Samarkand Tour - Part 2
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After Shah_i-Zinda, we drove to the mausoleum of Amir Timur (Tamerlane). If a stunning building, with several tombs inside - the back granite tomb of Timur and the rest of some of his family members,Lue lisää
After Shah_i-Zinda, we drove to the mausoleum of Amir Timur (Tamerlane). If a stunning building, with several tombs inside - the back granite tomb of Timur and the rest of some of his family members,Lue lisää
Today we went on a tour of Samarkand. Interestingly, unlike Bukhara old city, which is concentrated in a small walkable area, Samarkand sites are spread out, so our guide took us around in a car.Lue lisää
In the morning, we took a taxi to the summer residence of the last emir. It was a very beautiful “dacha” with exquisite decorations and lavish displays of the many gifts that emir received fromLue lisää
We departed Khiva early in the morning and rode for 7 hours in the car across the dessert to Bukhara. Once in Bukhara, we walked around the main square centered around the Lyabi Havuz, or main 17thLue lisää
We took a very early morning flight from Tashkent to Urgench and then a 40 min taxi ride to Khiva. There, we met our guide and spent a few hours walking the old town. Khiva was a very very old town,Lue lisää
Today we had a long lunch with Gulsun - it was so great to catch up with her. Last time I saw her 15 years ago when we were last in Istanbul, but with some people, you don’t miss a beat even beingLue lisää
We first went to the Jewish museum inside the active synagogue. There are over 20,000 Jewish in Istanbul now and there are some active synagogue still. The sultans were very favorable to the manyLue lisää
This morning, we went to the Topkapi palace where the sultans lived. Most of the building in the palace Freire life of the sultans and are museum of clothing, kitchen accessories and a treasury.Lue lisää