Visit to Boukhara, Khiva, Nourata

day 1 / Tashkent-Urgench – Khiva
Arrived in the early morning in the capital, you will discover a city with two faces stalls of spices bazaar Tchorsu the surprising street "Broadway" very westernized. The tour continues with the madrasa Koukeldash sixteenth century. Lunch in the city. Back to the airport and flight to Urgench city where the group will take a bus to Khiva (30 km) near the Turkmen border. Accommodation for two nights in a hotel in the Ichan-Kala, the inner fortress of XVII-XIX century.

day 2 / Khiva
Guided tour of the city in the morning. Meeting with one of the most remarkable cities of Khorezm oasis. It was the capital of the Khanate in the seventeenth century and one of the great places of trade in Central Asia. Since the renovations made by the Soviets, the Ichan-Kala, the historic center surrounded by ramparts pink clay is a source of wealth authentic palace of the Khans (Kouna the Ark-sixteenth century) to the mosque Friday through Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum and Madrasa of Islom Khoja.
Free time in the afternoon, the opportunity for everyone to discover this beautiful city perfectly preserved by time.

day 3 / Khiva-Bukhara (480 km)
Early departure to Bukhara. We travel along the river Oxus Alexander the Great (present Amu Darya) in an easterly direction through the desert. In the late afternoon we arrive in town, installation for three nights in our guesthouse.

Day 4 / Sacred Bukhara
Discovery of this city called "pearl of the desert." It is an essential step of the Silk Road. The city is a hotbed of Islam in Central Asia that we switch straight to the heart of a very eastern atmosphere. The city is home to hundreds of Koranic schools and multiple displays of carpets and jewelry in the continuity of its glorious past sales. This trip will stop at the minarets of Chor Minor, all Poyi-Kalon, the madrasa Ulugbek and Abdoulaziz and numerous monuments of medieval centuries.

day 5 / Bukhara - Nurata (150 km)
Nurata departure, a large oasis fed by a sacred spring: the "Tchashma" sheltering its sacred fish. We visit the ruins of the fortress Sogdian called "Nour" which was the headquarters of the garrisons of Alexander the Great before the attack on Samarkand. This citadel has the distinction of having been built in the shape of the constellation Ursa Major. We will go to the mosque TCHIL-Ustun Panjvakhta and then that of the mausoleum of Heikh Nuri Abdul Khassan to reach,By the road is planned a stop in the city of Ghijduvon to visit a ceramics workshop. Scheduled night homestay.

Day 6/ Nurata - Samarkand (200km)
We leave Nurata to join Samarkand, on the way we pass villages of Uzbeks. The arrival is scheduled in the afternoon to Samarkand. In the afternoon, visit the Museum of Samarkand, which summarizes very well the history of Central Asia today. Then we drive to the Observatory of Ulugbek (XVS) built on Mount Kunak, we evoke the fascinating personality of the little son of Tamerlane, sovereign poet, philosopher and astronomer

The price includes
* Local flight Tashkent -Urgench
* Transportation
* Accommodation in guest houses for 2 days.
* Service of English or French speaking guide
* Full board
* Entrance to museums and monuments during guided tour