• Abstract and Figures
• Public Full-text

AND VALID FROM 01/10/2015 TILL 31/12/2016 YEAR! ROUTE: TASHKENT-URGENCH-KHIVA-BUKHARA-YANGIGAZGAN YURTA-LAKE AYDARKUL- SAMARKAND-TASHKENT-CHARVAK/CHIMGAN MOUNTAINS-TASHKENT SINGAPORE – TASHKENT (DIRECT) TUESDAY HY552 SINGAPORE 11:45 TASHKENT 16:50 TASHKENT – SINGAPORE (DIRECT) THURSDAY HY551 TASHKENT 21:35 SINGAPORE 08:25 (FRIDAY arrival) DAY 1.SINGAPORE-TASHKENT (TUESDAY) Arrival in Tashkent by HY-552 “Uzbekistan Airways” at 16:50 Immigration and Customs will take about 1 hour Met by English Speaking Guide Drive to you hotel, fresh up and relax. Dinner at local restaurant Overnight MEALS: --------/----------/Dinner 1 Sophia Road #02-17/21 Peace Centre Singapore 228149 Tel: 6339 9133 Fax: 6338 1650 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eztour.sg DAY 2.TASHKENT-URGENCH-KHIVA by flight (WEDNESDAY) Early breakfast at the hotel 06:00 Transfer to Domestic Airport for the flight to Urgench by HY-1051 at 07.35 . Arrival in Urgench at 09.15 . And transfer to Khiva (30 km). Full day sightseeing tour in Khiva: Khwarazm or Khorezm is ancient and medieval state of central Asia, situated in and around the basin of the lower Amu Darya River; now a region, NW Uzbekistan. Khwarazm is one of the oldest centers of civilization in central Asia. It was a part of the Achaemenid empire of Cyrus the Great in the 6th cent. B.C. and became independent in the 4th cent. B.C. It was later inhabited by Indians who adhered to Zoroastrianism and used Aramaic script. Khwarazm was conquered by the Arabs in the 7th cent. and was converted to Islam. In 995 the country was united under the emirs of N Khwarazm, whose capital Urgench became a major seat of Arabic learning. The capital was a center of agriculture and trade and the residence of the ruling shahs. In the late 12th cent., Khwarazm gained independence from the Seljuk Turks. It was conquered in 1221 by Jenghiz Khan and was included in the Golden Horde . The development of caravan trade by the Mongols was profitable to Khwarazm. In the late 14th cent., Khwarazm, along with its vast irrigation system, was destroyed by Timur (Tamerlane). A century of struggle over Khwarazm between the Timurids , the descendants of Timur, and the Golden Horde was followed by the Uzbek conquest in the early 16th cent. Khwarazm became an independent Uzbek state and was known as the khanate of Khiva after Khiva became the capital. There are ruins of ancient forts, one of which dates back to the 6th cent. B.C. Here you will feel immersed into the past: close lanes, low apartment houses and set of mosques, mausoleums and madrasaahs. Ichan-Kala, Mausoleum of Pahlavan Makhmud, the Tosh-Khovli Palace, the madrasaah of Shergozi- khan, the madrasaah of Alloquli-Khan,Minaret of Kalta- Minor,Uch-Avlya mausoleum and other highlights of Ichan Kala. The mosque of Khiva , also known as Djuma-Mosque , constructed in 10 century was consists of big (55x46m ) is located in Ichan-Qala on the road leading from the gates of Palvan-darva-za to Ata-darvaza . It is a typically archaic mosque with a flat ceiling on columns which has no analogue in Central Asia. Ancient Arabian mosques had a similar layout. The building was constructed in the 18th century . Moonlight pierced through three holes in the ceiling and carved wooden columns create an exclusive atmosphere for prayer. There are 212 columns. The majority of them were carved from tree trunks in the 18th- 19th centuries . Some of them were made from ruined medieval buildings. The most ancient columns might be taken from the medieval Khorezm capital, Kyat lay , at the bottom of the Amu Darya. 21 columns date from the 10th-12th centuries and have Arabian inscriptions in Kufi. Four columns reminiscent of the columns in Bagbanly Mosque with inscriptions in Naskh . The columns of the 18th-19th centuries are well recognized due to Khiva ‘s typical floral-vegetative pattern. Lunch at local Restaurant Hotel check-in 1 Sophia Road #02-17/21 Peace Centre Singapore 228149 Tel: 6339 9133 Fax: 6338 1650 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eztour.sg Continue to visit in ICHAN KALA . The minaret of Islam Hodja is constructed in the beginning of XX century and it is considered one of the late constructions of Khiva. It is separately costing tower narrowed to the top. Decorated by a belt from blue and green stripes, it is not similar to minarets of the old epoch of Timurids and owing to its height of 57 m can be seen from any point of the city. “Museum Tosh Hovli - " a stone court yard " - consists of several constructions and a courtyard which is surrounded by a high wall. The throne hall of khan and various rooms for visitors are located directly by a number with a court yard. Dinner at local restaurant Overnight in the hotel