent
20:00 — Ceremonial plov dinner — Tachkent

Day 9 — Departure

09:30 — Amir Timur Museum — last shopping — Tachkent
13:00 — Transfer to the airport
17:00 — Flight home