Discover delicious Uzbekistan with an unforgettable gourmet tour that will delight your taste buds and significantly expand the horizons of your knowledge and palate. The Uzbekistan Food Tour will reveal the secrets of local cuisine, and you’ll learn how to cook some Uzbek dishes for yourself: filling patir non (traditional bread), rich pilaf, hearty shurpa, and more. Visit bazaars to see how food has been sold for centuries, and dine on the best Uzbek foods in restaurants in Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. You’ll have plenty of time to explore the sights of these famous cities in between dishes of shashlyk (kebabs roasted over coals), lagman (thick homemade noodles served with lamb and vegetable stew), samosa (puff pastry stuffed with meat), and hanum (dough rolled around shredded potatoes and ground meat). The Uzbekistan Food Tour is a tour that you (and your stomach) won’t be soon to forget.
Tour itinerary:
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
After the sightseeing drive to the wine factory named after Khovrenko for wine degustation. Transfer to the hotel for overnight.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours
Activities at the center include:
- Tour of the ceramic embroidery workshops, including displays of the accompanying technology;
- Master Classes on ceramic embroidery;
- Ceramics Museum, displaying works from five generations of potters;
- Gallery of ceramics;
- Cooking master class, where you’ll make a traditional Uzbek dish and bake Gijduvan bread.
Spend your afternoon in fascinating Old Bukhara that has been listed as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Explore Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Madrasahs of Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan, trade domes, Lyabi-Khauz Ensemble, Chor-Minor Madrasah. Overnight at the hotel.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
In the evening return to Bukhara hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
*As the cafés and restaurants on the way are basic and offer limited menus, you may wish to take a packed lunch on this trip (your hotel or guide can help you arrange this the day before).
**Some parts of the road are not in the best condition.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5 hours
- All transfers by sedan type car (1-2 pax), by minivan (3-5 pax) ;
- Accommodation based on double/twin room sharing, breakfasts included;
- Sightseeing tour program in each city with local guides;
- Entrance tickets to sights as per itinerary;
- Tickets for trains Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara;
- Economy class ticket for flight Urgench-Tashkent;
- Meals: lunch in Tashkent on Day 1, wine degustation in Samarkand on Day 2, lunch in Samarkand on Day 3, lunch in Gijduvan on Day 4, dinner in Bukhara on Day 5, lunch and dinner at Vabkent village on Day 6, dinner in Khiva on Day 8, lunch in Tashkent on Day 9;
- Cooking master classes: in Samarkand on Day 3, in Gijduvan on Day 4, in Bukhara on Day 5, at Vabkent on Day 6, in Khiva on Day 8.
- Tour leader to accompany the travellers for the whole period of the tour;
- Hotel charges for additional services;
- Travel insurance;
- Tips are not included, but would be appreciated.
Prices per person
Accommodation
Inspira / Ateca / Navruz / Moderno / Praga / Milan
Comfort:
Hampton by Hilton / Wyndham Tashkent / Courtyard by Marriot / Panarams
Deluxe:
Hyatt Regency / Hilton
Gur Emir Palace / Jakhongir Premium / Silk Road Empire / Bibikhanum / City / Asia Samarkand / Usman / Wellfort
Comfort:
East Star / Zarafshon Parkside / Dilimah / Royal / Medina / Platan / Grand Samarkand Superior
Deluxe:
Movenpick / Hilton Garden Inn
Minzifa / As-Salom / Bibikhanum / K.Komil / Fatima / Amulet / Lyabi House / Sasha & Son / Kavsar
Comfort:
Paradise Plaza / Omar Khayam / Asia Bukhara / Minorai-Kalon
Deluxe:
Mercure Old Town Bukhara / Shahriston / Wyndham
Zarafshan Boutique / Erkin Palace / Orient Star / Muso Tura
Comfort:
Zarafshan Boutique / Asia Khiva / Orient Star / Erkin Palace
Deluxe:
Farovon