Transfer to the railway station. Transfer to Samarkand by electric train “Afrosiab” (2 hours 10 min. on the way). Samarkand is more than 2700 years old. It has witnessed many historical events.
Its walls resisted the armies of Alexander the Great (the end of IV century BC), the troops of the Arab Caliphate (VIII century), but the city was destroyed to the ground by the hordes of Genghis Khan (XIII century) and could not revive in its former place. In XIV-XV cc.
Samarkand became the capital of the huge empire of the formidable Amir Timur (Tamerlane), who dreamed of making it the capital of the World. Now it is the second largest city in the Republic of Uzbekistan, where “gray antiquity” and modernity peacefully neighbor.
Transfer by tourist motor transport to the hotel. Accommodation upon arrival, then you will be invited on a bus tour (with access to the objects of the show) on architectural monuments of Samarkand XIV-XIX centuries (about 5 hours).
You will visit the Gur-Emir mausoleum – the tomb of the Timurid dynasty on the male line. Here the Great and formidable Tamerlan (Amir Timur) found his last shelter; the central square of the “old city” – Registan, on which the ensemble of three madrasahs (spiritual-parochial schools) – Ulugbek, Tillya-Kari and Sher-Dor is located; the cathedral mosque Bibi-Khanim – the highest in Central Asia; visit the museum of the foundation of the city on the hills of the ancient settlement Afrosiab (formed by I century BC).
The excursion will be interrupted for lunch at a restaurant in the city and will continue until sunset. Dinner. The second day in Samarkand will start with breakfast in the hotel, after which you will go to the factory for the production of silk paper by artisanal method, products of which you can buy as souvenirs only in Samarkand.
Then you will be taken to the Old City Bazaar, which has been located on the territory it currently occupies since the IX century. Lunch in a modern Uzbek house, where you will be offered Uzbek Samarkand cuisine – the most delicious and diverse in all of Uzbekistan.
Transfer to Samarkand International Airport, where we will say goodbye in the hope to see you again on the hospitable Uzbek land!
If you want to continue your Ski Tour with excursion to other cities of Uzbekistan, there is a possibility to make changes by prior request.
SUMMARY: this route is valid from December 1 to March 1 (depends on seasonal natural snow coverage of the mountain slopes). The programs of stay on the route of the 1st and the last day depend on the time of arrival to the starting point of the tour and the time of departure from the final point, so may vary.
At your request the ski tour in the spurs of the Tien Shan can be extended by prior request.