Shakhrisabz One Day Tour From Samarkand

Samarkand - Shakhrisabz (80 km, ±4 hours round trip)

Departure: Samarkand (hotel/airport/railway station)

Route: Samarkand - Takhtakaracha Pass - Shakhrisabz - Samarkand

Duration: 5-6 hours
Description: Departure at 08:00 / 09:00

- Takhtakaracha Pass: stop for Panoramic view from ±1600 m. In addition you can see many restaurants here that cook only lamb on clay ovens which is a local traditional dish and was a favorite food of Tamerlan .

- Shakhrisabz: Tamerlane's hometown where by his order was built the largest residence in Central Asia from which today remain only the ruins of a huge entrance portal.
- Aksaray Residence
- Dorut Tilovat Complex (the mausoleum of Tamerlane's
mentor and father)
- Dorus Saodat Complex (the mausoleum of
Tamerlane's beloved son)
- Crypt of Tamerlan. The place where Timur himself also should have been buried, but sudden death forced the heirs to be buried in Samarkand, but Timur prepared a crypt for himself that has still been preserved but without burial.

- Lunch and departure

Arrival in Samarkand (hotel/airport/railway station).