Tours · Uzbekistan
Samarkand tours
Short trips from Tashkent and longer Silk Road routes that spend time in Samarkand.
Samarkand is on almost every Uzbekistan route, and the fast train from Tashkent makes it easy to reach. Below are the tours that spend at least a night there: from a short Tashkent–Samarkand trip to classic loops with Bukhara and Khiva, and routes that cross into Tajikistan for the Seven Lakes or the Fann Mountains.
All tours can be private and moved to your dates. Read the Samarkand travel guide for what to see and how long to stay.
Tours that include Samarkand
Desert Castles of Uzbekistan & the Seven Lakes of Tajikistan
Tashkent → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Shakhrisabz
Central Asia grand tour: five countries in 21 days
Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kunya-Urgench → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent → Margilan → Osh → Bishkek → Song-Kul → Issyk-Kul → Almaty
Uzbekistan essentials in 7 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand
Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan: cities and mountains, 14 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Bishkek → Issyk-Kul → Karakol → Song-Kul
Uzbekistan in depth: 12 days
Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Margilan → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Nurata & Lake Aydarkul → Samarkand → Shakhrisabz
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan: Silk Road and Tien Shan, 12 days
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Turkistan → Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva
Fann Mountains trek from Samarkand, 7 days
Samarkand → Penjikent → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Fann Mountains → Iskanderkul → Dushanbe
Uzbekistan with children, 9 days
Tashkent → Samarkand → Nurata & Lake Aydarkul → Bukhara → Khiva
Plan Samarkand with a local team
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