Private Shahrisabz Tour: Explore Timurid Heritage

Embark on a private day tour to Shahrisabz, the rural mountain area known for its archaeology, culture, and history. Customize your itinerary, explore historical sites, and enjoy the scenic journey in a private car.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Palace Complex of Ak-Saray - Ak Saray Palace (White Palace). The dimensions of the building can be perceived when looking at the gate towers: the two towers were 50 m high and had an arch with a span of 22 m. The buildings were destroyed in the 16th cent. by order of the ruler of Bukhara, Abdullah Khan.
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • The Palace Complex of Ak-Saray 21000 UZS per person
  • Kok-Gumbaz Mosque 21000 UZS per person
  • Dorut Tilovat 21000 UZS per person
Additional Information

Take this private tour out to Shahrisabz to check out the archaeology, culture, and history of the rural mountain area. You’ll pass vineyards, and farms, then hills, and finally reach the mountains. Not many tourists explore this part of the world, so you’ll have a rare opportunity. You’ll visit several historical places, and hear all about them from your private guide.

Ride out in a private, air-conditioned car
Feel free to customize this private tour
Take around a half day for this tour and the rest of the day is yours
Round-trip transport is provided for ease

  • There is no guide, only the driver but the drivers can communicate with guests, they can speak English, Russian and Turkish.
  • The total tour duration includes the travel time.
Location
Registan Square
Registon ko'chasi
we also will take you from your hotel, train station or airport
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Yeukman_c
Jul 19, 2024
Highly Recommend!! - The tour was very enjoyable, and the driver was very nice. He took us to a local family diner. It was a very pleasant experience!
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Journey17337052250
Jun 9, 2024
A well organized Daytrip for anyone interested in the history of Amir Timur - If you have a day extra in Samarkand, I recommend this daytrip. In the morning, Yusufjon greeted us at the hotel, explained the itinerary and introduced us to the driver Axmadjon. Axmadjon then took us through the mountains to Shahrisabz. The road itself is quite nice, because it follows a river and passes a few small forests and nature reserves. On the route, we stopped at the tekish tosh boulders, at a market on top of the mountains (with lots of katik) and a nice viewpoint. Axmadjon was very friendly and communicated with us using some English and mostly Google translate, which worked well. We could have added more stops, if we had asked to. In Schahrisabz we were then greeted by Faruza, our guide for the day. She is also very friendly and spoke excellent English and explained to us the history of the city and Amir Timur. We visited the remains of the Ak Saray Palace (with an excellent and extensive explanation by Faruza), then we visited the shop of a painter who also had a model of the palace and added a bit of information to the history of Amir Timur and Ulug Beg. From there on we went to Kok Gumbaz Mosque, Kulyal Mausoleum, Dorut Tivolat and obviously also the Amir Timur Statue. Everything is close to a large green park. Afterwards, we were picked up and driven back to our Hotel. We could have added a stop for lunch or dinner, but since we were a bit tired, we decided to skip lunch/dinner stops. We are very happy that we booked this tour, since it was a really nice experience. Some friends of us had visited Schahrisabz earlier independently and tried to find a guide spontaneously themselves, but that didn't work so well. Therefore, we are happy that we booked this prearranged tour instead.
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Knr67
May 23, 2024
Best day trip - Yussef arranged excellent guide in Shahrisabz - very glad we went. Included a relaxing lunch in mountains and a stop at mountain bazaar.
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Chandrabhanuh
May 16, 2024
Fantastic trip into the countryside. - A very good day trip to the country out of Samarkand. Loved the countryside and the mountains we drove through. My driver Hassan was a friendly person, very polite. In Shahrisabz the guide Feruza was also an intelligent, bright and friendly personality. The visit to Shahrisabz was an important experience for me.
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19samark
May 15, 2024
Beautiful Mountains, even more beautiful city - Fantastic trip to shahribaaz, beautiful scenery along the way and great historical buildings. Yusuf and the driver was warm and welcoming and knew all the nice spots to stop at along the route. The guide was very informative and was a local in the area speaking perfect English. Very reasonable price for such an involved service for 1 person, including a private car and guide. Lunch was also done on a beautiful view of the mountains in a traditional Uzbek style. Cannot recommend this company enough.
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Shaahedaa
May 3, 2024
Memorable Day trip to shahrisabz - Yusuf was great we had a Day Tour to Shahrisabz of Amir Timur the day was great and very informative. The driver was really nice and friendly. I would recommend.
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Salamata2016
Apr 14, 2024
Great service - Good service, nice chat and reasonable price. Highly recommended. This place is quite unique and special for history buffs
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Doris_cro
Apr 12, 2024
Great trip to Shahrisabz - We had a great trip to Shahrisabz with Yusuf. We was an excellent driver and good company. His English is very good and he was able to answer all our questions about the main sights. He recommended good stops along the way for photos and an excellent lunch with a view. We highly recommend this company for a trip to Shakhrisabz.
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Evast4007jx
Mar 23, 2024
Top! - Yusufjon did a perfect job and organized everything perfectly well. The site is amazing. I also did a daytrip to the Seven Lakes in Tajikistan with the company. It's also been an amazing tour!
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Adriv304
Jun 6, 2024
Enjoyed trip with zack - Wonderful experience Zack was a good guide with lots of info on history. Taxi ride to mud volcanoes scary!!! But all worth it
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