Samarkand City Tour: Two-Day Trip and Excursion

Samarkand City Tour (2 days)

Go a little more in-depth with two days in Timur’s capital, Samarkand. Alongside visits to the main sights of Samarkand, head out to some more hidden gems.

Ulugbek Observatory, the Tomb of Saint Daniel, Bibi-Khanum Mosque etc.

2 Days | All year round | from US$ 170 per personDetails

Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari near Samarkand

Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari near Samarkand

* Due to renovations, the Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari is closed indefinitely.

Imam al-Bukhari was the great theologian of the East. He collected and recorded about 600 thousand hadith, i.e. legend based on cases of life or some sayings of the Prophet. Out of them, al-Bukhari selected as “flawless” about 7400 hadith to include into the famous “As-Sahih” which became the second most important book after the Koran for the majority of Sunni.

Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari
Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari
Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari

Imam was born in Bukhara in 810 year and ended his life in Samarkand. He was buried in a small village Hartang, 30 km from Samarkand.

The mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari presents in all of its magnificence. In the complex that occupies a vast territory, there are mausoleums, mosques, hotel for tourists and pilgrims, souvenir shops and religious literature.

The mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari is one of the main pilgrimage sites in Uzbekistan. The visiting of three shrines in Samarkand – the mausoleums of al-Bukhari, Shakhi-Zinda and Rukhabad – within one day, is called “small Hajj”.

Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari
Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari
Mausoleum of Imam al-Bukhari