Breakfast. Start the Tashkent city tour at 10:00 by visiting the Old City of Tashkent. This area encompasses the Khast-Imam Complex (famous for displaying one of the earliest copies of the Qur’an, the Holy Book of Islam), and Chorsu Bazaar, where you can haggle for spices, dried fruit, and nuts.

Then take a ride on Tashkent Metro to the city center to visit Applied Arts Museum and walk through Navoi Theater to Amir Timur Square where you will end Tashkent city tour.

The city tour will take 4-5 hours, after which you’ll have some free time.

At 18:00, transfer to the railway station. Take the high-speed train from Afrosiyob to Samarkand, departs at 18:50 and arrives in Samarkand at 21:00 (300 km, 2h 10 min).

Arrive Samarkand, transfer to the hotel and check in.

Stay overnight in Samarkand