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Tour package for Let’s Discover - SILK ROAD HERITAGE TOUR NAME: SILK ROAD HERITAGE - UZBEKISTAN Tour package summary: ✓ Profile of travelers – photographers, bloggers, journalists, media ✓ Tour duration - 10 days ✓ Tour availability - any period of the year ✓ Tour country – Uzbekistan ✓ Total travelers – max 14 persons Price in EUR: ➢ 1650 per person, excluding international air tickets and “Not included”. OVERVIEW CITIES TO VISIT 1. Tashkent Fascinating cultural and informative tour will introduce you to 2. Khiva the ancient history and culture of Uzbekistan, the world- 3. Bukhara famous ancient monuments of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva 4. Shakhrisabz and Shakhrisabz, and its irreplaceable part on the Great Silk 5. Samarkand Road. Here pulsating cultural life of the heart of a powerful empire of Tamerlane. WHAT'S INCLUDED • TWIN/DBL room accommodation in 3* hotels Experience the energy of imperial cities and its bazaars • Full board (3 courses menu) stuffed with exotic wares as you explore the fascinating • Two Dutch and French speaking photographers views of deserts, steppes and mountains. Traveling to the • Photo shooting workshops in each location renowned Central Asian cities of Bukhara, Samarkand and • Excursions in Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, Tashkent you gain a rich sense of the intricate history and Samarkand and Shakhrisabz the hospitality of people. Tallest and elegant minarets, • Local English-speaking guides in each city grandiose madrasahs and mosques, medieval palaces and • Transportation and driver services mausoleums decorated with stunning ceramic ornaments, • 1 (one) domestic flight ticket (economy class): bustle and colours of oriental bazaars, fabulous legends, Tashkent – Urgench warm hospitality and ancient traditions of the local population • 2 (two) domestic train tickets (economy class): will leave a lasting impression in your memory. Samarkand – Tashkent, Khiva – Bukhara We invite you to experience this exciting journey with our • Entrance tickets to the places of intertest listed in partners from Let’s Dicover, photographers, Marleen the program Tutenel and John Reinhard, who are fascinated by Silk • Folklore show during the dinner in Khiva khan Road countries and residence – photo shooting who will lead & guide you to the most famous historical • Culinary masterclasses in Khiva (bread), beauties of the country, which are listed in UNESCO World Bukhara (pilaf), Samarkand (manty) – photo Heritage. shooting, interview with the key personages • Painting master-class in Davlat House – photo You will enjoy of taking pictures of the ancient cities, which shooting, interview with the key personage still keep a memory of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, • Fashion show in Bukhara Brilliant Silk – in Ipak numerous trade caravans and important stopovers on the Yuli Restaurant – photo shooting, interview with Great Silk Road. Choosing this trip you will have a great the key personages opportunity to discover the cultural treasures and traditions • Visit of potter’s house of Alisher Rakhimov - of the Nomadic people who have crossed the region for photo shooting, interview with the key personage ages, and of the people who have settled in its cities. • National Dancing Folk Show in Nadir Devon Explore the sprawling Soviet-styled cities and tour three Beghi Madrassah modern capitals of Central Asia. Absorb the architectural legacies of flourishing Islamic culture and the great Timurid NOT INCLUDED Empire in Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. During your stay • International air tickets you will live through the centuries of the Central Asian Silk • Special requests on food and meals, alcohol and 1 | P a g e Tour package for Let’s Discover - SILK ROAD HERITAGE Road. soft drinks, which are not part of full board menu • Activities during the free time, not part of the tour Khiva city represents a major centre of the world civilization package (entrance fees, transport service, being one of the most important components of the Great permits, guide service etc.) Silk Road. Further, the path runs to Bukhara and Samarkand • Insurances through the expanses of the mystical Kyzyl Kum desert. • Tips & gratuities and personal expenses Magnificent assemblies from different eras and local traditional lifestyle will impress you utterly. Brief information about the activities for Photographers and their partners: TASHKENT – locations/activities description: Master-Apprentice Pottery School of Akbar and Alisher Rakhimov (included in the program – day 1): In an ancient district of the Tashkent city, in one of the so-called mahallas (self-governing body of citizens) a famous pottery ceramics school, Ceramic Studio of the Rakhimov's family can be found. The beginning of this school was laid back in the middle of the 20th century by the works Day 1 of Mukhitdin Rakhimov, a famous scientist and researcher in the field of ancient ceramics. Already in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century, he began collecting and classifying various styles, directions and techniques of pottery, starting with ancient