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Asia Travel
Silk Road by Minyoun
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The operator’s website still shows last season. The details here are from 2026 and may change.
Asia Travel is an Israeli travel company that was listed as running a kosher Pesach 2026 program at this hotel for Israeli guests. Its website blocks automated access, so no program details could be confirmed at source.
- Dates
- Pesach 2026; exact dates not shown
- Price
- Price on request
- Operator’s track record
- The operator doesn’t say how long it has been in business. Worth asking.
- Setting
- City
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Contact
- office@asiatravel.co.il03-525-6677
Kashrut and standards
Taken from the operator’s own website. A dashed outline means the operator hasn’t said, not that the answer is no.
- Supervision
- Mehadrin, non-gebrokts, no kitniyot (supervisor not named)
- Who it suits
- Israeli, Hebrew-speaking families
Who is the supervisor?
The operator’s website does not name a rabbi or agency I could look up.
Worth asking the operator
- Who signs the kashrut certificate for this program, and can I see this year’s certificate?
- How many years has he supervised this operator’s Pesach programs, and this hotel in particular?
- Does an agency or beth din stand behind the certificate, or is it his personal hechsher?
- Is he in the hotel for the whole of Yom Tov, and how many mashgichim work under him?
Ask before you book
The operator’s website doesn’t state these. If any matter to you, get the answer in writing:
- Cholov Yisroel
- Glatt
- Pas Yisroel
- Shmura matzah
- Separate swimming
- Kitniyot policy
Standards can change from year to year. Confirm with the operator and your own rav.
Videos and social accounts
The operator’s own channels, found on its own website. They are marketing, so weigh them alongside the facts above.
Asia Travel on social media
The hotel
About the building itself, all year round. The Pesach program is run by the operator, not the hotel.
- Address
- Каттакишлок кучаси, Kattakishlak, Samarqand Region, 140000, Uzbekistan
- Brand
- Minyoun
Hotel details from © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 2026-10-03. Confirm with the hotel before you rely on them.
Ratings and reviews of the hotel
These are year-round guests rating the hotel, not Pesach guests rating the program. For the program, see the guest reviews further down.
Food
The operator’s website doesn’t describe the food in detail.
Entertainment and activities
The operator’s website doesn’t list its entertainment yet.
In the operator’s words: Direct flights and transfers included, Full board plus hot drinks station and wine bar, Kids club with Hebrew-speaking staff, Folklore shows, BBQ and evening events, Synagogue with cantor, Spa, pools and gym.
Kids and teens
Price
Rates on request
Check what’s added on top: many programs add taxes, service charges and tips of 20 to 25 percent. Work out your real total.
Getting there
There is a nonstop flight from New York (JFK), about 13 hours in the air.
Samarkand (SKD) lists nonstops from Tel Aviv. Tashkent (TAS) lists Tel Aviv, New York JFK, London (Heathrow and Gatwick) and Paris.
Guests from Israel usually fly straight to Samarkand or Tashkent; others typically connect through Istanbul or fly to Tashkent and continue by train.
Routes come from each airport’s published route list, checked October 2026. Flight times are estimates from the distance. Airlines change schedules, so confirm before you book (route list we used).
From the airport
- Samarkand International Airport (SKD): about 20 minutes by carSamarkand's own airport, close to the hotel.
- Tashkent International Airport (TAS): about 4 hours by carThe country's main airport in Tashkent; about four hours by road, or just over two hours by high-speed train.
Late April weather
Pleasant spring weather with days around 73°F (23°C) and nights near 50°F (10°C).
Good to know
- Check entry rules for your passport before you book.
- The currency is the Uzbek som; carry some cash, since smaller shops and taxis may not take cards.
- You do not need a car; taxis are inexpensive, and the hotel is about 20 minutes from the old city.
- Uzbekistan is five hours ahead of GMT.
The hotel on Google Maps
Google’s star rating and reviews are for Silk Road by Minyoun all year round, not for the Pesach program.
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Safety and travel advisories
What governments say about travel to this country. Nothing here is this site’s own judgment.
US State Department travel advisory for Uzbekistan
Level 1 of 4: Exercise normal precautions
- The level is for the whole country, not for the hotel or its neighborhood. Level 1 is the lowest of the four and Level 4 the highest.
- Advisory dated January 25, 2026; I read it on October 4, 2026. Levels change, so open the advisory before you book and again before you fly.
This is the governments’ own wording, not a rating by this site. Israel’s National Security Council also publishes travel warnings for Israelis abroad. Ask the operator what security the program itself arranges, such as guards and entry checks.
Things to do near Samarkand
Ideas for chol hamoed. Check opening times before you go; some places close or get very busy during the holiday.
Eternal City
Family, about 5 min awayA recreated old Silk Road town of craft workshops and blue-tiled buildings inside the hotel complex.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Registan
History, about 20 min awayThree enormous tiled religious schools facing each other across a grand square, the symbol of the city.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Gur-e-Amir
History, about 20 min awayThe blue-domed tomb of the conqueror Tamerlane, with a richly gilded interior.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Shah-i-Zinda
History, about 20 min awayA narrow lane of tombs covered in some of the finest blue tilework in Central Asia.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
Bibi-Khanym Mosque and Siab Bazaar
Shopping, about 20 min awayA giant 15th-century mosque beside the city's main market for bread, dried fruit and spices.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Gumbaz Synagogue
Jewish heritage, about 20 min awayA small domed synagogue from 1891 in the old Bukharian Jewish quarter.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
Tomb of the Prophet Daniel
Jewish heritage, about 15 min awayA long hillside tomb above a spring, a site visited by Jews, Muslims and Christians alike.
Good for teens, couples, grandparents
Ulugh Beg Observatory
History, about 15 min awayThe remains of a huge 15th-century instrument for measuring the stars, with a small museum.
Good for kids, teens, couples, grandparents
Guest reviews
No guest reviews yet. Ratings on this site only ever come from guests, so this program has no score until someone who went writes one.
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Where this information comes from
Checked on October 4, 2026. These are the pages we read:
- lp.asiatravel.co.il/passover-uzbekistan-2026/
- asiatravel.co.il/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A9-%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F.html
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