3 days · 7 stops
Collection
Timurid Central Asia
The blue-tiled Silk Road cities
Samarkand, Bukhara and Turkistan carry some of the most dazzling tilework in the Islamic world, raised under Timur and his heirs above the graves of saints and scholars.
Day 1
Samarkand
The avenue of tombs and the resting place of Imam al-Bukhari.
- Shah-i-ZindaSamarkand, Uzbekistan
- Gur-e-Amir MausoleumSamarkand, Uzbekistan
- Bibi-Khanym MosqueSamarkand, Uzbekistan
- Imam Bukhari MausoleumSamarkand, Uzbekistan
Day 2
Bukhara
A serene necropolis on the city's edge.
- Chor-Bakr NecropolisBukhara, Uzbekistan
Day 3
Turkistan
Timur's soaring shrine to a Sufi master.
- Yasawi MausoleumTurkistan, Kazakhstan
- Mausoleum of Rabia Sultan BegimTurkistan, Kazakhstan