Day tour in Bukhara – City tour (Pearl of the East for over 2500 years)

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Day tour in Bukhara – City tour (Pearl of the East for over 2500 years)

1 Day

Hotel Transfer
Please note that we use a local supplier for your arrival airport transfer, your driver may not speak English.

Overview

A one-day excursion around the city of Bukhara will give you the opportunity to get acquainted with the main attractions of the old city. This walking tour lasts 6-7 hours. The tour starts from the ancient gates of Karakul, located at the outskirts of the city, and ends at the other end of the old city – at the historical complex Lyabi Hauz

Trip Highlights

The Culture and Hospitality of the East
Famous Madrassas and Mosques
Unique architecture
History and sights from the times of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great to the present day
National cuisine, pilaf, samsa, lagman
Seasonal Uzbek fruits, vegetables, berries

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 :

The Samanid Mausoleum

Meeting with the guide at the hotel or at your designated place to start the excursion in Bukhara.

The Samanid Mausoleum – built in the 10th century is located in the northwestern part of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, just outside its historic center. It was built as the resting place of the powerful and influential Islamic Samanid dynasties that ruled the Samanid Empire from approximately 900 to 1000. It contained three burials, one of whom is known to have been Nasr II.

Day 2 :

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum is located near the Samani Mausoleum, in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Its name means Job’s well, due to the legend in which Job (Ayub) visited this place and made a well by striking the ground with his staff. The water of this well is still pure and is considered healing. The current building was constructed during the reign of Timur and features a Khwarazm-style conical dome uncommon in Bukhara

Day 3 :

Bolo Haouz Mosque

Bolo Haouz Mosque is a historical mosque in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Built-in 1712, on the opposite side of the citadel of Ark in Registan district, it is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with the other parts of the historic city. It served as a Friday mosque during the time when the emir of Bukhara was being subjugated under the Bolshevik Russian rule in the 1920s. Thin columns made of painted woods were added to the frontal part of the iwan (entrance) in 1917, additionally supporting the bulged roof of the summer prayer room. The columns are decorated with colored muqarnas.

Costs

The Cost Includes

Guide , Transfers

The Cost Excludes

Entrance tickets , Hotels and Guest Houses

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