Tour · 20 nights · with Explore Worldwide
The Five Stans of The Silk Road
An escorted 20-night tour through the five Central Asian 'Stans', travelling by train, car and foot to historic cities, alpine lakes and desert ruins with Explore Worldwide.
Highlights
What makes this one worth it
Turkmenistan’s Old Nisa fortress and Spiritual Mosque
Khiva’s Ichan-Kala fortress and city walls at sunset
Uzbek avant-garde art at Nukus’s Savitsky Museum
The high-speed train between Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand
Kyrgyz yurt camp and traditional horse games near Issyk Kul
About the trip
This small-group holiday begins in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with its marble architecture and echoes of Soviet and Niyazov eras. From there, the journey continues by overnight train across dusty plains to Kunya Urgench and then into Uzbekistan’s historic cities of Nukus, Khiva and Bukhara, each with distinctive architecture, bazaars and ancient fortresses.
