Schedule for the Wedding and Tour

Day 1 - Welcome to Tashkent

12:00 am

Arrival in Tashkent

Before or on 23 May, 2025 Like so many before you, you arrive in Tashkent as travelers from distant lands. Please send us your arrival date, and we can arrange a car to pick you up from the airport to take you to your hotel.

Day 2 - Kuyov Navkar

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A Warm Welcome: Pre-Wedding Feast

Maftuna and her family will host Kuyov Nakar (“the groom’s friends”) a traditional pre-wedding celebration for the groom and friends at her childhood home. There will be a hoopla, dancing and a traditional feast. On the day, the guys will essentially gather at the end of Maftuna's street and walk in formation to her house, accompanied by a local band and cars. The point is to create a ruckus!

Day 3 - Wedding Day <3

6:00 pm

Day 4 - Explore Tashkent

11:00 am

Feeling a little dusty? Rest, recover and re-watch that highlight reel of yesterday's dance moves or, if you like, join us on a local tour of the city of Tashkent. This tour will start with a masterclass on making local Uzbek food, followed by a tour of Chorsu Bazaar with a local guide.

Day 5 - Grand Tour: Journey to Samarkand

7:15 am

Set off with us on an oriental express to the city of Samarkand, the city where merchants, scholars (and now you!) from the East and West have converged for over 2,000 years. We will organize the logistics for a guided tour, transportation, accommodation and restaurants. As we are able to secure a local rate, total cost of the tour (including hotels, train and accommodation) over the next two days will be about $400 USD (excluding restaurants). Restaurant meals will be probably around $10 - $15 USD per person. 🚄 High-speed rail: Tashkent - Samarkand Departure: 07:21 AM Arrival: 09:51 AM Stay overnight in Samarkand

Day 6 - Grand Tour: Onward to Bukhara

8:30 am

Onwards by train to the City of a Thousand and One Domes. Ancient bazaars, towering minarets, and a cheeky somsa or two. 🚄 High speed rail: Samarkand - Bukhara Departure: 08:30 AM Arrival: 10:14 AM Stay overnight in Bukhara

Day 7 - Grand Tour: Back to Tashkent

2:15 pm

The journey returns full circle, back to Tashkent (around the afternoon).