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8-Hours Tashkent Local Living and Mahalla Experience Tour
8-Hours Tashkent Local Living and Mahalla Experience Tour
8-Hours Tashkent Local Living and Mahalla Experience Tour
8-Hours Tashkent Local Living and Mahalla Experience Tour
8-Hours Tashkent Local Living and Mahalla Experience Tour

Tashkent Mahalla & Local Life Experience Day Tour

By Irene Plus Travel LLC
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $313 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

We would like to offer you to change the tourist route and go to the very heart of the many-sided Tashkent, to its residential quarters mahallas, where the passage of time, social foundations and traditions continue to flow in the same rhythm as several hundred years ago. Here, children play merrily under the supervision of old people among the narrow streets, the hypnotic quail songs sound from behind the high walls, the baker takes fresh fragrant bread from the oven, and a merry wedding is celebrated on the neighbouring street.

Mahalla is worthy of attention not only for those who are interested in the traditional architecture of the cities of Uzbekistan, but also for those who want to see the real life of local residents, plunge into the daily rituals of a traditional Uzbek family, which tightly intertwine history, religion, life, traditions and social life.

Activity location

  • Ensemble Hazrati Imam
    • Zarkainar Street / Qorasaroy Street
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ensemble Hazrati Imam
    • Zarkainar Street / Qorasaroy Street
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Tashkent Mahalla & Local Life Experience Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 6 hours6h6h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 10:00 a.m.
Price details
CA $312.98 x 1 AdultCA $312.98

Total
Price is CA $312.98
Until Sat, Nov 2

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTour guide: Local Professional English speaking guide;
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport: transfers and city tours, as per itinerary (cedan or minivan);
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance tickets: Tickets for attractions listed in the itinerary, unless otherwise specified;
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation in Tashkent;
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch and Dinner, Street Food;
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTips for guides and drivers (not mandatory but very welcomed).

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour required a physical fit for walks during the tour, the total distance could be up to 7 km, short breaks included.

Activity itinerary

Ensemble Hazrati Imam
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
09:00 – Guide and driver will meet you at the hotel lobby or in another place convenient for you. We will start our tour with a visit to the memorial and cultural Khazrati Imam Complex, on the territory of which there are several places of worship. We will start with a visit to the Friday Mosque, where we will try to understand the daily spiritual rituals of the locals and how the daily prayer schedule affects their daily routine. You will then be able to see one of the oldest Qurans in existence, located in a nearby building. You will also visit the Barak-Khan Madrassah, which vaguely resembles a mini-version of the famous Registan Square in Samarkand. Note: the visit time of religious places, or the order of visits could be alternated due to Friday praying times or Muslim holidays.
Ensemble Hazrati Imam
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
After studying the religious component, we will go to the residential area of the mahalla, where we will visit a traditional Tashkent house. A cosy workshop of technologist of Uzbekistan traditional fabrics is located not far from this house. Here you can take a mini tour of the varieties and styles of traditional fabrics during a tea break, and you will also learn to identify the characteristic ornaments of the Ferghana Valley, Shakhrisabz and Boysun. You will also be able to see a functioning loom used for hand-weaving ikat and adras fabrics. The continuation of the tour will take place in the format of a walk along the narrow streets of the mahalla along the Kalkauz canal (estimated walking distance is 0.5 km). Here your guide will tell you many amazing stories and local legends, and he will also show you the technology that makes the walls of traditional houses withstand various seismic loads. You can also become a casual witness to a traditional wedding or family celebration.
Chorsu Bazaar
  • 1h 30m
After the cultural part, we will go to explore the social life that has always been seething between the bright stalls of the oriental bazaars. One of these places today is the oriental Chorsu Bazaar. Like many centuries ago, today the bazaar is the centre of attraction for the local population, where acquaintances and neighbors exchange news, buy or sell various goods, competing in the ability to bargain. You can also practice this «competition» and consolidate your skills in getting the «best prices». The bazaar is famous not only for its food stalls and commodity shops but also for its street food complex. In addition to traditional pilaf and barbecue, here you will be offered almost the entire range of national dishes that will make even those who are not hungry. Optional: You will be offered a lunch in the format of street food tasting.
The Rakhimov's Ceramic Studio
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
At the end of a day full of impressions, you will visit the Rakhimov’s unique house workshop, of the family of hereditary ceramists. Here you can communicate directly with the master over tea and oriental sweets after a leisurely walk through the workshop, a garden in a small courtyard and an exhibition hall of the author's works. At the end of all visits, the guide and driver will bring you to a hotel or other place convenient for you in the central part of Tashkent. We hope very much that this day, which you spent in the circle of your new hospitable Uzbek friends, will warm you with pleasant memories for a very long time. Note: the visit time could be alternated due to the availability of visit times and/or due to special exhibitions the venue may hold. The guide will inform you during the tour. In case of no-visiting days (very rare), we will provide you with alternative experiences.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESEnsemble Hazrati Imam
    • Zarkainar Street / Qorasaroy Street
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEnsemble Hazrati Imam
    • Zarkainar Street / Qorasaroy Street
    • Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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