Ziyarat (Sufi) Tour 2
Day 1: Arrive in Tashkent
Arrive in Tashkent. Pick up at the Airport and transfer to the hotel. Check in to the hotel at afternoon. After hotel Check in & rest start sightseeing tour in Tashkent & Tashkent region. Transfer to the old part of Tashkent city & visit Khast-Imam Complex (X-XVIcc.) including Barak-khan madrasah, Mausoleum of Abubakr Kaffal Shashi & Museum of Koran where you can see very old Koran of caliph Osman (RA) written in the 7th century on deer skin. Then visit Mausoleum of Sheikh Zainiddin-bobo (1164-1259yy.).
Transfer to Charsu old bazaar for shopping. After that transfer to Zangiata complex (XIVc.) where located in Tashkent province & about 20km far from Tashkent city centre. It is so pilgrimage place for Tashkent & Tashkent region citizens. Later transfer to the new part of Tashkent city & visit Independence Square (1991) & Amir Temur Square (1993).
Duration of tour: 5 hours
Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 2: Tashkent – Bukhara
05.00 Transfer to Domestic airport in Tashkent. Morning flight to holy Bukhara, the land of 7000 piirs (teachers). After arrival local guide will meet you at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Leave your luggage at the hotel. Check in at afternoon. Start pilgrimage to Seven Sufi scholars burial places, all of them are located in outskirts of Bukhara. Visit the tomb of Abduholiq Gijduvaniy (1103-1179) located in the town of Gijduvan (40 km away from Bukhara). Continue to the tomb of the fourth apprentice of Abduholiq Gijduvaniy Khoja Muhammad Orif Ar Revgariy known as Hazrat Khoja Orif Mohitobon (died in 1259). This holy site is located in the district of Shofirkon 50-60 km from the centre of Bukhara. Continue to the burial site of Hodja Mahmud Anjir Fagnaviy (died in 1286). Continue to Mausoleum of Khoja Ali Rometaniy located in Rometan district. He was the apprentice of Khoja Mahmud Anjir Fagnaviy (died in 1310, in some sources in 1321).
Duration of tour: 7 hours
Overnight in Bukhara.
Day 3: Bukhara
Continue ziyaret tour with a visit to burial place of Khoja Mukhammad Boboyi Samosiy (1259-1354), an apprentice of Hodja Ali Rometaniy. The next holy site is the tomb of Hazreti Said Mir Kulol (1287-1370). The last pilgrimage place is the holiest ensemble of Bukhara, the burial place of Hazrati Bakhouddin Naqshbandi – the founder of Naqshbandiya Order, located in the village of Qasri Orifon. Then continue to Chor-Bakr Necropolis, a complex located in Sumiton village. Return to Bukhara.
Duration of tour: 7 hours
Overnight in Bukhara.
Day 4: Bukhara Half day city tour :
Visit Lyabi-Khauz Complex, Kalyan mosque and Kalyan minaret and Miri-Arab Madrasah, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasah, Ark fortress, Samani dynasty Mausoleum, Chor-Minor Madrasah, Bolo-Khauz Mosque. Free time in the afternoon.
Duration of sightseeing: 5-6 hours
Overnight in Bukhara.
Day 5: Bukhara – Khartang – Samarkand
In the morning transfer to Samarkand (290 km, 4 h.*). On the way visit the Memorial Complex of Abu Abdulloh Mukhammad ibn Ibrohim ibn al Mugiyra ibn Bardazbeh al Juafiy Al-Bukhari. Continue to holy place which is a few kilometers away from this complex, the burial place of Hazrat Makhdumi A'zam Dahbediy (1461-1542), a Sufi philosopher, and a descendent of Hazrat Ali. Arrive in Samarkand and check in to the hotel. Free time at own leisure.
Duration of trip & visits: 4-5 hours
Overnight in Samarkand.
Day 6: Samarkand
In the morning visit Complex Khoja Akhrar Vali (XVc.), Khoja al Mansoor al Matrudi (870-944), Bibi-Khanum mosque (XV-XVIcc.), Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis (IX-XIVcc.), where you can visit the tomb of Qusam ibn Abbas (RA), continue to Hazrat Hyzr Mosque (VIIIc.). In the afternoon visit magnificent Registan Square with 3 huge madrasah: Ulughbek, Shirdar & Tillakori (1417-1636yy.), the noblest square in Central Asia, Observatory of Ulugbek (1424-1429yy.), and Siab Bazaar. End the sightseeing tour with a visit to Gur-Emir Mausoleum (end of XIVc.) – the graveyard of Tamerlane and Timurids.
Duration of sightseeing: 6-7 hours
Overnight in Samarkand.
Day 7: Samarkand – Tashkent
Free time at your own leisure in Samarkand, enjoy sites of Samarkand on your own. At 16:15 transfer to train station. Take the fast-speed train Afrasiab bullet train departing to Tashkent at 17:00 (300 km). Arrival at 19:10, transfer to the hotel.
Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 8: Tashkent – departure
Check out formalities. Transfer to the airport.
End of tour services