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Tashkent to Khiva via Samarkand & Bukhara: 8-Day Plan You Can Actually Do
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The 8-day version for April: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 7-day plan · 8-day plan · 9-day plan · best time to go.
💡 Good to know for this plan
- Spring and autumn are the most comfortable periods for long outdoor visits; reserve every dated train before fixing the city sequence.
- Heavy transit: day 7 (7h39) runs over 6 hours in transit. Around 9 days would keep daily travel comfortable on this route — or keep the dates and start each of those days by 08:00.
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Day 1 Tashkent → Samarkand
- Transit
- 4h58
- Finish
- ~17:35
- Temperature
- 7.5°C–20.3°C
- Rainy days
- ~8
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 2 Around Samarkand
- Transit
- 0h12
- Finish
- ~14:00
- Temperature
- 7.5°C–20.3°C
- Rainy days
- ~8
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 3 Around Samarkand
- Transit
- 0h12
- Finish
- ~11:50
- Temperature
- 7.5°C–20.3°C
- Rainy days
- ~8
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 4 Around Samarkand
- Transit
- 0h21
- Finish
- ~11:55
- Temperature
- 7.5°C–20.3°C
- Rainy days
- ~8
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 5 Bukhara
- Transit
- 3h26
- Finish
- ~17:20
- Temperature
- 9.4°C–24.6°C
- Rainy days
- ~3
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 6 Around Bukhara
- Transit
- 0h14
- Finish
- ~11:50
- Temperature
- 9.4°C–24.6°C
- Rainy days
- ~3
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 7 Khiva
- Transit
- 7h39
- Finish
- ~17:30
- Temperature
- 8.1°C–22.6°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 13.1h
Day 8 Around Khiva
- Transit
- 0h12
- Finish
- ~14:30
- Temperature
- 8.1°C–22.6°C
- Rainy days
- ~2
- Daylight
- 13.1h
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Sources (5)
- Wikivoyage — TashkentCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — SamarkandCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — BukharaCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikivoyage — KhivaCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)
- Wikipedia — Itchan KalaCC BY-SA 4.0 (facts extracted; prose not redistributed)