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Tashkent
Visiting the old city: Hazret Imam ensemble including Barak-Khan madrassa (XVIth c.), acting Djami mosque (Friday mosque) and Kaffal-al-Shashi mausoleum (XVIth c.); Kukeldash madrassa (XVIIIth c.); bazar.
Samarkand
Visiting sights: Reghistan square, the heart of Samarkand with its madrassas of Ulugbek (XVth c), Sher-Dor ( madrasah with lions) (XVIIth c) and Tillya-Kari (decorated with gold) (XVIIth c); Ulugbek Observatory (XVth c); Gur-Emir mausoleum (XVth c), where the tombs of Tamerlane and his descendants are located.Bibi-Khanim mosque (XIth c – beginning of the XVth c), the biggest one in Central Asia, constructed by the order of Tamerlane after his victorious campaign to India; bazaar; Shakhi-Zinda necropole (the living king), the pearl of Samarkand, ensemble of mausoleums dated from the XIth- XVth centuries, the authentic museum of the medieval architecture.
Shakhrisabz
City tour around Shakhrissabz, birthplace of Tamerlane: Ak-Sarai palace(XIVth c), m Kok-Gumbaz mosque (XVth c), Gumbazi-Seydan ensemble (XIVth – XVth cc), Djakhangir mausoleum (XIVeth c); bazar.
Bukhara
First discovery of Bukhara: Lyabi-Khauz ensemble, one of the most famous places of
Bukhara including Nadir-Divan-Beghi madrassah (1622), Kukeldash madrassah
and Nadir-Divan-Beghi khanaka (1620); Magok-Attor mosque (XIIth – XVIth cc);
the Trade Dome Center of the XVIth century Toki-Sarafon (dome of merchants)
and Toki-Tilpak Furushon (dome of hatters); Chor Minor ensemble with four minarets.
Visiting sights: Ark — ancient fortress (VIth-VIIthcc.), Bolo Khauz mosque (1712), Samanid's Mausoleum (IXth-Xth cc.), Chashma Ayub Mazar (graveyard); Bahauddin Naqshbandi Mausoleum; Sitora-i Mokhi-Khossa, one of the country residences of the last Bukharian Emirs (XIVth-XIXth cc.), bazar.
