Travel styles
Culture & history
Silk Road cities, living crafts and the stories behind the monuments.
Central Asia’s great draw is the human story of the Silk Road: cities of tiled madrasahs, bazaars that have traded for centuries and crafts still handed down in families. A cultural journey here is about more than ticking off monuments.
We pace these trips to leave time for a master potter in Rishtan, a silk workshop in Margilan, tea with a family in Khiva or a long evening at Lyabi-Hauz in Bukhara.
- Tours in this style
- 11
- Best season
- Varies by region
Tours
Culture & history itineraries
Desert Castles of Uzbekistan & the Seven Lakes of Tajikistan
Tashkent → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Shakhrisabz
Central Asia grand tour: five countries in 21 days
Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kunya-Urgench → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent → Margilan → Osh → Bishkek → Song-Kul → Issyk-Kul → Almaty
Uzbekistan essentials in 7 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand
Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan: cities and mountains, 14 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Bishkek → Issyk-Kul → Karakol → Song-Kul
Uzbekistan in depth: 12 days
Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Margilan → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Nurata & Lake Aydarkul → Samarkand → Shakhrisabz
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan: Silk Road and Tien Shan, 12 days
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Turkistan → Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva
Fergana Valley crafts in 4 days
Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Margilan
Where to go
Best places for this style
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