Essential Silk Road (trip)
Essential Silk Road
- Culture & Nature
“The trip was a delight. I had the freedom and time to really enjoy myself. ”
10 Days, from $3,095* per person. Year-round.
Accommodations: Comfort. Exertion level: 3 (7 is most strenuous)
Overview of Essential Silk Road
Roam the great Silk Road oases of Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva, along with modern Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. Admire their mosques, madrassahs and minarets built of mudbricks and clad in ceramic tiles the color of the desert sky.Operated by MIR Corporation.
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1 testimonial about this trip
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Reviewer: S. Allen
located in
New York,
NY
USA
The trip was a delight. I had the freedom and time to really enjoy myself.
3 testimonials about the provider, MIR Corporation:
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Reviewer: K. Knack
located in
Malibu,
CA
USA
Every day I am grateful for this fabulous trip. The destinations you specialize in are of much more interest now that I know what a well-delivered service you provide.
MIR's tour manager made my trip more deeply meaningful and made sure that everyone on the train came away with a greater appreciation for this vast country. Thank you so much for your great itinerary, for the tremendous abilities of your staff... You can be certain I will recommend your company.
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Reviewer: The Tobys
located in
Rockville Center,
NY
USA
…It is safe to say without the expertise of your superb cadre of guides in the country we never could have put it all together. In fact, we were totally dependent on them to benefit from the extraordinary experienced of visiting three regions of [Ukraine] within a two-week time period.
Clearly, MIR Corporation has a well-deserved reputation for superb customer service. We support that well-deserved reputation, which is possibly rooted in the fact that your associates like their jobs and that job satisfaction has been transferred to customer and client relations….
Honestly, we were duly impressed with each of the regional guides and the drivers who accompanied us. Their local knowledge of the unique features of their respective region was so evident, impressive, and unmatched by any we have encounters over our 40 years of visiting 140 countries.
I want to thank you for a most stupendous trip; 5 stars plus. Loved Ukraine, the people, the sites, the precision of our tour; the fine quality of the guides and drivers - how much they care, how much they know and how much they kept our interests foremost in their hearts and their minds. It was just stupendous.
It was so fabulous we cannot stop talking about it. Again, thank you very much. And I will certainly recommend MIR Corporation when it is appropriate for our friends & colleagues.
It was excellent beyond all expectations.
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Reviewer: The Repkos
located in
Princeton,
NJ
USA
We don’t know where to start – a perfect itinerary which satisfied all of our needs, excellent accommodations superbly located, flawless execution of all aspects including visas, vouchers, theatre tickets, etc., and last but certainly not least, truly outstanding and professional guides and drivers.
…We only wish that MIR provided tours everywhere, in which case we would never use another tour company again..
MIR Office in Seattle was outstanding…We have already told several friends about MIR and how wonderful they are! You all put together a trip for us that was perfect to our budget, time frame and interests. Russia is a fabulous destination – wonderful history, magnificent sites we can’t say enough about MIR and Russia.
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Max group size: 16
Special information
- This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.
- May accommodate certain types of disabilities. Contact the operator for more information.
- Family oriented trip.
Itinerary
Days 1-3: Tashkent, Samarkand
Uzbekistan encompasses a good portion of the northern Silk Road. Begin in the present, in modern Tashkent, and drive into the past, to blue-tiled Samarkand, the city that Tamerlane built and decorated with the help of the greatest pool of creative talent amassed up to that point. Explore the massive Bibi Khanum Mosque, dedicated to the memory of Tamerlane's favorite wife. Walk the gracefully proportioned Registan Square before pressing on to Bukhara.
Days 4-6: Bukhara
Bukhara's old city center is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore its original fortress, the Ark Citadel; the Kukeldash Madrassah, the largest of Central Asia's Koran schools, dating back to 1417; and the Kalon Mosque and Minaret. The imposing Kalon Minaret, or "Tower of Death," was built in 1127, and is 155 feet tall. Browse the market for brilliant silks and hand-painted ceramics during a full day of independent discovery, and attend a dinner performance of traditional music and dance.
Days 7-8: Khiva
Travel overland to Khiva, the seat of the ruling khan until the 20th century and the best-preserved of the caravan cities. Khiva evokes a remote and exotic feel unlike any other stop along the route, with its compact old walled city full of minarets, a khan's fort, cobblestone alleys, mosques, and tombs. Highlights include the Tash Hauli Palace and the 9th century Dzhuma Mosque with its unusual wood ceiling and 115 carved wood columns, creating a forest-like effect.
Days 9-10: Tashkent
Flying back to Tashkent, spend one final night in this exotic country before departure.
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