samples such as polished Kushan ceramics, medieval Afrosiab ceramics, and blue and white pottery works dating to the Timurid times. This huge material was published in the fundamental work "Art Ceramics of Uzbekistan". For his work, Mukhitdin Rakhimov received many awards, including the State Prize and the title of People's Artist. Photo shooting and interview of Akbar and Alisher Rakhimov. House-Museum of Pumpkin (included in the program – day 2): The museum is decorated in national style using various types of pumpkins and other types of Day 2 handicrafts. There are more than 1000 unusual exhibits. Each product is unique because each pumpkin has a unique shape. Visitors to the museum are not only surprised at the range of products, but also make photo shooting during the process of making pumpkin appliqués. Moreover, the puppet shows are presented in the museum. The museum has been operating for 15 years. Ethnopark (included in the program – day 2): In the very center of the capital, a newly-built landmark is opening its doors - a unique ethnic town, which presents the traditions and customs of all the peoples of Uzbekistan. In this authentic place you can see and get acquainted with the ancient culture and originality of the peoples living throughout the country. There are, just so you know, more than 120 of them! Ethno-park has become a treasury of all kinds of Uzbek handicrafts: here you can admire gold- embroidery objects, artistic ceramics, carpet weaving, traditional dolls, knives and ceramic Day 2 dishes. New, and already loved by residents and tourists attraction, located in the "Navruz" park occupies more than 32 hectares. On such a large area, you can make not only a real tour of the heritage of our ancestors, but also mix it with a ride on the Ferris wheel and a visit to the amphitheater. Visiting the artisan shops, buying souvenirs, tasting traditional dishes, trying on national chapans and other costumes, enjoying the diversity of the culture values of all regions, without leaving the borders of Tashkent - all this is possible in the new ethnical town. Photo shooting. 2 | P a g e Tour package for Let’s Discover - SILK ROAD HERITAGE “Wax Museum of Celebrities” (included in the program day 2): It is expected that this place will become one of the favourite places of both local residents and tourists. It is well known that most European travellers visit Madame Tussauds and share photos Day 2 with Hollywood stars, scientists, politicians and other celebrities on social networks. Each exhibit in the Museum of Stars, including the atmosphere, is thought out to the smallest detail - “living” dolls, a huge collection of personalities that have left their mark on modern history, etc. Photo shooting. Solar Institute in Parkent (included in the program day 2): In the 70s of the twentieth century, realizing the prospects for the development of environmentally friendly renewable energy sources, Said Azimov initiated the creation of the “Big solar furnace” of Uzbekistan. In the early 80s, he sought approval of the project and headed the construction of an innovative facility in Parkent district (50 km. from Tashkent). The construction of the institute was begun in 1981 and was successfully completed in 1988. In the same year, a unique optical mirror complex with a “Big solar furnace” with a thermal capacity of 1000 kW was Day 2 put into operation. The Uzbek Institute "Physics-Sun" was built on an open hill, in an ecologically clean area. The number of sunny days per year at this point approaches 280. At the base of the hill involved in the construction is a one-piece plate of natural origin, which ensures maximum accuracy of the complex’s work even in unfavorable seismological situations. In 1993 on the basis of this complex, the Institute of Materials Science was created. It is part of the "Physics-Sun" of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in which original developments on the synthesis of high-temperature compounds are conducted. Photo shooting. “Ilkhom” theatre (included in the program – day 2): The theatre “Ilkhom”, one of the first non-governmental professional theatres in the history of the former Soviet Union, was founded in 1976 by its director Mark Weil and a group of graduates of Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute. Initially the theatre was formed as an ensemble consisting of freely improvising soloists who sensitively hear and understand each other. The original name of the theater was ESTY “Ilkhom” (experimental studio of theatre youth – actors, artists, musicians, theatre critics). The young theatre became debut stage for young playwrights, namely for A. Day 2 Vampilov, S. Zlotnikov, Sh. Bashbekov, Ch. Guseynov, L. Razumovskaya, who were later called as the “new wave” of drama. Meeting with the drama of their generation appeared to be the best and the most unique way for the actors to express themselves. Today’s repertoire of the theatre “Ilkhom” is very diverse, ranging from the plays of the world classics to the works of young authors from all over the world, and many of such plays were first presented to the audience nowhere else but in this theatre.

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