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Program #6 (Combination Tour)

Duration: 11 days/10 nights
Route: Mashad - Serakhs border - Mary - Turkmenabat - Farab border - Bukhara - Samarkand - Tashkent - Urgench - Khiva - Dashoguz - Ashgabat - Frankfurt

1 day/Mon. Serakhs - Mary (Margush)

Meet tourists at Serakhs border at 12:00.Customs formalities.Road to Mary 218 km. Upon arrival transfer to hotel.Road to Old Merv ruins for sightseeing.

Dinner at local restaurant & o/n hotel.

2 day/Tue. Mary (Margush)

Breakfast. Drive to Merv & SS:

Merv ‘pearl of east’ one of oldest inhabited cites Central Asia. It was rebuilt over the centuries spread more than 100 sq km. Merv is site of no less than five cities from different periods, each built beside last. Sultan Sanjar mausoleum impresses with size & solidity, Gayir Kala has an area of 360 ha, har regular planning, right contour of walls and for gates one to each part of the world, Erk Kala & Kyz Kala.
Lunch at local restaurant. Continue SS:
Mary regional museum - features traditional Turkmen life and culture including displays on weddings and carpet weaving.

Dinner at local restaurant & o/n at hotel.

3 day/Wed. Mary - Bukhara via Farab border (New Bukhoro)

Breakfast. Transfer to Farab border via Turkmenabat city (The former Chardjou) & meeting with group at border (Farab), transfer to Bukhara. Accommodation at hotel

Lunch at local restaurant in Turkmenabat. O/n hotel.

4 day/Thur. Bukhara (New Bukhoro)

Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of Bukhara includes:

Poi-Kalyan Ensemble including minaret,
Madrassah Miri-Arab,
Kukeldash Madrassah,
Lyab-I-Hauz Mosque,
Chor-Minor Mausoleums.Night in hotel

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel.

5 day/Fri. Bukhara - Samarkand (Afrosiab)

Breakfast. Morning transfer from Bukhara to Samarkand 270 km. Arriving, accommodation at hotel. Half day sight-seeing of Samarkand:

Gur-Emir Mausoleum,
Registan Ensemble, Shir Dor
Tillia-Kari Madrassah,
Bibi Khanum Mosque.Night in Samarkand

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel.

6 day/Sat. Full Day in Samarkand (Afrosiab)

Breakfast. Full day sight-seeing of Samarkand includes:

Shah-Zinda necropolis.
Ulugbek observatory.
Ismael Bukhari Mosque-Mausoleum of of Imam Bukhari.
”Ruins of Afrosiab”state archeological reserve. Samarkand bazaar. Night in Samarkand

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel

7 day/Sun. Samarkand - Tashkent (Shodlik Palace)

Breakfast. Morning transfer from Samarkand to Tashkent 300 km. Arriving, accommodation at hotel. Half day sight-seeing of Tashkent includes:

Kukeldash Madrassah,
Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum,
Barak Khan Madrassah,
Independence Square,
Amir Temur Museum. Night in Tashkent.

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel.

8 day/Mon. Flight Tashkent - Urgench (Jaikhun)

Breakfast. Transfer to airport.Morning flight to Urgench.Arriving, transfer & accommodation at hotel.
Sightseeing of Khiva includes:

Kurinish Khana, Mohammad-Amin-khan Madrassah,
Islam Khodja Minaret,
Palvan Kari complex,
Abd Al Bobo complex,
Uch Avlioli(“three saints”) mausoleum,
Juma mosque. Tash Hauli Palace. Night in Urgench.

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel.

9 day/Tue. Urgench - Dashoguz - CSS Kune-Urgench. Flight to Ashgabat (Nissa)

Breakfast. Morning transfer to the border (Shavat-Dashoguz). Transfer to Kune-Urgench. CSS Kune-Urgench includes:

Caravansaray,
Kutlug Timur Minaret-one of the tallest minarets in Central Asia,
Il Arslan mausoleum,
Turabek Hanum mausoleum. Evening flight Dashoguz-Ashgabat. Upon arrival transfer to hotel

Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant. O/n hotel.

10 day/Wed. Full Day in Ashgabat (Nissa)

Breakfast. CSS Ashgabat includes:

Nisa the residence of Parthian Kings(IIBC-IIIAD),
National History museum,
Monument of Independence, Arch of Neutrality,
Presidential Square,
New Park dedicated to Akhalteke horses-the pride of Turkmen.
Afternoon proceed to Carpet Museum,
Ertogrul Gazy mosque & visit new mosque Turkmenbashy Ruhy located not far from Ashgabat in Kipchak.

It is one of the largest mosque in Central Asia. Transfer to hotel.
Lunch & Dinner at local restaurant.
Preparation to the flight by Lufthansa.
Transfer to the airport.

11 day/Thur. Ashgabat - Tokyo

Leave for Frankfurt