E: 15/01 Win a private tour for 2 to Uzbekistan

sarah250187 · 9 January at 6:54PM

https://www.wildfrontierstravel.com/en_GB/britishmuseumsilkroadscompetition

Answer- Samarkand

In collaboration with the British Museum, Wild Frontiers is offering a fantastic prize of a 10-day Classic Silk Road Uzbekistan private tour for 2 people, including flights, accommodation, transfers, guided sightseeing and some meals.*

About the trip:

Uzbekistan is the historical heart of the Silk Road, brimming with architectural delights and epic Silk Road tales. Explore the cities of Tashkent, filled with glittering mosaics and mosques, and then the beautifully preserved medieval city of Khiva via ancient desert castles. Travel through the Kyzyl Kum Desert to Bukhara, where a tour of this beautiful oasis, once filled with pools and canals, ends with a homecooked dinner of plov, the national dish. A long history of trade, evident from Bukhara’s exquisite trading domes, there’ll be the opportunity to browse the lively bazaars and pop into a family-run ceramic workshop, before taking the high-speed rail to the fabled city of Samarkand, where you'll witness iconic sights such as Registan Square, Shah-i-Zinda and Bibi Khanum Mosque.

HIGHLIGHTS

Marvel at Samarkand’s Islamic architecture and famed Registan Square
Take a break at a typical teahouse and learn to cook plov in Bukhara
Gaze up at the immense tiled minarets and wooden ceilings in medieval Khiva
Stay in a beautifully restored madrassah and converted historic guesthouses
Visit the mosques and madrassahs of Tashkent’s Old City
Drive into the Kyzyl Kum Desert to find the abandoned ‘Desert Citadels’

About Wild Frontiers:

Wild Frontiers is an award-winning adventure travel company founded in 1998 by travel writer Jonny Bealby. Specialising in off-the-beaten-track small group tours and tailor-made holidays worldwide, Wild Frontiers believes in travel as a force for good, creating opportunities to challenge perceptions and inspire connections through authentic travel experiences.