Kumtepa market Fergana Valley tour is combined tour in which travelers visit one of the region’s oldest and busiest market and not missing main hightlights of Fergana Valley.
Visit one of the most popular destinations in Uzbekistan with this two-day tour to Fergana Valley. From 2016 travelers take the train ride to Fergana valley through the longest tunnel in Central Asia which is 21 km. On this tour you visit Margilan where the majority of silk is made in Uzbekistan, Rishtan city—famed for its blue-and-green ceramics and famous Kokand city.
The highlights of Kumtepa market Fergana Valley tour:
Travelers visit one of the region’s oldest and busiest market
Travelers can see traditional methods of weaving along the Silk Road. One of the best-known places is in Margilan in the Fergana Valley, where visitors are welcome to tour in a small factory.
You learn difference between artificial and real silk (Real silk is warmer to the touch, is more tightly woven and if you care to set fire to a piece, will turn into an ashen ball and smell like burning hair).
Have a guided tour in the most impressive sight of Kokand in Khudayar Khan Palace which is one of the most glittering royal residences in Central Asia.
Total Duration: 2 days
Day 1 : Tashkent to Kokand (sightseeing)
Meals not included
Accommodation included: Overnight in central located Hotel 3* or boutique hotel
Day 2 : Kokand drive to Margilan (sightseeing), Rishtan (sightseeing) and drive to Tashkent through mountain pass
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation not included
DAY 1: Tashkent to Kokand (sightseeing) by train
Early morning transfer to the train station of Tashkent and the train leaves at 08.10 am (on the way train stations: Orzu, Pop, Kokand) and reaches Kokand at 12.30.
Meet your local guide and driver and start sightseeing tour in Fergana Valley
The sightseeing in Kokand:
Palace of Khudáyár Khán: the most impressive sight of Kokand is the Khudayar Khan Palace , one of the most glittering royal residences in Central Asia. The Palace originally had got 113 rooms set around seven courtyards and this days visiters can visit 19 of rooms which is remained.
Jami Mosque: Juma Mosque in Kokand was built by King Umar Khan between 1809 and 1812, and it was the khan’s primary place of worship. The mosque remained shut for most the 20th century, but reopened after much-needed restoration in 1989. There is a minaret and 98 glorious redwood columns, carved and imported from India.
Norbut-Biya Madrasah: built in the 1790s, has an attached graveyard (Dahmai shakhan or cemetery of the khans) that includes the Modari Khan Mausoleum where Omar Khan and his wife, the poet Nadira Begim, are entombed. Built in 1825, it has a grand entry portal with an ornate mosaic of blue glazed tiles.
DAY 2: Kokand drive to Margilan (sightseeing), Rishtan (sightseeing) and drive to Tashkent through mountain pass
The sightseeing in Margilan
Kumtepa Bazaar (Kumtepa Market) is one of the region’s oldest and busiest markets. Endless stalls of ikat silks (adras, atlas) woven in traditional Margilan style. Heaps of fresh produce, spices, bread (lepeshka), along with samsa, plov, and local delicacies.
Note please: Kumtepa bazar works only on Sundays and Thursdays from morning till 13:00
Margilan silk center. Nowadays the majority of silk is made large factories and most of these are in China. However, it is still possible to see traditional methods of weaving along the Silk Road. One of the best-known places is in Margilan in the Fergana Valley, where visitors are welcome to tour in a small factory.
The sightseeing in Rishtan
Rishtan town is famous for its blue-and-green ceramics and the oldest center of ceramic art in Central Asia. Visit one of the pottery studios of the town.
After the tour drive to Tashkent through Kamchik Mountain Pass and drop off at your hotel in Tashkent.
