1-Day Tour of Samarkand from Tashkent

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the historical city of Samarkand with ease from Tashkent on this full-day tour. Depart from your Tashkent hotel and catch a high-speed train to Samarkand. In the company of your guide and driver, set out to see the city. Visit Gur-Emir Mausoleum, Registan Square, Bibi Khanum Mosque, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, and Ulugbek Observatory. At the end of the day, return to Tashkent on the train.

Hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off
Explore Samarkand with a guide
Travel comfortably in a vehicle with a driver and by high-speed train
Enjoy a break for lunch

What's Included

Train tickets(fast,ordin,car) if there are problems with train tickets we use car or mini bus servic
Lunch
Driver or English speaking guidedriver
Local guide or English speaking guidedriver
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entrance ticket of Monuments

Drinks
All Fees and Taxes

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We pick up all travelers from hotels, airport and train stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Itinerary

Bibi Khanym Mosque

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Gur Emir Mausoleum

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Registan

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Shah-i-Zinda

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Ulugbek Madrasah

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
A minimum of two people per booking is required

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.7

based on 19 reviews

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Excellent tour

Mingi_C, Oct 2024

The trip was very well coordinated, and I had absolutely no problem connecting from Driver to the express train and to the guide and the driver at Samarkand. Return trip was also very well coordinated. The guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. Thank you for a great experience.

Response from Host, Oct 2024

Hi how are you Thank you so much for your visiting to Uzbekistan with us!! We are always happy to be in your service and to do our Best!

Spectacular architecture and history.

Luke_L, Jun 2023

Spectacular architecture and history. Each site we visited was several centuries old had exquisite design and detail. Learning the history from our excellent guide helped make the experience much more meaningful.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Thank you so much for your visiting to Uzbekistan. We wish you nice trip in the world..... You are always welcome to Uzbekistan!!!!

Day trip to Samarkand

Gareth_W, Mar 2023

Despite the logistical challenges caused by the Nowruz holiday, the travel team succeeded in getting me to Samarkand and back for a very worthwhile day trip at the end of a one week conference in Tashkent. I'm really grrateful that I was able to fit this into my visit to Uzbekistan. The travel company were very communicative and the guide was really informative.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Hello Gareth Thank you so much for your visiting to Uzbekistan We are very happy that you are happy our services Best regards

Utter waste of time - dont bother

Zahra_A, Oct 2022

I booked this months in advance knowing that I only had 3 days in the country. I booked this with the expectation that I would get to see Samarkand despite my short stay (I was staying in Tashkent). I woke up early and waited for the driver at 6am. No one showed up. After about 30 minutes I tried to call their office and their was no answer. I tried to message them through the Viator website - no answer. I texted them and again there was no answer. By 6.45am I gave up only to hear from the company around 7am tellng me that because they were unable to secure the train tickets the trip had been cancelled. There was no explanation as to why I wasn't informed beforehand (naturally they would have had to book the tickets at least the day before) and I wonder now if they would have contacted me at all if I hadn't texted them first. Complete and utter waste of my time. Don't bother with these guys and save yourselves the headache.

Amazing experience!

Greggy_K, Aug 2022

The tour guide was very knowledgeable and nice. The tour was very organized, and the communication was excellent. The tour exceeded my expectations, and I would recommend it to every tourists who are thinking of visiting Samarkand.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Hi Olivier how are you, we are very happy that you are very happy your day tour Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent. We wish you best trip for all over the world. You are always welcome to Uzbekistan!!

One day tour of Samarkland

PatrickJoseph_K, Oct 2019

Taxi calling at 6 a.m. instead of 7 would deter future bookings from us with viator. It caused panic and spoilt our entire day. Arrangements with our hotel for an early breakfast were aborted. The driver thought it was a huge joke. Our guide in Samarkland was excellent. She was articulate, thoughtful and demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the subject. The high marks we are awarding are based entirely on her performance. The very slow train home was a nightmare! It was packed with drunks and other undesirables. It seemed to be forever coming in to the station in Tashkent.

A quick half day visit to Samarkand

Gary_W, Sep 2019

If you have a day available this is the tour for you as it covered all the major sites and included lunch. Guide and driver excellent, booked late as we had a spare day in Tashkent but book early to get the fast train.

It was a lovely trip and very smooth...

Aparajita D, Jun 2018

It was a lovely trip and very smooth. The guides Mr. Shodiyor and the driver forgetting his name now were very good. From the morning taxi pickup at Tashkent to the train journey and then being met by the guides for the day tour of Samarkand, everything was smooth. We loved seeing Samarkand's mosques, mausoleums and tombs with them because we just had a day there. We enjoyed the lunch in a local house. It was a perfect day from 10 to 5 in the city and then back on the train to Tashkent. The taxi driver was there in time to pick us up. We had a small problem later in Tashkent because we needed Uzbek currency in cash and there was difficulty in finding a place where we could withdraw either Uzbek currency or exchange US dollars and because of language issues we could not communicate clearly with the driver on the directions to a place close to our hotel to withdraw the cash. He was a good person and helpful but I think either he did not know the routes well in Tashkent or it was a communication problem because of language. We ended up driving a bit around Tashkent because of this...