In 1690, in Gdańsk, the last book of the astronomer Johannes Hevelius came off the press with an engraving of a council of astronomers, and one of the seats belongs to Ulugh Beg, the ruler of Samarkand. Getting to his city is easier today: about six hours nonstop from Warsaw to Tashkent, no visa for up to 30 days, then about two hours by high-speed train. We are a tour operator in Tashkent. You buy the flight, and from the moment you land we take care of the rest.
Nonstop LOT flights from Warsaw to Tashkent, about six hours
No visa for Polish citizens, up to 30 days
Tashkent is only 3 to 4 hours ahead of Warsaw
English-speaking guide included in our tours, Polish-speaking guide on request
Your trip, step by step
From the night landing in Tashkent to the last evening in Khiva: what each part of the trip looks like, what is worth knowing, what to eat, and where we can help.
The way in: nonstop from Warsaw
LOT Polish Airlines has flown nonstop between Warsaw Chopin and Tashkent since March 2024. In the winter timetable 2026/27, LO 189 leaves Warsaw on Wednesdays and Fridays at 15:50 and lands in Tashkent at 01:55 local time, after 6 h 5 min. From the end of March 2027 the afternoon flight also runs on Saturdays. Uzbekistan Airways has announced direct flights from spring 2027 on Mondays and Thursdays, landing in Tashkent at 18:15. From Kraków, Gdańsk, Wrocław or Poznań you connect in Warsaw or fly through Istanbul. Timetables change, so check the days for your dates before you buy the flight.
The afternoon flight lands after midnight, so on our Warsaw tour your room is booked from that night and our driver takes you there, so you can go straight to bed. The first morning is free. Your guide meets you for lunch, then you walk through Chorsu bazaar under its dome, among dried fruit, nuts, spices and round bread from the tandir, and ride a few stops on the metro, where every station was designed as a hall of its own.
The Afrosiyob takes about 2 hours 10 minutes from Tashkent. The oldest of the three madrasahs on the Registan is Ulugh Beg's, built in 1417–1420, and his grave is in Gur-e-Amir. On the Kuhak hill you walk down into the trench where the lower part of his great sextant is cut into the rock; its radius was about 40 metres. The small museum beside it has European engravings that place him among the great astronomers.
In June 2022 a team from the Lublin University of Technology spent a week here with 3D scanners, in temperatures above 40 °C, for the project “3D Digital Silk Road”. Their list makes a good walking route: the mosque and throne room of the Ark, the Samanid Mausoleum, the square of the Kalyan minaret, Chor Minor and the Ulugh Beg madrasah. In the evening, Lyabi-Hauz, where the city comes out to the water, or dinner as the guests of a local family.
The high-speed train crosses the Kyzylkum to Khiva in about three and a half hours. Walk along the walls of Itchan Kala, the inner town with more than 50 historic monuments, and stay for the sunset on the clay. On the last evening a flight of about an hour and a half brings you back from Urgench to Tashkent for the flight home. On the way to the airport we stop at the monument to the singer Anna German, who was born in Urgench in 1936.
The week on the LOT days covers the four cities and nothing else. With more leave, the 11-day classic tour takes them at an easier pace. If Ulugh Beg is the reason you came, Stars of Uzbekistan goes from his observatory to a night in a yurt camp by Aydarkul, far from city lights. If you would rather walk, our hiking tour goes from Chimgan to the villages of Nuratau.
Hotels, train tickets, guides and transfers, timed to your arrival and departure. You buy the international flight; we arrange everything inside the country.
An easy night arrival
On our Warsaw tour the room is booked from the night you land, a driver meets you at the airport and the sightseeing starts at lunch. Fast-track passport control in Tashkent is on request.
A route that fits your dates
A ready tour as it is, or the same route moved to your dates and pace. Flying on other days or with another airline? We build a classic route around your dates on request.
Your guide
An English-speaking guide is included in the price of our tours. A Polish-speaking guide is available on request: tell us when you book, the earlier the better.
Registration
Your stay is registered. Hotels do it at check-in, so on a tour you hardly notice it. Keep the registration slips until you fly home.
On call during the trip
We are a team in Tashkent, on call 24/7 while you travel.
Send us your flight dates, even rough ones, and we will suggest a route that fits them.
Good to know before you fly
In 2027, four days of leave from 4 to 7 May turn the May weekend into nine days, from 1 to 9 May. In autumn, 1 and 11 November give two long weekends.
During the winter school break it is the quiet season here: a January afternoon in Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara averages about 7 °C, Khiva is colder, and the monuments are almost empty.
From June to August afternoons reach 34–36 °C, so we plan the sightseeing for mornings and evenings.
Visa and Mastercard work at most card terminals. Bring euros or dollars to change, and keep some so'm in cash for bazaars and street stalls.
Sockets are types C and F at 230 V, so Polish plugs fit. For a one- or two-week tour your phone needs no registration.
Drink bottled water: it is sold everywhere. At mosques and shrines cover shoulders and knees; women may want a scarf.
Tours that suit a trip from Poland
With the nonstop flight, one week of leave is enough for a first trip. The price is on each tour page or on request.
No, not for a stay of up to 30 days. Travel on a valid passport or temporary passport; we recommend at least six months left on the day you enter. A Polish ID card is not accepted at the border. For a longer stay you need a visa from the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Warsaw before you travel.
Is there a direct flight from Poland to Uzbekistan?
Yes. LOT flies nonstop from Warsaw to Tashkent in about six hours: in winter 2026/27 on Wednesdays and Fridays, and from the end of March 2027 also on Saturdays. Uzbekistan Airways has announced direct flights from spring 2027 on Mondays and Thursdays. From other Polish cities you connect in Warsaw or fly through Istanbul. Timetables change, so check the days for your dates.
Do you book the international flights?
No, you buy the flight yourself. Send us the flight times and we build the trip around them: transfers, hotels, trains and guides.
We land at 01:55. What happens on the first night?
On our Warsaw tour the driver meets you at the airport and takes you to the hotel, where your room is booked from that night. The first morning is free, and the day starts with plov at lunch.
Will the guide speak Polish?
Your guide speaks English, and that is included in the price of our tours. A guide who speaks Polish is available on request: tell us when you book, the earlier the better. For services booked on their own, we agree the guide's language with you.
When is the best time to go?
April–May and September–October. The average afternoon in Tashkent is 22 °C in April, 27–28 °C in May, about 29 °C in September and 22 °C in October. In 2027 the May weekend and the November holidays both fit a short trip.
How many days do I need?
One week of leave is enough for Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva on our 8-day tour timed to the LOT flights, though the last day is long. For a calmer trip, take the 10-day or 11-day classic route.
Plan my trip
Your flight dates (even rough ones), how many travellers and what you would like to see. We reply with a route and prices.
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