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Geographical Overview: Demographic Overview: Location: Central Asia Population: More than 30 mln. due to 1st of January 2013 Coordinates: 41 00 N 62 00 E Age distribution: 0 - 14 years old 34,8% - 8 992 802, 15 - 64 60,9% - 15 740 954 Area: Total: 448 900 sq. km Population growth: 15,8 on 1000 people Land: 425 400 sq. km. Birthrate: 20,8 birth on 1 000 people Water: 22 000 sq. km. Ethnic groups: Uzbeks: 80% due to 2013 Land boundaries: Total - 6 221 km Russians: 5.5% due to 2013 With : 2 203 km Tajikistani: 5% due to 2013 With Turkmenistan: 1 621 km Kazakhs: 3% due to 2013 With : 1 161 km Karakalpakis: 2.5% due to 2013 With Kirgizstan: 1 099 km Tatars: 1.5% due to 2013 With Afghanistan: 137 km Others: 2.5% due to 2013 • Average age of travelers – 45 + • Most visited months – March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November • Average length of stay in Uzbekistan – 8 days / 7 nights • Preferable Hotels – 4* stars • Average tour cost – for GRP 700-800 $ and above, for FIT 900 $ and above

Uzbekistan - On the plains of Central Asia there are many cities with hundreds of architectural monuments of different epochs. Among the most famous are Samarqand, , , Shakhrisabz, Termez and Kokand. These cities were the centers of science and the art. Great architects created palaces, mosques and mausoleums, world famous monuments of ancient architecture remembering Alexander the Great and Gengiz Khan. Many of these masterpieces did not survive, but by visiting those, which have been preserved, it is possible to glimpse the pages of the past. Your trip to Uzbekistan will be unforgettable. You will see minarets, grandiose Madrassah and mosques, palaces and mausoleums decorated with incredible ceramic tiles, noisy and colorful oriental bazaars, interesting legends, warm hospitality and ancient traditions of local inhabitants.

Tashkent - is the capital of sovereign Uzbekistan. In the present is one of the most important business centers of Central Asia. Present-day Tashkent is one of the most attractive Oriental cities. The architecture of Tashkent is unique, hospitality and friendliness of Tashkent people is amazing. Tashkent is about 2000 years old. It has passed the way from the small ancient settlement to the one of the biggest Asian cities. A lot of memorable events of peace and war took place Luring the history of Tashkent ful of periods of rise and decline. Contemporary Tashkent is a political, cultural, scientific and industrial center of Uzbekistan.

Samarqand - is situated in Zerafshan Valley and surrounded by the spurs of Pamir-Alay ridges. Ancient Samarqand was well known both in the East and in the West. In the 4thc. BC Samarqand, then called Marakanda, was one of the centers of culture and trade in the East. Samarqand equals such cradles of human civilizations as Athens, Rome, Memphis, Alexandria. .

Bukhara - As mentioned in the holy Avesta book Bukhara is one of the most ancient Uzbek towns built on the sacred hill of spring time offerings put by Zoroastrians. The name "Bukhara" is derived from the Sanskrit word "vihara" denoting "temple, cloister". In the course of centuries the town had the names Numizhkat, Madinat-us-Suphia, Madinat-ut-Tudjar, Fakhira.

Khiva - History of Khorezm dates so long back to ancient times that only few civilizations can equal its age. Many hundreds years before opening the Great the ancient Khorezm was already connected by water and land with Europe and the East, Siberia and the civilizations of the South. The great world civilizations of the time merged in Khorezm. Their cultural interaction preceded the opening of the Great Silk Road.

Khiva is placed in the west of Khorezm region, at the height of 100 m above sea level, near boundless Kyzylkum Desert. Khiva seems to have been materialized from a tale. It has kept an exotic character of ancient place, untouched by the time till the present days. There are palaces with the rich mosaic, unique beautiful minarets, madrassehs and mosques there. The architecture of Khiva amazes by its monumentalism, painting, astonishing combinations of the colors.

Morning and evening – best to visit Khiva.

OFFERED PROGRAM

SHORT INCENTIVE – 4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS PERIOD: 03 – 06 APRIL2014

OPTION 1 – TASHKENT- SAMARQAND Program is based on regular flights of HY: 03/04/2014 – MOW-TAS HY 604 Departure from MOW – 12:05 MOW Time Arrival to TAS – 16:55 TAS TIME 06/04/2014 - TAS – MOW HY 601 Departure from TAS – 19:05 TAS Time Arrival to MOW – 22:20 MOW Time

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OPTION 2 – TASHKENT– FISH FARM= NATIONAL RESTAURANT «TAVAQSAI» in TASHKENT REGION MOUNTAINS Program is based on regular flights of HY: 03/04/2014 – MOW-TAS HY 604 Departure from MOW – 12:05 MOW Time Arrival to TAS – 16:55 TAS TIME 06/04/2014 - TAS – MOW HY 601 Departure from TAS – 19:05 TAS Time Arrival to MOW – 22:20 MOW Time DAY 1

16:55 – Arrival to Tashkent. Meet & Greet at Tashkent HOTEL OPTION International Airport with 1 OSS & Escort and 1 Euro №1 – «INTERNATIONAL» Hotel. From 1995 to 2012 - 2-3 standard comfortable coaches. «INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL». From July 2014 19:00 – Transfer to the hotel. Check In. will operate under the worldwide chain brand «HILTON». 20:00 – Opening Dinner with alcohol at the Hotel. Overnight at the hotel. www.ihthotel.com DAY 1

