Sightseeing Tour Of Bukhara

Day 1: Labi Hovuz, Bukhara, Uzbekistan to Ismail Samani Mausoleum, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

You will explore all the main attractions of the city and hear interesting facts about them. In the excursion program: Lyabi-Hauz is a square where you will see several old madrasahs and a small artificial pond where locals like to relax. Our guide will reveal how Lyabi-Hauz is connected with the merchant class, Judaism and Khoja Nasreddin. Trading domes - our guide will show you the ancient domes of Toki-Sarrafon, Toki-Telpak Furushon and Toki-Zargaron, and tell you about Bukhara as an important point on the map of the Great Silk Road. The Poi Kalon Ensemble is the spiritual center of the city. Here you will learn about the significance of the 47-meter minaret of the same name and how the educational process was organized in the only madrasah that worked in Soviet times. The Ark Citadel is the main residence of the Bukhara rulers. You will hear what events took place in it and what important people were. The Mausoleum of the Samanids is the tomb of representatives of one of the oldest eastern dynasties. You will decipher its unusual architecture, which combines elements of Islam and Zoroastrianism.