Tour Details:
✅ Guides: Professional, Experienced Guide
✅ Tour Language: English
✅ Group Size: As following
⚠️ Please note: This tour does not focus on shopping. We include a few visits to artisan workshops to showcase Local Life and Bukhara’s cultural side, with optional masterclasses by locals. No payment is expected for these visits.
Tour Itinerary:
Meet your guide at the scheduled time to begin exploring Bukhara’s old town with the following stops.
1) Lyabi-Hauz Ensemble – a lively square with madrasahs, khanaka, and the historic pool at the heart of old Bukhara.
2) Sayfuddin Caravanserai – an example of compact caravansarai
3) Toki Sarrafon – an old trading dome once famous for money changers.
4) Magoki-Attori Mosque – one of Bukhara’s oldest mosques, now home to the Carpet Museum.
5) Toki Telpakfurushon – the largest covered bazaar, once a hub for hat and skullcap sellers.
6) Abdullakhan Tim – an elegant domed bazaar built for silk trading.
7) Abdulazizkhan Madrasah – richly decorated with colourful mosaics and carved details.
8) Ulugbek Madrasah – one of the city’s oldest Islamic schools, built by the great astronomer.
9) Toki Zargaron – trading dome where jewellers once worked and sold their crafts.
10) Kalyan Minaret – the iconic 12th-century tower, symbol of Bukhara.
11) Kalyan Mosque – a massive Friday mosque with space for 10,000 worshippers.
12) Miri Arab Madrasah – an active Islamic school opposite the mosque.
13) Passing by the Ark Fortress– the ancient citadel of Bukhara’s rulers. Nowadays is being used as a Bukhara State Museum. The Ark Fortress is shown only from the outside, since visiting its museum sections would add an extra 1–1.5 hours.
14) Bolo-Hauz Mosque – famous for its wooden pillars reflected in the pool.
15) Chashma-Ayyub Mausoleum – “Job’s Spring,” linked to a local legend of Prophet Job.
16) Ismail Samani Mausoleum – a masterpiece of 10th-century architecture, the oldest in Bukhara.
Some monuments might be under restoration. Don’t worry – our guides will suggest alternative stops so you won’t miss out