Shakhrisabz One Day Tour From Samarkand

Samarkand - Shakhrisabz (80 km, ±1.30 hours) Departure: Samarkand (hotel/airport/railway station) Route: Samarkand - Takhtakaracha Pass - Shakhrisabz - Samarkand Duration: 5-6 hours Description: Departure at 08:00 from Samarkand (the time can be changed to 08:30 or 09:00 but not later than 09:00, except for train passengers). - 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.
 Arrival in Samarkand (hotel/airport/railway station).