Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Mary (4 hours) via the ruins of Seyitjemalledin Mosque in Anau. The mosque was built in 1456, when Abu-ibn-Kasim Baber Bahadurkhan ruled in Khorasan. Bahadurkhan’s vizier, Muhammed Hudaidot, financed the mosque’s construction and chose the site – near the grave of his father, Sheikh Jemaleddin, a native of Anau. The square central hall, with sides 10.5m high, was crowned with a dome. Later on, the mosque was partially reconstructed. By the 19th century, land subsidence had damaged the building heavily, and the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake destroyed it completely. Now, only lower parts of the portal and some fragments of the walls remain. Visit Abiward, which was once an important trading town of North Khorasan. It was a key location on the Great Silk Road between Nisa and Merv, and also linked to Nishapur, across the Kopetdag Mountains to the south.

To be Continued to Merv, an ancient city that was a major centre of international trade and crafts on the Silk Road. Discover the Historical and Cultural Park of “Ancient Merv” (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), which was one of the most important capitals of Islam along with Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus. See the Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum, Large and Small Kyz Kala, Erk Kala, Gyaur Kala, Mausoleum Complex of the Askhabs, Hoja Yusuf Hamadani complex, and Mohammed Ibn Zeid Mausoleum. Then drive to Mary airport for your flight to Ashgabat. Overnight at a hotel in Ashgabat.