The 15 Best Samarkand City Tours

Samarkand: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

1.Samarkand: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 153 reviews · 4 hours · from $18Our pick

Walk Samarkand’s grandest monuments with a local guide, from Gur-e-Amir and Registan to Shah-i-Zinda, for $18 in four hours.

“We had a wonderful time touring Samarkand with Charos today! She was very nice at explaining the history and could answer all our questions. Would highly recommend!”

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Private Samarkand City Tour With Transportation

2.Private Samarkand City Tour With Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 149 reviews · from $54Top rated

Review of a private Samarkand city tour with hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport, local guides, major Silk Road sights, and flexible pacing.

“Top notch guide in Mohiddin, PHD in Asian studies and perfect English. He really went deep into some of the historical areas we were interested while offering some humour, personal stories as well as great restaurant recommendations. We were challenged with an EU summit which closed roads and delayed openings, but Moiddin did a great job adjusting schedule and routes to stay ahead of delegations 🙏”

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A City Tour Of Samarkand: The Pearl Of The East

3.A City Tour Of Samarkand: The Pearl Of The East

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 133 reviews · from $16

Review of Samarkand’s 3.5-hour walking tour, covering Registan, Gur Emir, Bibi Khanym, Hazrat Khizr, and Shah-i-Zinda for $16.

“Great tour that I highly recommend. Good introduction to Samarkand with just right level of detail and free time. If you want a very efficient way to know the language of city and get oriented this is it.”

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Bukhara: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

4.Bukhara: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 102 reviews · 4 hours · from $19

Walk Bukhara’s Silk Road heart for four hours, from Lyabi Khauz to the Ark, with a local guide and major sights for $19.

“Tour covered all significant sites of Bukhara. We paid for 2 entrances, the rest was free. We were lucky to observe in addition to itinerary biennale installations.”

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Tashkent: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

5.Tashkent: Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 71 reviews · 4 hours · from $19

See Tashkent’s sacred mosques, Chorsu Bazaar, palace-like metro stations, Independence Square, and Amir Timur Square in four hours.

“Worth the money. Enjoyable and long tour. We were in the rush hour at the metro.”

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Samarkand: Private Tour of Ancient City and Traditional Art

6.Samarkand: Private Tour of Ancient City and Traditional Art

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · 6 hours

Review of Samarkand’s private six-hour tour, covering Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, Timurid monuments, silk paper, transport, guides, and value.

“Our guide was very kind and knowledgeable, we really enjoyed our tour and felt it was well organized as it gave us the opportunity to properly get to know Samarkand. Really recommended!”

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Samarkand Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

7.Samarkand Historical City Highlights Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $24

Walk Samarkand’s top Silk Road monuments with an English-speaking guide, from Gur-i Amir and Registan to Shah-i-Zinda and Siab Bazaar.

“Ou guide Charos was well prepared and seemed to know a lot about not only Samarcand also about Uzbek history, highly recommended.”

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Private Guided Tour Samarkand city history and culture

8.Private Guided Tour Samarkand city history and culture

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $65

Explore Samarkand with a private guide, from Registan and Gur Emir to Bibi Khanym, with history, transport, and flexible pacing.

“The guide was friendly and knowledgeable, but late. I did get to see everything I wanted to see in Samarkand, and then some. It's quite a packed tour. We went to a restaurant, but I didn't realize that I would be picking up the tab for the two of us and the driver as well. I would have liked to have known that in advance.”

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Samarkand City Tour with a Professional Photographer

9.Samarkand City Tour with a Professional Photographer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 18 reviews · from $74

Explore Samarkand’s Registan, Gur Emir, Shah-i-Zinda, Bibi Khanym, and Siab Bazaar with a guide and professional photographer.

“Excellent tour with professional photographer. Gave all the good angles as to where to take photographs. Done the tour at 5pm which means you saw the lights on at Registan Square.”

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Samarkand City Tour

10.Samarkand City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · from $139

Review of Samarkand’s private full-day tour, with Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, lunch, entrance fees, transport, guides, and practical booking advice.

“The sights were really beautiful. Our guide, Sevinch, knew the history of her city very well. She kept the pace slow to match my walking difficulty. Much appreciated!”

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Private Samarkand City Tour With Transport

11.Private Samarkand City Tour With Transport

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 1 day · from $67

Review of Samarkand’s private one-day city tour, covering Registan, Shah-i-Zinda, Siyob Bazaar, transport, guides, and value.

“I spent the day with Amine and I had a wonderful time exploring Samarkand, and in the snow too! Amine was so professional, patient, and fun. What was remarkable is that he had just gotten married the night before and was still willing to spend the day with me!”

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