About this experience
Bukhara has a special spirit that can be felt in its architecture and everyday rituals. Ready to learn more? On a high-speed train, you will travel to the 'noble' Bukhara with its ancient mosques and mausoleums. You will feel how simple life thrives next to luxurious palaces surrounded by greenery. Chat with artisans in the bazaar and taste local pilaf.
What to expect
Speed, comfort, and convenience
In and back to Bukhara, you will travel by the Afrosiyob high-speed train (tickets are included in the price). In the city, you will be greeted and accompanied throughout the route by a professional guide in a car.
Mosques, minarets, and madrasas
Bukhara was a center of science, culture, and trade in the Middle Ages. It is also a significant religious center of the East. Here, more than in any other city in Central Asia, cult and religious buildings are most fully, brightly, and multifaceted represented. You will see:
- Magokki Attori Mosque - one of three monuments in Bukhara that survived after the invasion of Genghis Khan;
- Gau-Kushon Ensemble - a covered bazaar used for trading expensive silk fabrics;
- Great Minaret and Kalon Mosque - a symbol of Bukhara, serving as a beacon for caravans in the desert over the centuries;
- Ulugbek Madrasa, built by Timur's grandson. Many of its graduates became prominent thinkers and poets;
- Trade Domes - craft rows where you can order original embossing on a tray with your image or the portrait of a loved one;
- Lyabi-Hauz Ensemble - here, next to the honako and madrasa, there is a pond, and also the first synagogue in Bukhara. Cozy eateries operate in the shade of trees where locals often come for pilaf.
Organizational details
Please note: sometimes tickets for the Afrosiyob high-speed train sell out very quickly. If this happens, we will notify you during booking, and you will be able to cancel the order. Alternatively, we will offer you a tour on the Sharq high-speed train (which takes 1.5 hours longer) or a flight costing between $25 and $60.
How the excursion goes
- Departure from the North Station, then at 07:28 on the Afrosiyob high-speed train, you will head to Bukhara (arrival at 11:17), where you will be met by a guide. At 15:30, the guide takes you back to the station.
- The tour will be conducted by me or another guide from our team.
- In the Old City, the tour is on foot. Bring comfortable shoes, clothing for walks, headwear, sunglasses, and money for personal expenses.
What is included and what is not
- The price includes tickets for the high-speed train, the tour, as well as meeting and transfers by car. The train station in Bukhara is located in the neighboring city.
- Entrance tickets are paid separately: their total cost will be approximately $7 per person.