HOTEL OPTION №2 – «RADISSON SAS BLU» Hotel. For the last 10 years has been recognized as Best Hospitality Service Hotel in Uzbekistan. www.radissonblu.co m/hotel-tashkent DAY 1

HOTEL OPTION №3 – «DEDEMAN SILK ROAD» Hotel. Best seller Hotel & Travelers #1 Choice Hotel. http://www.dedeman.com/ hotel-tashkent/dedeman- silkroad-tashkent.aspx DAY 1

HOTEL OPTION №4 – «RAMADA TASHKENT» Hotel. During USSR era till 1993 - «LENINGRAD» Hotel. In 2008 was purchased by Indian investors & renamed as «THE PARK TURON». From August 2013 operating under «RAMADA» brand. www.ramadatashkent.com DAY 2

07:00 – 08:30 – Breakfast at the hotel. 09:00 – 13:00 – Conference session in the hotel. 11:00-11:15 – Coffee-break #1. 13:00 – Lunch in the hotel. 14:15 –Tashkent City Tour: Old part of the city. Memorial “Shahidlar Khotirasi” Monument of Courage, Barak-Khan Madrasah (16th c.), The Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.), Kukeldash Madrasah (16th c.), the Djuma mosque (9th c.), Museum of Applied Arts, CHORSU National Old market 18:30 – Transfer to national restaurant «TANOVAR» or other. 19.00 – Dinner at «TANOVAR» + alcohol. Show program (national folk band, Oriental Dance Show, Lady with python, Snake-man). Memorial “Shahidlar 23:00 – Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. Khotirasi”

The Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.) Monument of Courage Hast-iMom Complex DAY 2

Tilla Sheikh Madrasah Mui Mubarak Madrasah

Barak Khan Madrasah

Djuma Mosque Kukeldash Madrasah DAY 2

National Restaurant TANOVAR DAY 2

Lady with python

Oriental Dance Show

National Folk Band DAY 3

OPTION 1 – TASHKENT - SAMARQAND 06:00 - 6:40 - Early breakfast at the hotel. 07:00 - 07:30 - Transfer to Tashkent Central Railway station. 07:30 - 08:00 - Registration for high-speed train "Afrosiyab" to . 08:0 0 - 10:15 - Transfer to Samarkand (400 km 2 hours 15 minutes). 10:15 - Pick up at Railway station and Samarkand City Tour begins: With visiting Square (XV-XVII BB), complex Shah-i-Zinda (IX-XIX BB), Bibi-X anum (XIV B), Siab Bazaar, Ulugh Beg Observatory, Mausoleum of St. Daniel. 13:00 - Lunch at local restaurant «ASTORIYA CLASSIC » or different one. 14:00 - Continuation of the tour. 16:00 - Transfer to Samarkand Central Railway station. 16:30 - 17:00 - Registration for high-speed train "Afrosiyab" to Tashkent. 17:00 - 19:10 - Transfer to Tashkent (400 km 2 hours 15 minutes). 19:15 - Transfer to the hotel. Spanish high-speed train «AFROSIYAB» 20:15 – Transfer for Dinner in national restaurant. 20:30 - Dinner at the restaurant «ESKI SHAHAR » or different one + alcohol. 22:00 - Evening city tour along modern Tashkent. Drive along the Independence Square, the theater Navoi, Amir Temur Square, Tashkent National Arts Centre (local so-called Broadway) - the street with fountains, artists, modern buildings.

The Famous REGISTAN Square in SAMARQAND DAY 3

OPTION 1 – TASHKENT - SAMARQAND

Shah-i-Zinda Complex Bibi Khanum Mosque

Ulugbek’s Observatory

Saint Daniel’s Mausoleum

Siab Bazaar DAY 3

OPTION 2 – TASHKENT - TAVAQSAI

07:00 - 08:30 – Early Breakfast at the hotel. 08:30 - 10:30 - Transfer to the mountain area in Khodjikent, Yusuf Hona for fishing farm Tavaksai. Closed artificial pond. Fishing. Guaranteed fishing, which later will be cooked for you. 10:30 - 13:00 - Leisure: Pleasant independent walks in countryside. Fishing. Drinking vodka. Communication. Pure nature. Clean air. Paradise. + There can be also organized cooking master class of Uzbek dishes. Accommodation and meals at the national trestle beds. 13:00 - 15:00 - Lunch with a variety of meals, snacks, salads, vodka, beer + fried caught fish. 15:30 - 17:00 - Transfer to Tashkent (130 km in 1:30 H). 17:00 - Transfer to the hotel. 19:15 - Depart for Dinner to national restaurant. 19:45 - Dinner at the restaurant «ESKI SHAHAR » or different + alcohol. 22:00 - Evening city tour along modern Tashkent. Drive along the Independence Square, the theater Navoi, Amir Temur Square, Tashkent National Arts Centre (local so-called Broadway) - the street with fountains, artists, modern buildings. DAY 3

OPTION 2 – TASHKENT - TAVAQSAI DAY 3

National Restaurant ESKI SHAHAR DAY 3

Tashkent National Arts Centre (local so-called Broadway) - the street with fountains, artists, modern buildings

Independence Square

Amir Temur Square Alisher Navoi Theater (Tashkent analogue of Moscow’s BOLSHOI Theater) DAY 4

07:00 - 09:00 - Breakfast at the hotel. 09:30 - Check Out from the Hotel. 10:00 - Visit of Chor-Su bazaar + ALAY BAZAAR 13:00 - Lunch at the "PADISHAH" national restaurant. 14:20 - Transfer to Tashkent Airport. 14:30 - Arrival to Tashkent International Airport. 17:00 - Departure to Moscow.

Alay Bazaar

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