A 16-day craft-focused journey meeting the master artisans of Uzbekistan — woodblock printers, embroiderers, silk-carpet and ikat weavers, ceramicists and paper-makers — across Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, a desert yurt at Ayaz-Kala, Nukus and the Ferghana Valley, with hands-on workshops and home-cooked meals.
16 days · 15 nights
You be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel, Over our three days in the Nation’s capital, a city rebuilt following the devastating 1966 earthquake, we plan to explore the cultural history. Visit The Applied Arts Museum houses a worthy collection of suzani ceramics, carved wood, metal work, as well as carpets, ikat and tribal costumes, located in the palace of the Tsarist diplomat Alexander Polovtsev, an authority of Oriental architecture and decorative patterns, who invited local master artisans to decorate his private mansion. It is an essentail introduction to the applied arts you will see on tour. Crafts are explored with a visits to a stunning embroiderer’s workshop, and a ceramic studio. We also experience the Old City at Tashkent’s largest souk, along with a number of other craft centres found here. Some of our travel in Tashkent utilises the decorative and efficient metro system. Tashkent Options: We can arrange tickets for opera, music and ballet program at the Alisher Navoi theatre,or the famous Ilkhom Theatre, the Soviet Union’s first experimental, independent theatre which has some programs with English subtitles. Tickets about $US10.
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