Route: Tashkent - Kamchik Pass - Kokand - Rishtan - Margilan - Tashkent (300 km, ±4.30 hours)
Description:
Departure from your hotel/airport/railway station in Tashkent. Time can be changed by request of traveller.
- Tashkent: In the morning we will head towards the Ferghana valley. One of the regions of Uzbekistan that “is not spoiled by total tourism”. The road lasts about 4.30 hours which includes several stops along the way.
- Kamchik Pass: The first sightseeing stop which is the only transition route between the Golden Valley and the capital and by this reason is a strategic important route. It is 2268 metres above sea level and we will climb up to 2000 metres from where there is a beautiful view of all the mountains of the Western Tian Shan
- Kokand “City of Winds”:
- Khudayarkhan Palace (residence of last Khans)
- Jami mosque
- Dakhmai shahan necropolis (mausoleum of Khans)
- Rishtan: Centre of the Ceramic Industry - our way will pass through this city which is the centre of handicraft production of ceramic products in Uzbekistan. The ceramics of Fergana is one of the most authentic among the local schools of Uzbekistan and which still retains this tradition. Here, at the master's house, we can get acquainted with the process of production of ceramics and we can also participate in this process.
- Margilan: The centre of the silk industry in Central Asia. We will visit the factory “Yodgorlik” which is one of the main silk producers in Central Asia where you can get acquainted with the process of manual silk production.
- Then we can visit Local BAZAAR.
- Arrival in Tashkent (hotel/airport/railway station)
