Overview
Short on time? The Afrosiyob high-speed line links Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand in a few comfortable hours, so four days are enough to see the two jewels of the Silk Road properly.
You ride the train three times, a driver meets you at every station and a licensed guide shows you around each city. One evening you share a home-cooked dinner with a Samarkand family.
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
- Three Afrosiyob bullet-train journeys
- Bukhara’s old town, Ark fortress and trading domes
- Registan and Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand
- Home-cooked dinner with a local family
- Hotel and station transfers throughout
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$75 / US$135 / US$215.
What's included
- 3 nights in hotels of your chosen category (DBL/TWIN) with breakfast
- Afrosiyob economy train tickets Tashkent–Bukhara, Bukhara–Samarkand and Samarkand–Tashkent
- Dinner with a local family in Samarkand
- 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
- Hotel in Tashkent before and after the tour
Meeting and pickup
Your hotel in Tashkent
Your hotel or Tashkent airport
Itinerary
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Day 1 · Tashkent – train to Bukhara
Transfer from your Tashkent hotel to the station for the Afrosiyob train to Bukhara (08:04–12:21). After check-in, walk the old town with your guide: Lyabi-Hauz, the Magoki-Attori mosque, the domed bazaars, the Kalon minaret and mosque, Mir-i-Arab madrasah and the Ark fortress. Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 2 · Bukhara – train to Samarkand
Drive to the summer palace of Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa and the Bahauddin Naqshband complex, then see the Samanid mausoleum and Chashma-Ayub. Afternoon Afrosiyob train to Samarkand (14:58–16:41). Dinner at home with a Samarkand family. Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 3 · Samarkand
A full day with your guide: the Registan, Bibi-Khanym mosque, Siab bazaar, Shah-i-Zinda, the Ulugbek observatory and the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum of Amir Timur. Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 4 · Samarkand – train to Tashkent
Morning visit to the Afrosiab museum, the tomb of Daniel and the Konigil paper workshop. Free afternoon, then the evening Afrosiyob train to Tashkent (18:10–20:31) and transfer to your hotel or the 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).