Our adventurer begins his journey in Venice, just like Marco Polo, the most famous voyager to have proceeded down thi...

At the edge of the European continent, our guide enters Turkish territory through the city of Edirne. He discovers O...

At the heart of the Anatolian plateau, our guide visits the first of the caravanserais that dot his journey, as they ...

Alfred discovers the north of Iran; enter the city that once was the core of the entire Silk Road in Persia: Tabriz. ...

Alfred learns that Iran has a Silk Road Secretariat. Its representative in the northern city of Qazvin – Hooman Babap...

In the oasis of Kashan, in central Iran, Alfred marvels at the famous pleasure gardens of Fin that cemented the Persi...

Alfred arrives in Uzbekistan, at the heart of the ancient Silk Road. He discovers Bukhara the beautiful, dream city f...

Some used to say Samarkand – in central Uzbekistan – was at the center of the world. Alfred follows the ancient Royal...

Alfred is awestruck by the modernity of life in Tashkent, the capital of present-day Uzbekistan and a major central A...

Osh is the first place Alfred visits in Kyrgyzstan. He saunters down the aisles of its bazaar, but soon realizes that...

Alfred's point of entry to China is Kashgar, in the Xinjiang region – the biggest in the country. It is home to the U...

A Uyghur family invites our guide into their home. He learns about their way of life and growing techniques. Gaochang...

Crossing the Taklamakan desert is a demanding step. And only once the Silk Road caravans made it could they say they ...

Our guide travels to Liqian, at the narrowest point of the Hexi Corridor. Legend has it that this is where the descen...

Alfred arrives in Xi’an - in the province of Shaanxi. The Silk Road caravans used to end their long journey in this m...