Day Tour to Samarkand from Tashkent by train.

7:00 Meet the driver at the hotel lobby and transfer from hotel to Tashkent railway station. 08:00 Departure for Samarkand by the tourist train Afrosiab or Sharq. 10:10 Arrival in Samarkand. At the meeting zone meet the driver and guide who will wait for you with a sign "ANUR TOUR".

Transfer to the old part of Samarkand and start sightseeing program: – Gur Emir Mausoleum – a burial vault of Timur the Great and his descendants decorated with gold ornaments and considered as one of the most significant places in the world;

– Continue to the famous Registan Square – the heart of Samarkand and a real masterpiece of Central Asian medieval architecture consists of three grandiose buildings: Ulughbek Madrassa, Madrassa Sherdor, and Madrassa Tilla Kori.

– Bibi Khanim Mosque – the biggest medieval building in the city which was one of the most magnificent mosques in the Islamic world in 15th Century;

– Shahi Zinda Necropolis – unique complex of Mausoleums formed by standing on both sides of the cenotaph (an imaginary grave) belonging to the Muslim person named Saint Abbas ibn-Kussam;

– Ulugbek’s Observatory – the finest astronomical centers in the medieval world was built by order of Ulugbek, an outstanding scholar and astronomer;

– Samarkand bazaar – Siyab.

16:00 Transfer to Samarkand railway station. 17:00 Departure for Tashkent by the tourist train Afrosiab or Sharq. 19:10 Arrival in Tashkent. Meet the driver at the meeting zone. Transfer to the hotel. End of the tour.