| Days |
Waypoint |
Subjects of itinerary |
| DAY 1 |
Ashgabat
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Arrival to Ashgabat, transfer to hotel and accommodation.
Lunch
Sightseeing tour outside of Ashgabat: Transfer to Old Nisa (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the earliest of Parthian Empire capitals.
Transfer back to Ashgabat, visit to Park of independence, National Museum of History and Ethnography.
Dinner
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| DAY 2 |
Ashgabat - Mary
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Breakfast
Morning flight to Mary. Arrival to Mary, transfer towards Bayram-Ali, the contemporary re-incarnation Ancient Merv. One of the major archaeological sites of Central Asia. Visit to VI-IX cc. AD forts of Big and Little Kyz-Kalas, mausoleums of Sultan Sanjar and Muhammed ibn-Zeyd XII c.,
Lunch.
Transfer back to Mary, sightseeing tour: visit to local History Museum.
Dinner.
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| DAY 3 |
Mary - Ashgabat
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Breakfast
Transfer to Ashgabat, on the way stop at Kaahka village, sightseeing tour of Nadir-Shah fortress (18c).
Lunch.
Arrival to Ashgabat and accommodation in hotel.
Dinner.
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| DAY 4 |
Ashgabat - Bokurdak - Darvaza
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Breakfast.
Transfer to Bakurdak village visit to local families and see traditional activities: embroidery, pichme (traditional bakery), baking bread and cooking ishlekli (meat pies). See making felt if in season and milking camels.
Lunch in local family.
Transfer to Darvaza Flaming Crater, which located in desert, upon arrival sightseeing of surrounding and the flaming crater. Accommodation in tents.
Dinner around the fireplace.
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| DAY 5 |
Darvaza - Dashoguz
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Breakfast
Transfer to Dashoguz, on the visit to Izmukshir, an ancient stronghold and the mausoleum of Abulkasim az-Zamakhshari.
Lunch.
Arrival to Dashoguz, visit to ceramic work shop. Accommodation in hotel.
Dinner.
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| DAY 6 |
Dashoguz - Kunya Urgench - Ashgabat
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Breakfast.
Transfer to Kunya Urgench.
Sightseeing tour in Kunya Urgench: visit to mausoleum of Turabek Hanum, minaret of Kutlug Timur, mausoleum of Sultan Tekesh,
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour in Kunya Urgench: visit to Kyrk-Mollah mound, the fabled al-Mamun’s Academy of Sciences; and mausoleum of Il-Arslan.
Transfer to Dashoguz Domestic airport, flight to Ashgabat. Arrival to Ashgabat, transfer and accommodation in hotel.
Dinner.
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| DAY 7 |
Ashgabat
|
Breakfast
Sightseeing tour of Ashgabat: visit to Talkuchka Sunday market, transfer to Kipchak village to visit biggest mosque in Turkmenistan and the family mausoleum of the first President, visit Geok-Depe to see pure-blood Akhal-Tekke horses at Arkadash stud farm,
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour of Ashgabat: visit to Tekke stronghold Russian-Turkmen battle field in 19c., Kov-Ata cave a unique hot-water underground lake.
Dinner.
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| DAY 8 |
Ashgabat
|
Breakfast
Transfer to Ashgabat International Airport, flight back home.
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