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Silk Road: Three Cities - 7 Days (Tashkent, Samarkand, Registan, Shahi Zinda & Bukhara)

4.5(19 reviews)7 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Seven days on the Silk Road, visa-free. Seven days with business-class rail seats, boutique madrasa-conversion hotels and a licensed guide in each city.

Meridian Overland
Runs this trip
Walking / cultural tour
Seven days on the Silk Road, visa-free
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Chorsu BazaarThe Tashkent metro was a military secret until 2018 and photographing the stations was illegal.
  • RegistanThe Registan is three madrasas facing a square, built across two centuries, and it is the single most impressive thing on the Silk Road.
  • Gur-e-Amir
  • Lyab-i HauzGenghis Khan destroyed Bukhara and reportedly left the Kalyan minaret standing because he had to tip his head back to see the top of it.
  • Poi Kalyan
  • Ark of BukharaThe old town of Bukhara is a UNESCO site in its entirety and almost all of it is walkable in a day.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 6 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
  • A hotel inside the Khiva walls
Flights
  • Domestic flight Urgench–Tashkent
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • Afrosiyob high-speed rail on both legs
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
Permits & fees
  • All monument entries in three cities
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Flights to Tashkent
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Most lunches and dinners
  • Hammam and other personal extras

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Tashkent Retreat

Hotel

Day 1

Samarkand Lodge

Lodge

Days 2, 3

Bukhara Residency

Hotel

Days 4, 5

Khiva Inn

Hotel

Day 6

What you'll eat

6 breakfasts and 2 dinners across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 6
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–7

8 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking

Operator

Meridian Overland
4.5 (19)

Based in New Delhi

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
4.5/5
Based on 19 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.3/5
Guide
4.2/5
Itinerary
4.4/5
Transport
4.4/5
Accommodation
4.3/5
Tour operator
4.2/5
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Karan Shah – Kochi2026-01-19 · Verified booking

Silk Road done well. The itinerary had room to breathe.

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Farah Qureshi – Pune2026-01-19 · Verified booking

Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Worth every rupee.

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Nina Hoffmann – Lisbon2026-01-19 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Recommended.

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Meera Iyer – Delhi2026-01-19 · Verified booking

Silk Road done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.

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Rohit Verma – Chandigarh2026-01-19 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Meals were good throughout and the vegetarian options weren't an afterthought. Would send friends their way.

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Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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Sameer Khan – Pune2025-12-28 · Verified booking

Silk Road done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. Worth every rupee.

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Vikram Bose – Chandigarh2025-12-28 · Verified booking

Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.

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Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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Sameer Khan – Ahmedabad2025-12-28 · Verified booking

Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Recommended.

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Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.

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