| Duration: | 2 Day(s) - 1 Night(s) |
| Tour Category: | Shopping |
Day 1: Samarkand- Urgut
Breakfast, Pick-up from the hotel and transfer to Urgut.
Situated only 40 kilometers from Samarkand at the foot of the Zarafshan Mountains at a height of 1000 meters, the traditional Central Asian handicrafts and market town of Urgut make for a very interesting excursion for the visitor, particularly on Saturday and Sunday, which are the main market-days.
Urgut has the largest market in the Samarkand region selling traditional handicrafts, both old and new, particularly Suzanne, carpets, jewels, metalwork, and ceramics. The market also has smithies, workshops, and stalls selling locally produced tea sets, clothes, and traditional leather boots.
There are also food stalls serving plov and manti. The secrets of the production of traditional Urgut ceramics, with their characteristic streaky glazes of mustard-gold, brown, green, and pale-citric colors, have been transmitted through seventeen generations by the Oblakulov family.
It is possible to see and buy these attractive traditional wares at the workshop and house of the Oblakulov family, who also produce traditional suzani embroideries with natural dyes.
LUNCH.
Back to Samarkand.
Day 2: Samarkand.
