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5 days · 4 nightsTashkent → Chimgan → Samarkand4.5
Fairy-Tale Uzbekistan
Price
from 5 997 475 UZS~$480
Fairy-tale Uzbekistan in five days: Samarkand, Chimgan Mountains, and Tashkent — with arrival via Chernyavka.
Key highlights
What awaits you
Meet at Chernyavka border crossing
Registan and Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand
Ulugbek Observatory
Chimgan: cable car and ATVs
Quran of Osman at Khast-Imam
Timurids Museum
Itinerary
Day-by-day program
- 01
Day 1 — Arrival in Tashkent
- Meet with sign at Chernyavka border crossing.
- Transfer to hotel, check-in.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- 02
Day 2 — Tashkent – Samarkand
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Transfer to the station and departure to Samarkand (per schedule and availability).
- Samarkand excursion program:
- Morning visit to Siab Bazaar — Samarkand's largest bazaar.
- Free time for souvenirs and Eastern sweets.
- Gur-Emir mausoleum — tomb of Tamerlane (14th–15th century).
- Registan Square — Ulugbek, Sher-Dor, and Tillya-Kori madrasahs.
- Bibi Khanym Mosque — the largest in Central Asia.
- Shah-i-Zinda architectural complex (11th–15th century).
- Free time.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- 03
Day 3 — Samarkand – Tashkent
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- 09:00 Continued sightseeing:
- Ulugbek Observatory (15th century).
- Prophet Daniel mausoleum.
- Transfer to the station and departure to Tashkent (per schedule and availability).
- Hotel check-in.
- Free time to rest.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- 04
Day 4 — Tashkent – Chimgan – Tashkent
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Departure to Chimgan Mountains (80 km, about two hours).
- Free time (cable car, ATVs, horseback riding).
- Return to Tashkent.
- Overnight at the hotel.
- 05
Day 5 — Tashkent city tour
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Old city tour:
- Khast-Imam complex: Barak-Khan madrasah, Tillya-Sheikh Mosque (repository of the famous Quran of Osman and the golden hair of the Prophet Muhammad).
- Free time for shopping at Chorsu Bazaar and souvenir shops.
- Walk through the modern city:
- Amir Timur Square tour: State Museum of Timurids, Amir Timur
- Park.
- Transfer to Chernyavka border crossing.
The fairy tale begins at Chernyavka border crossing and continues in Samarkand, where turquoise domes truly feel magical. Then — Chimgan Mountains, contrasting and fresh.
Five days — the optimal balance: two days in Samarkand, one in the mountains, two in Tashkent. Neither rushed nor dull.
For families and groups of friends who want variety: culture, nature, hospitality.
Tour composition
What's included
Included
- Accommodation at listed hotels (or equivalent) in double rooms
- (hotel registration).
- Meals: breakfast at hotels.
- Air-conditioned comfortable transport for the entire route.
- 1–2 persons — sedan up to 4 seats.
- 3–7 persons — minivan up to 10 seats.
- Meet and greet / drop-off at airport and station.
- Sightseeing tours of monuments in English.
- Train tickets Samarkand – Tashkent – Samarkand (Afrosiyob train) economy class.
- Local guide-escorts in cities for all excursions per the program.
Not included
- International flights.
- Escort guide.
- Meals (lunches and dinners).
- Entrance tickets to listed monuments (paid on site).
- Alcoholic and soft drinks.
- Photo and video fees in museums.
- Tips and porters at hotels/airport.
- Personal expenses.
- Other services not listed above.
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