Overview
The Fergana Valley is Uzbekistan’s green, crafty heart: silk is still woven by hand in Margilan and Rishtan potters fire the same blue glazes their great-grandfathers used. This tour starts there before heading west along the classic Silk Road.
You travel by train to the valley and back, by bullet train to Samarkand, by road across the desert to Khiva, and fly home to Tashkent at the end.
Your trip is planned and run by Khikmatilla, a licensed Uzbek tour guide and founder of Tashkentguide DMC, with licensed local guides in every city.
Highlights
- Khudoyar-Khan palace in Kokand
- Rishtan ceramics and Margilan silk workshops
- Dinner with a family in the Fergana Valley
- Samarkand and Bukhara with private guides
- Desert road across the Kyzylkum to Khiva
Prices are per person, private tour, and fall as your group grows. Choose Comfort (3*), Standard (4*) or Premium (5*) hotels. Single room supplement: US$250 / US$375 / US$685.
What's included
- 9 nights in hotels of your chosen category (DBL/TWIN) with breakfast
- Trains Tashkent–Kokand and Margilan–Tashkent, Afrosiyob Tashkent–Samarkand, flight Urgench–Tashkent (economy)
- Dinner with a local family in Fergana
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with driver for all transfers and sightseeing
- Licensed English-speaking local guide on sightseeing days (other languages on request)
- Entrance fees to the sights listed in the itinerary
- 0.5 L bottled water per person per day
- 24/7 support from our Tashkent team
- International flights and visa fees (many nationalities enter Uzbekistan visa-free)
- Lunches and dinners not listed in the itinerary
- Drinks, personal expenses and tips
- Camera fees at some monuments
- Early check-in and late check-out (standard check-in from 14:00)
- Travel insurance
Meeting and pickup
Tashkent airport or your hotel in Tashkent
Tashkent airport
Itinerary
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Day 1 · Arrival in Tashkent
Airport transfer and an afternoon city tour: Khast Imam complex, Chorsu bazaar, metro stations and Amir Timur square. Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 2 · Train to Kokand – Rishtan – Fergana
Morning train into the Fergana Valley (departs 08:10). In Kokand visit the tiled palace of Khudoyar-Khan and the Juma mosque with its 98 wooden columns. Continue to Rishtan to meet a master potter, then to Fergana for dinner with a local family. Overnight in Fergana.
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Day 3 · Margilan – train to Tashkent
See silk spun, dyed and woven at the Yodgorlik factory in Margilan and walk the local bazaar. Afternoon train back to Tashkent (16:03–21:17). Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 4 · Bullet train to Samarkand
Early Afrosiyob train (06:30–08:48). Guided tour: Registan, Bibi-Khanym, Siab bazaar, Shah-i-Zinda, Ulugbek observatory and Gur-e-Amir. Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 5 · Samarkand
Afrosiab museum, the tomb of Daniel and the Konigil paper workshop. Free afternoon. Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 6 · Samarkand – Bukhara (approx. 280 km)
Drive west with a stop at the ruined Rabat-i-Malik caravanserai. Afternoon walk around Lyabi-Hauz and the trading domes. Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 7 · Bukhara
Kalon minaret and mosque, Mir-i-Arab, Ark fortress, Bolo-Hauz, the Samanid mausoleum, Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa palace and the Bahauddin Naqshband complex. Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 8 · Across the Kyzylkum to Khiva (approx. 450 km)
A full day on the desert road, about 7 hours with stops, partly along the Amu Darya. Evening arrival in Khiva. Overnight in Khiva.
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Day 9 · Khiva – evening flight to Tashkent
Guided tour of Ichan-Kala: Kalta-Minor, Kunya-Ark, Juma mosque, Tash-Hauli palace and Pakhlavan Makhmud mausoleum. Evening flight from Urgench to Tashkent (approx. 20:15–21:35). Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 10 · Departure
Breakfast and transfer to Tashkent airport.
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 720 hours before departure: 100% refund.
- Cancel at least 168 hours before departure: 50% refund.
- Less notice than that, or a no-show: 0% refund.
Full refund up to 30 days before arrival, 50% up to 7 days before, no refund after that.
Times are local Tashkent time (UTC+5).