Private Tour
Samarkand One Day Private Tour from Tashkent with Bullet Train
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
It is best to spend a whole day exploring Samarkand - the pearl of the East. Here you can find buildings with their gold leaf interiors, cool courtyards, and colorful bazaars.
1) Visit famous landmarks like Registan square, Gur Emir mausoleum, Bibi Khanym mosque, Ulugbek observatory, Afrasiab museum
2) Get to know the history, culture and heritage of the ancient city
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please check Uzbekistan entry requirement at Wikipedia on Visa policy of Uzbekistan
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Gur Emir Mausoleum
Gur Emir Mausoleum – As a conqueror there are few that are Tamerlane’s equal, both in territory and legacy left. Today one can visit his tomb in the beautifully reconstructed Gur-Emir Mausoleum (1404-1405, 15-17 centuries) and reflect on his life while looking at the largest piece of jade (greenstone) in the world.
Registan
Registan became the city square when the life in Afrosiab stopped. Since that time Registan was reconstructed several times. Today it is surrounded by the three medreses Ulugbek, Sherdor and Tillokori.
What‘s Included
Return Bullet Train Afrosiyob Tickets Tashkent-Samarkand-Tashkent option
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
Experienced licensed guide
Entrance tickets
Tips for Guide & Driver
photo & video Museum charge to be paid cash at entrance $1-2/sight
Options
Tas-Sam-Tas by bullet train
Electronic tickets: Please provide all Passengers full name, passport number & nationality in special requirement to issue tickets
Reviews
9 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Had a great time :)
Abhilasha B,Aug 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00An absolutely fantastic and well-organized tour! Everything was seamless from start to finish, and our guide ‘Timur’ was knowledgeable, engaging, and truly superb. It’s the perfect way to spend a day exploring such a historic city – highly recommended!
Talented guide and a wonderful day!
KatherineW,Jul 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Charos, my guide, was so knowledgeable and professional! It was a brutally hot day and she expertly navigated us into shady spots before sharing the historical city of everywhere we visited. She also did an excellent job connecting the key characters and time frames between each location which helped me understand the full history. The car was clean (and cold!) and the driver was kind.
Exceptional Tour With Exceptional Guide
Andrew B,Apr 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Guide was very knowledgeable, polite and informative. As for Samarkand it was the gem I’d always hoped it would be but our guide Pushi made the trip. I can’t recommend this trip enough. Viator managed to get us a train ticket as we booked 2 days earlier but the bulletin train had sold out .. we should have followed Viators advice and booked much earlier but the normal train was superb too 😀
Highly recommended day tour in Samarkand!
andreasjJ6383GH,Dec 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was highly interesting with unique views of the high culture of Amir Temur and Ulug‘bek. We had a very nice, educational and amusing guide.
Sam
praveen n,Oct 31, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Tour operator New Prime India Cochin Tours and Travels recommended we enjoyed it very. Much with family
Samarkand with travel problems….
Maciej M,May 3, 2024
- Review from Viator
2.00Samarkand is obviously a must- visit place when travelling to Uzbekistan. We managed to visit the most important parts of old/ancient Samarkand. Tombs, mausoleums, mosques, statues coverted to tourists traps and shops, shops, shops…. Beautiful but quite sad…. Unfortunately, our trip was not as smooth as it could be. When we received a written confirmation from travel agency we were sure that everything is booked. Surprise, surprise….. a day before the trip we got one-way train tickets only. Thanks to hotel staff we arranged on our own taxi to the train station, caught Afrosiab express and reached Samarkanda. We were welcomed by a nice and polite guide, who had no idea why we did not receive return train tickets. She called the office and learnt that they work on this now. Finally, we got two tickets for different trains and timing. Our tour should be cut by 2 hours and participant should travel back to Tashkent separately with different trains. We did not agree and complained. After few hours, the travel agency managed to find two seats in the same train ( one in economy class another one in vip class - vip class is a kind of Uzbek joke, worth nothing). I understand that Afrosiab trains are full in high touristic season and sometimes buying tickets is difficult or impossible but travel agency should never confirm tours if they do not have booked tickets for travel. Now, we will remember mainly travel issues from Samarkand instead of beauty of this place. Travel agency provided us with a knowledgeable guide, good driver, clean car but forgot to book train tickets….
Excellent tour with amazing, charming and knowledgeable guide
Ramziya J,Mar 13, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Easy to listen guide’s language Carting, attentive and cheerful guide Flexible schedule of tour Enough information is provided to comprehend
satisfying experience!
fitriandika n,May 16, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00this private tour was amazing, the car was very comfortable, our tour guide (shokhrukh) was very informative and flexible, he also knew very good spot for taking your pict! overall, we were satisfied with this tour! recommended 👍🏻
Everything was organised...
Amir Z,Jan 27, 2022
- Review from Viator
5.00Everything was organised perfect, beautiful city with a lot of very interesting sights, guide was really very friendly, helpful and had a hugh knowledge about the history and sights
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