Nurata 3-Day Tour

Meet your driver in Samarkand and transfer to Nurata, a town founded by Alexander the Great (as the fortified Nur settlement).

• Ruins of the ancient fortress and the kariz (underground water pipeline).
• Chashma Complex and Juma Mosque over the holy spring (pilgrimage site).
• Continue to Asraf village, arrive around lunchtime.
• Homemade lunch with a local family, short walk & village sightseeing.
• Dinner and overnight in a cozy guesthouse.

Homemade breakfast at the guesthouse. Easy mountain hike guided tour to Uhum village with a picnic stop.

• Ruins of Mongol fort Qorgoni Honkeldi.
• Ruins of Deh fortress.
• Old community water mill in Upper Uhum.
• Optional: Culinary masterclass — learn to cook traditional Uzbek food.

Lunch, leisure time in the afternoon, dinner, and overnight at the guesthouse.

After breakfast, depart toward Bukhara. En route stop in Gijduvan for a ceramics workshop tour.

• See the full process from wheel to kiln and visit the ceramics museum.
• Optional: Ceramic painting, suzani embroidery, or traditional bread baking.
• Arrive in Bukhara in the afternoon. End of tour.