Route: Shawat (Uzbek Border)–Kunya Urgench–Darwaza Crater–Ashgabad–Anau–Mary–Merv–Farab (Uzbek Border)-Bukhara

Day 1: Shavat–Kunya Urgench–Darwaza Crater
List of Monuments:
-Caravansaray
-Mamun Minaret
-Arslan II Mausoleum
-Sultan Takash Mausoleum
-Kutlug Timur Minaret
-Turabek Hanum Minaret
Transfer to Darwaza Crater
-Visit Crater “Door of Hell”

Night in Darwaza Crater

Description.
Our representative will meet you at Turkmen/Uzbek border “Shavat”. Drive to Kunya Urgench (1.5h). Sightseeing tour in Kunya Urgench: visit listed monuments and Academy of Horezm.
Afternoon drive to Darwaza burning Gas Crater (6h, 300km). The Crater is also called as “The Door to Hell”. In the evening, watch the spectacular and fascinating view of the gas crater.
Dinner & overnight at Gas Crater.

Day 2: Darwaza Crater–Ashgabat
List of Monuments:
-Carpet Museum
-Presidential Palace
-Ruhyyet Palace
-Wedding Palace
-“Yildyz” Hotel
-Ferries Wheel
-Constitution Monument
-Arch of Neutrality
-Independence Complex
-Ertogrul Gazy Mosque

Night in Ashgabat

Description.
Breakfast. Drive to Ashgabat (280km, 5h). Visit Carpet Museum, one of the best in Central Asia featuring designs from the Tekke, Yamud, Sarik and Chodor tribes. The Turkmen carpet museum is one of the cultural centers of Turkmenistan, where about 2000 carpet exhibits, including rare ones, are exhibited.
Afternoon you will have Ashgabat city tour. In 2013 the Guinness Book of Records named Ashgabat “White Marbled City”. You will see Presidential Palace, Ruhyyet Palace, Wedding Palace, modern “Yildyz” Hotel, Ferries Wheel, Constitution Monument, Arch of Neutrality, Monument and park of Independence, Ertogrul Gazy Mosque, Ashgabat Sports and Housing facilities.
Overnight at Hotel.

Day 3: Ashgabat–Mary
List of Monuments:
-Mary Bazaar
-Abiwerd Complex
-Anau Mosque
-Russian Ortodox Church

Night in Mary

Description.
Breakfast at hotel. Morning drive to Mary (360km, 5h). Visit ruins of Seyitjemalledin mosque in Anau. The mosque was built in 1456, when Abu-ibn-Kasim Baber Bahadurkhan ruled in Khorasan (1446-1457). Construction of the mosque was financed by Bahadurkhan’s vizier, Muhammed Hudaidot, who also selected a site of construction–near the grave of his father, sheikh Jemaleddin, a native of Anau.
On the way visit Abiwerd, trading town. Also visit Mary Bazaar and Russian Orthodox church (one of the oldest in Turkmenistan).

Day 4: Mary–Merv–Farab–Bukhara
List of Monuments:
-Ancient Merv
-Kyz Gala Fortresses (VI-VII)
-Askhabs’ Complex (VIII-XIV)
-Erk Gala Fortress (VI BC)
-Gyaur Gala (IV BC)
-Hamadani Complex
-Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum
-Muhamed Ibn Zeid Mausoleum

Description.
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Merv to explore ancient Merv – “Queen of the world”, was one of the most important capitals of Islam. Sightseeing of ancient Merv includes mentioned monuments on list above.
After sightseeing, drive to Uzbek border (260km, 4h).

Border cross and meeting by our driver. Transfer to Bukhara