MEALS: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner DAY 3.KHIVA-BUKHARA (THURSDAY) Breakfast at the hotel at 07.00-08.00 Transfer to Bukhara by car, crossing the river Amu Darya and desert Kizil kum. In Uzbekistan there are two great rivers: the boundary river Amu Darya (in antiquity caled Oxus) and northern Syr-Darya (in antiquity called Yaksard). The length of Syr-Darya makes 2213km, and together with its inflow to Naryn 3019 km. Amu Darya originates in Hindu Kush, its length makes 2540 km. Amu Darya takes start in the east of Pamir where the river Pandj flows through gorges of Hindu Kush, incorporates with Vahsh, and then flows to Aral Sea as Amu Darya. Desert Karakum occupies the greater deserted areas of the Central Asia with its extent of 350.000 km and desert Kyzyl Kum the area of which occupies 300.000 km. In the south only the small part of desert Karakum, which means "black sand", belongs to Uzbekistan. Sands of Karakum, however, are not black, more likely "penalty" means as "dangerous". In the north situated the desert Kyzyl Kum ("red sand") which is stretched between the Amu Darya and Syr-Darya rivers. The desert at the certain hours during the day seems really reddish. Both deserts are not cleanly sandy deserts, they are covered by plants. As in the Central Asian deserts in one year drops up to 200 mm of deposits, mainly in the spring, both deserts not waterless. It can be felt especially in March when the carpet of grasses, consisting, first of all of a sedge, tamarisk, a saxaul, start to blossom. In deserts lives basically herbivore kowtowing animals: lizards, monitor lizards of the snake. If it’s goes lucky, it is possible to see wild camels and susliks. Picnic on the road. Arrival in Bukhara. Transfer and accommodation in the hotel. Dinner at local restaurant Overnight in the hotel MEALS: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner DAY 4.TASHKENT-BUKHARA (FRIDAY) Breakfast at the hotel Full Day sightseeing in Bukhara city: Ark-Citadel is a residence of Bukhara khans. According to the last excavations, it was determined the citadel was on this place from 4 century BC. For many years of building and destruction, 20 meters height artificial hill was formed; its upper layers were built over in the time of last Bukhara emirs. The wooden part of Ark building was burnt down during the fire of 1920. The general planning is being reestablished by historical documents. Ark included the whole city, consisting of closely accreted houses; courts and yards with state institutions, emir, his wives, and relatives and officials lodgings. Inside the trapeze form outlines of citadel walls the planning was right-angled with traditional cruciform crossing of main streets. 1 Sophia Road #02-17/21 Peace Centre Singapore 228149 Tel: 6339 9133 Fax: 6338 1650 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eztour.sg Mosque Bolo-Khauz (1712) – it is a classic sample of Central Asian mosque: the winter building of 1712, summer aywan of the early 20th century with ornamented ceiling and wooden columns, small minaret constructed in 1917 by master Shirin and small basin . Mausoleum of the Samanids (X cent.) - Of all the medieval buildings in Bukhara, the Samanids Mausoleum is of special interest. This world-famous architectural masterpiece was built at the close of the ninth century. The mausoleum was erected as a family crypt immediately after the death of Ismail Samani's father. Later, Ismail himself and his grandson Hasr were also buried in it. It is interesting to note that erecting crypts was against Islamic law at that time, for Islam forbade erecting any post-mortem monuments upon the tombs of Muslim believers. However, the prohibition was broken in the middle of the ninth century by one of the caliphs himself, for whom a special as-Sulibiya Mausoleum was built. Ismail merely followed his example. Chashmai Ayub (Saint Job’s Source) - A legend has it that the Bible prophet Job, having visited this land, decided to help the people who suffered from water shortage in the desert. He struck the ground with his stick, making a source of crystal clear water sprang at that place. The people believe that the water from the source possesses healing power. A mausoleum is erected over the source. It is shaped in a form of an oblong prism. The building is crowned with domes, different in form. Over the main building with the source there is a special double dome with a conical “cap”. Lunch at local restaurant Afternoon continues sightseeing: Ulug’bek Madrassah - Ulugbek Madrasah was found in 1417, as the inscription on the bronze plate of door runs says. There is a name of master in the portal tympanum, which was building this monument – Ismail ibn Takhir ibn Makhmud Ispfargoni.

Load more

  10

Copy Link