8-day Sufi Tour in Uzbekistan

Arrive in Tashkent. You will be met by our driver and transferred to the hotel. Check in to the hotel.

In the morning visit Amir Timur Square and then drive to the village of Zangiata (18 km) and visit famous mausoleum Zangiata, where Muslim Sheikh Ai-Khodja and his wife were buried, and which is a pilgrimage place for Tashkent and Tashkent region citizens. Return to Tashkent and visit Mausoleum of Sheykh Zayniddin-bobo, a writer and popularizer of the Sufi order known as Suhrawardiyya. In the afternoon, visit Chorsu Bazaar, one of Tashkent’s main traditional markets, stroll along the newly developed Zarkaynar Street, and visit the Mausoleum of Abubakr Kaffal Shashi. At the end of the tour, visit the Islamic Civilization Center in Tashkent. Overnight at the hotel. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of sightseeing tour: 8-9 hours

Transfer to local airport in Tashkent. Morning flight to Bukhara (1 hour), holy land of 7000 saints. Upon arrival you will be met by Advantour driver and transferred to the hotel. Leave your luggage at the hotel. Start the pilgrimage to the Seven Sufi scholars' burial places (125 km). All of them are located on the outskirts of Bukhara. Visit the tomb of Abduholiq Gijduvaniy (1103-1179) located in the town of Gijduvan. Continue to the tomb of the fourth apprentice of Abduholiq Gijduvaniy Hodja Muhammad Orif Ar Revgariy known as Hazrat Hodja Orif Mohitobon (died in 1259). This holy site is located in the district of Shofirkon 45 km from the centre of Bukhara. Continue to the burial site of Hodja Mahmud Anjir Fagnaviy (died in 1286). Continue to Mausoleum of Hodja Ali Rometaniy (died in 1310, in some sources in 1321) located in Rometan district. He was the apprentice of Hodja Mahmud Anjir Fagnaviy. Return to Bukhara. Overnight at the hotel. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of visits: 7-8 hours

Continue pilgrimage (115 km) with a visit to burial place of Hodja Mukhammad Boboyi Samosiy (1259-1354), an apprentice of Hodja Ali Rometaniy. The next holy site is the tomb of Hazreti Said Mir Kulol (1287-1370). The last pilgrimage place is the holiest ensemble of Bukhara, the burial place of Hazrati Bakhouddin Naqshband – the founder of Naqshbandiya Order, located in the village of Qasri Orifon. Then continue to Chor-Bakr Necropolis, a complex located in Sumiton village. Return to Bukhara. Overnight at the hotel. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of visits: 6-7 hours

City tour in Bukhara: visit Lyabi Hauz Complex, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Ark Fortress, Chor-Minor Madrasah, Bolo-Khauz Mosque, Samani dynasty Mausoleum. Free time in the afternoon. Overnight at the hotel. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of sightseeing: 4-5 hours

In the morning transfer to Samarkand (290 km, 4 h.*). En route visit the Memorial Complex of Imam al-Bukhari. Continue to holy place which is a few kilometers away from this complex, the burial place of Hazrat Makhdumi A'zam Dahbediy (1461-1542), a Sufi philosopher, and a descendent of Hazrat Ali. Arrive in Samarkand and check in to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel. *The road on vans and buses is on average an hour longer. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of sightseeing: 2-3 hours

In the morning visit Khoja Akhror Vali Ensemble, Khoja al Mansoor al Matrudi, Bibi Khanum Mosque, Shahi Zinda Necropolis, where you can visit the tomb of Qusam ibn Abbas, continue to Hazrat Hyzr Mosque. In the afternoon visit magnificent Registan Square, the noblest square in Central Asia, Observatory of Ulugbek, and Siab Bazaar. End the sightseeing tour with a visit to Gur-Emir Mausoleum – the graveyard of Tamerlane and Timurids. At 16:15 transfer to train station. Take the high-speed train Afrosiyob departing to Tashkent at 17:00 (300 km). Arrival at 19:10, transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. Lunch break 13:00-14:00 Duration of sightseeing: 6-7 hours

Transfer to the airport. End of the Sufi Tour in Uzbekistan.