Package Twenty Eight Detail
Package #28
4 Days / 3 Nights:
Serahs border-Mary-Ancient Merv-Turkmenabat-Alat/Farap border
Trip Details
Days
Itinerary
Program
Transport
Meals
Accommodation
The 1st day
Sarahs border– Mary city
200 km
Today right after breakfast we say good-bye to Iran as we make our way to Turkmenistan border Serahs. Upon arrival to the border point go through custom procedures and continue to drive to have lunch at the local restaurant in Mary city. Hotel accommodation and rest. City tour: Mary Mosque, “Maru-Shahu-Jakhan” Bazaar
Regular – Bus
Lunch – at the local restaurant.
Dinner – at the local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel – Mary hotel-4* or similar
The 2nd day
Merv- Museum of history
Visit an Ancient Merv– Merv was located at the road crossing of the Great Silk Road and quickly became one of the largest and biggest cities of the ancient world and was one of the most important capitals of Islam along with Baghdad, Cairo and Damascus. Guided tour: Gyz Gala, Erk Gala, Soltan Gala, SoltanSanjar Mausoleum, Ibn Zeid Mausoleum.
Then continue with National History and Ethnology Museum. Rest time.
Regular – Bus
Breakfast – at the hotel. Lunch – at the local restaurant.
Dinner – at the local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel – Mary hotel-4* or similar
The 3rd day
An Ancient Margush/ Gonurdepe
After the breakfast, the group will visit the 5th center of civilization Margush / Gonurdepe. A remarkable Bronze Age civilization existed here, known variously as Margush, meaning ‘lowland’, or by the Greek name of Margiana. It has been gradually uncovered since the early 1970s by belated Professor Viktor Sarianidi – the leader of Margiana Archaeological Expedition. The Bronze Age sites are to be found at or beyond the northern edge of the present-day oasis, in land which is now desert. Climatic change and progressive desertification caused the abandonment of the area, with the result that the ruins of the Bronze Age settlements are well preserved beneath the desert soils. The Margiana sites seem to have had close ties with those at Bactria, in present-day northern Afghanistan. Sarianidi argues that the Bactria- Margiana complex was a major centre of ancient civilisation, and has speculated that Margiana may even have been a birthplace of Zoroastrianism.
Lunch at the local restaurant. Drive to Mary. Rest.
Regular – Bus
Breakfast – at the hotel. Lunch – at the local restaurant.
Dinner – at the local restaurant.
Overnight at the hotel – Mary hotel-4* or similar
The 4th day
Mary – Turkmenabat – Farap/Alat border
After breakfast, hotel check out and drive to Turkmenabad city. Lunch. Continue driving to Turkmen-Uzbek border Farap / Alat. Cross the border at 14:00 – 15:00 pm.
Regular – Bus
Breakfast – at the hotel. Lunch – at the local restaurant.
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