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A well constructed tour, culminating with the visit to Registan Square in Samarkand. The hotels were adequate and the local food passable. Each of the towns Khiva, Bokhara and Samarkand have there own individual attractions and were well worth visiting, particularly when one reads into the turbulant history of the region. An excellent and eye-opening tour.
Perhaps the first sight of Registan Square was the most inspirational
The group leader, an Uzbek national, had a good knowledge of the region and organised the tour well
It seems that the whole road between Khiva and Bokhara is being upgraded at present - be prepared for a rough ride. Always take the group leader's advice on suitable places to eat
A very good trip, with the right balance of sights, free time and experiencing the culture. The monuments were impressive and it was interesting to see how Soviet rule still cast a shadow 20 years after independence.
Overall the most striking experience was to see how friendly the people were. Happy to chat to visitors, have their photo taken or just smile and wave. The two days in Khiva were probably the highlight of the trip, specially wandering around the town after the official sight seeing. The locally produced art and crafts were impressive, good choices and reasonable prices. What was noticable was that stall holders didn't hassle potential customers too much.
The tour leader was very knowledgeable and gauged the mood of the group well. He was flexible to meet the group's or individual's needs and adapt the schedule, when it became necessary (e.g. delayed flights)
Great place to visit, take plenty of cash for those souvenirs and pack a few cereal bars - food was a bit repetetive...
Great trip, my only regret being that I wished I’d taken it a little earlier in the year when it wouldn’t have been quite so hot, but wouldn’t have missed it for the world!
It's incredibly hard to pick out anything above everything else - highlights include the women's hammam (heaven itself after the previous day's long bus ride!), getting used to a wodge of local currency and just the whole 'wow factor' of most of the places we visited. Even after days of mosques, mausoleums and madrassahs, Uzbekistan still seemed to have something to make you take a mental step back!
Having read a previous review, I'd had some qualms about what this trip would be like, but our group leader was more than up to the challenge - nothing was too much trouble for him, which was no mean feat for a group where a third of the people were vegetarians in a resolutely meat-eating culture! He always seemed to strike the right balance between being involved enough in what the group was doing but also letting people go their own way at times, while still being there for an emergency translation when our haggling skills fell apart...
The trip notes do not lie when they talk about long bus rides and anyone taking this trip needs to realise what's involved - the longest one is a bit of a killer mostly because of the poor condition of a significant portion of the road, though our driver was excellent and it never felt unsafe. Vegetarians should resign themselves to a limited menu and fill up on the first course salads (which are usually fantastic) when they can! Approaching this trip with a flexible attitude towards food is key.
Some amazing sights punctuated with some fairly long bus journeys. Hotels better than I expected, although food was at times a bit of a challenge.
A lot to choose from, but the desert fortresses were much better than I'd expected (monumental in a desert landscape) and the silence and brilliant skies and solitude of the yurt camp were to be savoured. The blue tiled architecture is fantastic against a blue sky - the photographers in our group had a field day. There's a lot of history here and very little evidence of the nastier sides of the regime picked up on in pre-holiday reading (no soldiers/tanks etc).
I think we may have been both lucky and unlucky here. Our leader had excellent knowledge (mentioned by name in the Lonely Planet guide) but wasn't used to leading groups - she'd been given the gig at the last moment and was struggling with it a bit e.g. there was never a welcome meeting as she felt uncomfortable with holding one, but that meant she never really found out the temperature of the group and what it wanted. As a group we needed more advice on places to eat and she didn't seem to acknolwedge that lunch existed! Pretty clear she wasn't one of the usual leaders though so probably (?) not representative. It didn't spoil the holiday but was a frustration for some.
Veggies really should stock up on supplies or reconsider Uzbekistan, it is a concept that doesn't really compute! Otherwise, just the usual safety stuff - no one on our trip was affected by tummy troubles, but we were all taking sensible precuations, and take plenty of entertainment for the long road trips.