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Day 1	Arrive Tashkent Khush Kelibsizlar-Welcome to Uzbekistan!
Day 2	Tashkent/Samarkand Morning tour of Tashkent before we depart for Samarkand "Rome of the Orient"- a city which was already flourishing when Rome and Babylon were founded.
Day 3	Samarkand Full day tour of the historic city of Samarkand.
Day 4	Shakhrisabz/Bukhara We visit Shakhrisabz, the birthplace of Tamerlane-the man who made so much a difference to Central Asia. Later continue to Bukhara.
Day 5	Bukhara Full day tour of Bukhara- the setting, even today, takes us back to the days of the Arabian Nights.
Day 6	Bukhara/Urgench We experience a whole different landscape as we drive through the Kyzylkum Desert for Urgench.
Day 7	Khiva Full day tour of this living museum-the most magnificent site in Central Asia. We meet local folks still living within the walled.
Day 8	Urgench/Tashauz Crossing over to Turkmenistan we drive via Konye-Urgench to Tashauz.
Day 9	Tashauz/Ashghabat Morning we drive to Ashghabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. En route we see nomads and desert scenery.
Day 10	Ashghabat Full day tour of Ashghabat, Nisa and Anau.
Day 11	Sunday Carpet Bazaar Early morning visit to the Talukchka Sunday Bazaar which is also known as the Turkmen’s carpet bazaar. Afternoon optional excursion to the Silk Road trading post of Merv.
Day 12	Ashghabat/Mashhad We bid Sag Bolinix, the typical Turkmen farewell, to the "Stans’ of Central Asia and proceed to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad.
Day 13	Mashhad/Shiraz Morning tour of Mashhad followed by an evening flight to Shiraz, the city of Roses, poetry and Nightingales.
Day: 14	Shiraz Full day tour of Shiraz.
Day: 15	Persepolis Full day we visit Pasargadae-the capital of Cyrus the Great. Continue to Isfahan. En route we visit a beautiful Caravan Serai.
Day: 16	Passargadae/ Isfahan Morning we visit Pasargadae - the capital of Cyrus the Great. Continue to Isfahan. En route we visit a beautiful Caravan Serai
Day: 17	Isfahan "Ishfahan is half of the world" – full day tour of this magnificent city.
Day: 18	Isfahan Continue tour of Isfahan. Afternoon, independent time for shopping in the typical local bazaar.
Day: 19	Isfahan/Tehran An enlightening drive to Tehran with stops at Kashan, Qum and a visit to the Tomb of Aayatollah Khomeini.
Day: 20	Tehran Full day tour of the capital of Iran.
Day 21	Depart Tehran Khuda Hafiz - the Persian "God be with you" greeting as we are transferred for our departure flight-after a moving experience of the mysteries of Central Asia & Persia.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner daily Airfare Mashhad/Shirza included in tour cost. Note this is a soft adventure tour and involves some long drives. Overnight, a certain places, is limited to basic accommodation.