May Feast: Festival of Uzbekistan's Flavors
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7 days · 6 nightsTashkent → Samarkand → Shakhrisabz → Bukhara4.2

May Feast: Festival of Uzbekistan's Flavors

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from 32 969 332 UZS~$2650

A gastronomic festival of Uzbekistan's flavors: Bukhara, Shakhrisabz, Samarkand, and Tashkent over seven rich days.

Key highlights

What awaits you

Full Bukhara tour: from Ark to Chor-Minor
Suburban program: Naqshbandi and Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa
Tamerlane's homeland — Ak-Saray Palace in Shakhrisabz
Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, and Siab Bazaar
Afrosiyob high-speed train to Tashkent
Modern and old Tashkent

Itinerary

Day-by-day program

  1. 01

    Day 1 — Arrival in Bukhara

    • Arrival in Bukhara, transfer to hotel and check-in.
    • Lunch.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  2. 02

    Day 2 — Bukhara city tour

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 10:00 - Bukhara city tour:
    • Ark citadel (4th century BC).
    • Bolo-Hauz Mosque (early 20th century).
    • Poi-Kalon architectural ensemble: Kalon minaret, Kalon Mosque, Miri Arab madrasah.
    • Ulugbek madrasah (1417).
    • Nadir Divanbegi madrasah.
    • Abdul Aziz Khan madrasah.
    • Magoki-Attori Mosque (12th–16th c.).
    • Lunch.
    • Labi-Hauz ensemble (14th–17th century).
    • Kosh madrasah ensemble: Madari-Abdullakhan and Abdullakhan madrasahs.
    • Samanid Mausoleum (late 9th – early 10th century).
    • Chashma Ayub Mausoleum.
    • Chor-Minor (Four Minarets).
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  3. 03

    Day 3 — Bukhara city tour

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 - Bukhara suburban excursion program:
    • Bahauddin Naqshbandi mausoleum (16th–19th c.).
    • Lunch.
    • Visit to Chor-Bakr necropolis and Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace.
    • Free time for souvenirs and trading domes.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  4. 04

    Day 4 — Bukhara – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 - Transfer to Samarkand via Shakhrisabz.
    • Visits in Shakhrisabz:
    • Jahangir mausoleum.
    • Dor-us Saodat memorial complex.
    • Ak-Saray Palace ruins.
    • Dorut Tilovat ensemble with Kok-Gumbaz Mosque and tomb of Tamerlane's father.
    • Lunch.
    • Transfer to Samarkand, hotel check-in.
    • Free time.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  5. 05

    Day 5 — Samarkand city tour

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 - Samarkand excursion program:
    • Siab Bazaar.
    • Free time for souvenirs and Eastern sweets.
    • Gur-Emir mausoleum (14th–15th century).
    • Registan Square: Ulugbek, Sher-Dor, and Tillya-Kori madrasahs.
    • Lunch.
    • Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
    • Shah-i-Zinda architectural complex (11th–15th century).
    • Free time.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  6. 06

    Day 6 — Samarkand – Tashkent

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 - Continued sightseeing:
    • Ulugbek Observatory (15th century).
    • Lunch.
    • Visit to Prophet Daniel mausoleum.
    • Transfer to Tashkent by train.
    • Arrival, hotel check-in.
    • Free time to rest.
    • Overnight at the hotel.
  7. 07

    Day 7 — Departure

    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • 09:00 - Modern Tashkent excursion program:
    • Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theater.
    • Amir Timur Square tour: State Museum of Timurids, Amir Timur
    • Park, Tashkent chimes, Uzbekistan Hotel, Forums Palace, artists' alley "Broadway".
    • Lunch.
    • Old city tour:
    • Khast-Imam complex: Barak-Khan madrasah, Tillya-Sheikh Mosque, repository of the Quran
    • of Osman and the golden hair of the Prophet Muhammad.
    • Chorsu Bazaar.
    • 17:00 - Transfer to Tashkent airport.

"May Feast" is a celebration for all the senses. Uzbekistan's gastronomy unfolds against the greatest architectural masterpieces: pilaf in Bukhara, Samarkand bread at Siab Bazaar, Eastern sweets at Registan.

The route begins in Bukhara — a city where every dome and every bazaar holds the taste of centuries. Through Shakhrisabz, Tamerlane's homeland, you reach Samarkand, then the capital by high-speed train.

Seven days, six nights — the ideal format for gourmets and culture lovers who want to combine gastronomy with deep immersion in history.

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