Tour · 20 nights
The Five Stans of The Silk Road
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan and 3 more · Explore Worldwide
9 departures · May 2027 – Oct 2027
from£5,499per person
Tour · 12 nights · with Explore Worldwide
Silk Road Highlights: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
A small-group escorted tour tracing the Silk Road through Turkmenistan’s Ashgabat and Mary, then Uzbekistan’s Bukhara, Khiva and Samarkand, led by Explore Worldwide over twelve nights of ancient cities and vast desert landscapes.
Highlights
What makes this one worth it
Ruins of the Parthian capital Nissa near Ashgabat
Archaeological site of ancient Merv near Mary
Medieval monuments, madrasas and minarets in Bukhara
Fortified old town and palaces of Khiva
UNESCO sites Registan and Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand
About the trip
This twelve-night tour with Explore Worldwide follows the Silk Road’s ancient path across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Beginning in Ashgabat, the capital built anew after a devastating earthquake, visitors see Soviet-era monuments alongside more recent developments. Nearby lie the ruined walls of Nissa, once a Parthian capital, before heading east to Mary and the vast archaeological site of Merv, a once-thriving medieval city largely erased by the Mongols.
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