Tour Detail
Uzbekistan Visit (Faith)
Bukhara & Samarkand Tour Program
Uzbekistan Bukhara Samarkand Tour
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY * Istanbul è Bukhara
Our group meets at Istanbul airport at 22:00. Passport and baggage check-in.
DAY 2: THURSDAY * Bukhara
We take a direct flight from Istanbul Airport with Atlasjet Airlines, flight number KK 6776, departing at 01:00 and arriving in Bukhara at 07:05 local time (+2 hours ahead). After landing at Bukhara Airport, we proceed to our restaurant for breakfast at 08:30 - 09:30. Our Bukhara city tour begins with the following attractions;
Leb-i Havuz, Poyi Kalon Complex, Kalon Minaret, Mir Arab Madrasa, Ark Fortress, Lebi Havuz Mosque, Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Prophet Ayyub Mausoleum and Chashma-Ayyub Mausoleum, Tak-i Telpak-Furushan, Tak-i Zergeran, Tak-i Sarrafan statue, then we return to our hotel for a bit of rest until dinner at 15:30. At 20:00
Dinner at our Bukhara hotel.
DAY 3: FRIDAY * Bukhara – Gücdüvan – Bukhara
After breakfast in Bukhara, we set out to visit the chain of the Golden Chain Imams in order:
Hz. Abdulhalik-i Gücdüvani (ks), Hz. Arif-i Rivgeri (ks), Hz. Mahmud Incir-i Fağnevi (ks), Hz. Ali Ramiteni (ks), Hz. Muhammad Baba-i Semmasi (ks), then according to the will of Shah-i Nakshibendi Hz., we first visit his teacher Emir Külal Hz.'s mausoleum, then his respected mother Arife Hn.'s mausoleum, and finally we visit the mausoleum and complex of Shah-i Nakshibendi Hz., which is perhaps the most important point of our tour.
* According to the program flow, Friday prayer will be held in Bukhara-i Sharif.
Dinner at our Bukhara hotel.
DAY 4: SATURDAY * Bukhara – Samarkand
After breakfast, we depart for Samarkand (290 km 4 hours).
On our way, we first visit Hoca Arif Deggoroni Hz. in Nevai province, then we visit the tomb, complex, and newly established Hadith Science Center of Imam Bukhari Hz., who is the most famous of the six great Hadith imams in the village of Hoca İsmail next to Samarkand.
We check into our Samarkand hotel, have dinner, and settle in.
DAY 5: SUNDAY * Samarkand
After breakfast, we check out of the hotel and start our last day tour;
We visit the mausoleum of Ubaydullah-ı Ahrior Hz. (Ks.) in Samarkand, then the three madrasas located in Registan Square: Ulugh Beg, Tilla Kari, and Shirdar Madrasas, the Ulugh Beg Observatory, the mausoleum of Shah-i Zinde (Kusem bin Abbas) (RA) from our Companions, the Hz. Hızır Mosque, Bibi Khanım Mosque, and the mausoleum of our doctrinal Imam, Imam Maturidi Hz., completing our visits.
Before our return, we stop for shopping at the famous local market, Siyop Bazaar in Samarkand; guests interested in unique local products can find a variety of medicinal nuts like seedless black grapes, thin-skinned almonds at very reasonable prices, along with originals of traditional clothing accessories like dobbi, karakul, and kalpak in this market.
After shopping, we have dinner at our Samarkand hotel and gather.
DAY 6: MONDAY * Samarkand è Istanbul
In the morning, we check out of our hotel and transfer to Samarkand International Airport.