Uzbekistan: A Journey of Discovery
11 days from £2095 per person
Great Cities of the Silk Road
12 days from £3225 per person
To travellers crossing the great deserts of Central Asia, the splendid turquoise domes and mosaic-tiled facades of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva must have seemed like visions of heaven.
Silk Road Explorer: Turkmen and Uzbek
15 days from £4995 per person
A highly recomended tailor-made adventure tour of Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan by High-Speed Rail
8 days from £2850 per person
If you only have a week to spare then this streamlined tour, starting and ending in the capital Tashkent, is our recommended option.
Uzbekistan: A Journey of Discovery
11 days from £2095 per person
Travelling into the heart of the ancient Silk Road, in the footsteps of Alexander the Great.
Suzani and Skull Caps
An art form that remained remarkably resilient to the cultural suppression of Soviet times is Uzbek embroidery, or ‘suzani’.
Khiva
In the early 19th century, the name ‘Khiva’ struck fear into the hearts of Western explorers. The capital of a famously sadistic despots known as the ‘Khans’ (direct descendants of the redoubtable Genghis Khan), it served as the final staging post for caravans bound across the desert to Iran.
Pottery Visit
One of the most popular stops on our Uzbekistan tours is the visit to the Narzullayev ceramics workshop between Bukhara and Samarkand. The family have been potters at the same plot near the Zeravshan River for five generations.
Plov
‘Plov’, from the Persian ‘pilaw’, is the national dish of Uzbekistan. Consisting of rice, carrots, onions and meat – usually mutton, but also lamb or beef – it’s slow cooked in sheep’s fat
Sleep in a Yurt
There’s no better way to experience the distinctive atmosphere of the Kyzlkum Desert in Uzbekistan than spending a night or two in a traditional yurt.
Silk Factory, Fergana
As in China and India, the state has a monopoly over silk production in Uzbekistan, although the bulk of the production and weaving is carried out in small, family-run businesses.
Uzbek Music
Many forms of traditional Uzbek music were suppressed in the Soviet era, particularly those associated with Sufi worship and other expressions of the Islamic faith
Uzbek Markets
Daily markets remain an essential part of Uzbek life, and one of the great pleasures of visiting the country lies in exploring them, watching local people as they go about their business shopping
