Uzbekistan has long been a hub in the world economy but it is also a link between significant points in Asian and world history. You will enjoy revisiting it as you go along the silk route. From Khiva, the city of one thousand and one nights, to the buzzing markets of Samarkand, passing through the unmissable Boukhara and its impressive Ark Citadel, you will be completely immersed as you are surrounded by another world. You can also discover the country’s riches with a visit to Chakrhibas and its white palaces, go off on an excursion into the red sand desert of Kyzylkoum or explore the exotic open-air bazaars of Samarkand or Boukhara. But the most intrepid will prefer to sleep in a yurt after spending the day wandering through the wide Uzbek steppes on the back of a camel! And why not make the most of the proximity of Turkmenistan by popping over to Nisa and discovering its ruins that in bygone times were the capital of the Parthian Empire, the fortresses of which pushed back the Roman invasion?
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