Three unhurried days in one city, with craft workshops and teahouses.
You can see Bukhara in a day, but you need three to feel it. This route is not only monuments: a coppersmith's workshop, a scissor-maker, silk carpet weaving and dinner in a family home.
The Kalyan minaret and mosque, the Mir-i Arab madrasah. Evening tea under the mulberry trees at Lyab-i Hauz.
The Ark fortress and the Samanid mausoleum, then the craftsmen under the three trading domes. Dinner in a family home.
The four-towered Chor Minor and the Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa palace outside town. Departure after lunch.
I am so glad we gave Bukhara three days. The craft workshops and the dinner in a family home are not things you get on an ordinary tour.