The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its ...

The Arts Society’s latest lecture is set to look at architecture and textiles in Uzkbekistan. ‘The Golden Road to Samarkand: ...

Tucked away in central Asia lies a country known for its stunning mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road ...

The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious ... airport that opened in 2022 and the strange Disneyland facsimile Silk Road Samarkand, a soulless and sanitised tourist resort situated outside ...

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from Antiquity to the High Middle Ages, the Sogdians ...

Sleeping on silk is the same idea, just fancier due to the higher-quality material. While silk wouldn’t have made sense for me at 10 or even 15, it has become a go-to in adulthood and is less ...

Night - Flurries with a 66% chance of precipitation. Winds NNW at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 39 °F (3.9 °C) and a 59% chance ...

Samarkand flatbread was officially registered as a geographical indication. The justice minister of Uzbekistan Akbar Toshqulov handed over the registration certificate to the acting head of Samarkand ...