Snow on the Domes: Winter Uzbekistan

Our driver meets you at the airport with your welcome kit and takes you to the hotel. Rooms are available from 14:00.

A full day in the capital with a local guide, free evening.

1. 10:00Tashkent city tour

   • Courage Monument to the 1966 earthquake
   • Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum and the Khast-Imam square
   • Chorsu Bazaar under its great green dome
   • A ride on the ornate Tashkent metro
   • Museum of Applied Arts, Navoi Opera Theatre and Amir Timur Square

2. 13:00Lunch break (at own expense)

   • Tip from our team: a winter plov at the Central Asian Plov Centre

3. 16:30Free evening

Morning Afrosiyob train to Bukhara (about 4 hours), then a first walk through the old city.

1. 07:45Check-out and transfer to Tashkent North railway station

2. 08:30Afrosiyob high-speed train to Bukhara (about 4 hours)

   • Train 770. Times follow the railway timetable and are confirmed with your tickets

3. 12:36Arrival at Bukhara (Kagan) station and transfer to the hotel (15 km, about 30 min)

4. 13:15Lunch break (at own expense)

5. 14:00Old Bukhara (3–4 hours)

   • Poi-Kalyan: Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Mir-i-Arab Madrasah
   • Magoki-Attori Mosque
   • Ulugbek and Abdulaziz Khan madrasahs
   • The trading domes
   • Lyabi-Hauz
   • Chor-Minor

The second half of Bukhara, the Emir's summer palace, then the late-afternoon train to Samarkand.

1. 09:00Bukhara, day two (about 5 hours)

   • Ark Fortress and the Bolo-Hauz Mosque
   • Ismail Samani Mausoleum and Chashma-Ayub
   • Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa, the summer palace of the last Emir
   • Bakhouddin Naqshbandi memorial complex

2. 14:00Lunch break (at own expense)

3. 15:45Transfer to Bukhara (Kagan) railway station

4. 16:22Afrosiyob high-speed train to Samarkand (about 1 h 45 min)

   • Train 765. Times follow the railway timetable and are confirmed with your tickets

5. 18:05Arrival in Samarkand and transfer to the hotel

The great monuments of Samarkand, free afternoon.

1. 08:30Photo shoot on Registan Square (about 30 min)

   • Gift from TourEast: a professional photographer, with luck snow on the tiles; edited photos sent after the tour

2. 09:00Sightseeing tour of Samarkand (6–7 hours)

   • Registan Square
   • Bibi-Khanym Mosque
   • Siab Bazaar
   • Ulugbek Observatory
   • Shah-i-Zinda necropolis
   • Gur-Emir, the mausoleum of Amir Timur

3. 13:00Lunch break (at own expense)

Saint Daniel's tomb and the paper makers of Konigil, then the evening train to Tashkent.

1. 10:00Samarkand, day two (5–6 hours)

   • Tomb of Saint Daniel
   • Konigil village: paper made from mulberry bark
   • Free time with the car and driver

2. 17:10Transfer to Samarkand railway station

3. 17:40Afrosiyob high-speed train to Tashkent (about 2 h 30 min)

   • Train 767, which starts in Samarkand. Times follow the railway timetable and are confirmed with your tickets

4. 20:12Arrival at Tashkent North station and transfer to the hotel

A day in the snow-covered western Tien Shan, about 85 km from Tashkent, with our driver.

1. 09:00Drive to the Chimgan mountains (1.5–2 hours)

2. Amirsoy cable cars up to the Kumbel ridge (2,300 m)

   • View of Big Chimgan (3,300 m)
   • Cable car tickets are paid on the spot, about 10–18 USD

3. Free time at the Amirsoy resort

   • Lunch, snow tubing, quad bikes or simply the view

4. Chimgan valley and the Charvak viewpoint

   • Optional horse ride at the foot of the mountain

5. 17:30Back at the hotel in Tashkent

Check-out by noon and transfer to Tashkent International Airport.