Start point:
It can be chosen by request: your hotel, airport, railway station or Gur Emir Mausoleum.
Start Time:
As you indicated when booking (summer recommended start earlier). Time can be changed by request of traveller.
The excursion programme includes:
- The Gur-Emir Mausoleum is the burial place of Tamerlane and his descendants. You will hear facts and legends related to it.
- Registan Square is the visiting card of Samarkand. I will tell you about the magnificent mosques and madrassas located on it.
- Bibi Khanum Cathedral Mosque - you'll admire its sky-blue dome and arch the size of the Milky Way.
- Khazrat Khizr Mosque, the olderst mosque of Samarkand, where the first President of Uzbekistan was buried.
- The Shahi-Zinda memorial complex is one of the mysterious architectural monuments of Samarkand. It is believed that this is where the grave of Kusam ibn Abbas, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad himself, is located.
- Ulugbek Observatory - I’ll tell you about the life and scientific methods of the great scientist, mathematician and astronomer Mirzo Ulugbek.
If we will have extra time, I propose (if desired) to also include in the excursion programme:
Silk Carpet Factory “Khujum”, you will see silk carpets being made by hand using ancient technology.
Paper Factory “Konigil”, the factory has restored the production of high-quality paper using ancient methods.