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Tbilisi by the night train
The night train on Thursday, Tbilisi by Friday morning: the old town, Mtskheta and two nights in a hotel.
Next departureThu 29 Oct6 seats left
per personfrom ₼418
Uzbekistan6 days / 5 nightsFlightSeason: March, April, May, June, September, October, November
Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara
Between the cities by the Afrosiyob fast train: the Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, the Kalyan minaret and Lyabi-Hauz.
- Length
- 6 days / 5 nights
- Meeting point
- 06:00, Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Terminal 1
- Back in Baku
- last day at 21:00
- Group
- 8 to 16 people
- Effort
- Moderate: a few hours on foot a day, stairs
- Guide’s languages
- Azerbaijani, Russian
About the tour
The first and third Monday of the month; we pause in July and August for the heat and December to February for the cold. We fly to Tashkent and travel between the cities on the Afrosiyob fast train instead of spending hours on a bus. Two nights in Samarkand, two in Bukhara at a small boutique hotel. Azerbaijani citizens need no visa.
What you will see
- The Registan and Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand
- The Kalyan minaret, the Ark and the trading domes of Bukhara
- Three rides on the Afrosiyob fast train
- Chorsu bazaar in Tashkent
Day by day
Day 1
Baku–Tashkent
The morning flight (about 2.5 hours; Tashkent is an hour ahead of Baku). The Khast-Imam complex, Chorsu bazaar and the metro stations. Dinner.
Meals: lunch, dinnerNight: Tashkent, a 4-star hotelDay 2
To Samarkand on the Afrosiyob
The morning fast train (about 2 hours 10 minutes). Registan square and Gur-e-Amir, the tomb of Timur.
Meals: breakfast, lunchNight: Samarkand, a 4-star hotelDay 3
Shah-i-Zinda and Siab bazaar
The Shah-i-Zinda mausoleums, the Bibi-Khanym mosque and Siab bazaar. In the evening, a plov lesson with a master cook for those who want it.
Meals: breakfastNight: Samarkand, the same hotelDay 4
To Bukhara
The train to Bukhara (about 1.5 hours). The Lyabi-Hauz pool, the Nadir Divan-Begi madrasa and dinner.
Meals: breakfast, dinnerNight: Bukhara, a boutique hotel in the old townDay 5
Bukhara
The Poi-Kalyan ensemble with the Kalyan minaret of 1127, the Ark fortress, the trading domes and Chor Minor.
Meals: breakfast, lunchNight: Bukhara, the same hotelDay 6
Tashkent and home
The morning Afrosiyob to Tashkent (about 4 hours) and the flight to Baku.
Meals: breakfast
Included
- Baku–Tashkent–Baku flights, economy, 23 kg bag
- Three Afrosiyob fast-train tickets
- 5 nights at 4-star hotels and a boutique hotel in Bukhara
- Meals on the programme and all entry tickets
- A tour leader from Baku, local guides speaking Russian
Not included
- Plov lesson: an optional extra, ₼40
- Travel insurance (an optional extra)
- Photo fees in museums
- A room of your own: +₼320
Hotels
4-star hotels in Tashkent and Samarkand, a boutique hotel in Bukhara’s old town.
Documents
Azerbaijani citizens need no visa for Uzbekistan and may stay up to 15 days without registering. Passport.
Not neededDates and prices
Per person sharing a double room. A child (2–11, in the parents’ room): −15%.
DepartureBackPriceSeats
- Mon 16 NovSat 21 Nov₼2,190Last 4 seatsGuaranteed
- Mon 1 MarSat 6 Mar₼2,190Early booking −7%14 seats left
- Mon 15 MarSat 20 Mar₼2,190Early booking −7%14 seats left
- Mon 5 AprSat 10 Apr₼2,365Early booking −7%12 seats left
- Mon 19 AprSat 24 Apr₼2,365Early booking −7%12 seats left
- Mon 3 MaySat 8 May₼2,365Early booking −7%13 seats left
- Mon 17 MaySat 22 May₼2,365Early booking −7%13 seats left
Your guide
Tural Rzayev
Tour leader: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Italy
He leads the long tours: connections, hotels and the local guides. He has been to Petra more than ten times and takes the climbers up to the Monastery.
The teamFrom people who went
The Afrosiyob trains run on time, so the cities never tired us out. The boutique hotel in Bukhara was right in the old town. Do take the plov lesson.
Sabina and Tofig, BakuTashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, October 2025
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