| Duration: | 10 Hour(s) - 0 Minute(s) |
| Tour Category: | Full Day Tours |
Day 1: Ashgabat - Dashoguz – Koneurgench – Dashoguz – Ashgabat
Morning pick up at your hotel. Transfer to the airport for a flight to Dashoguz. Arrive and drive to Koneurgench - the capital of Khorezmshahs (3-16th cc.) inscribed into the World Heritage Book of UNESCO. Koneurgench (known as Gurganch in the past) is the largest historical and archaeological park in the north of Turkmenistan. It is a large reserve with numerous ruins and monuments on the territory of modern Kunyaurgench. Such great Muslim scholars as al-Biruni, al-Khorezmi, and Avicenna once worked here.
Sightseeing of the old city: Portal of Caravansaray (11-14th cc.), Il Arslan Mausoleum (12th c.), Mausoleum of Khorezm shahSultan Tekesh (13th c.), Academy of Horezm (3-13th cc.), Mausoleum of TurabekHanum, Minaret of KutlugTimur (14th c.) - one of the tallest minarets in Central Asia, Najmeddin Kubra (13th c.) and Soltan Ali (15th c.) Mausoleums.
After sightseeing of Kone Urgench drive to Dashoguz. Arrival and transfer to the airport.
Return flight to Ashgabat. Arrival and transfer to your hotel. End of tour.
