
Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.
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Air Date: 2017-01-10
Our adventurer begins his journey in Venice, just like Marco Polo, the most famous voyager to have proceeded down thi...
Air Date: 2017-01-17
At the edge of the European continent, our guide enters Turkish territory through the city of Edirne. He discovers O...
Air Date: 2017-01-24
At the heart of the Anatolian plateau, our guide visits the first of the caravanserais that dot his journey, as they ...
Air Date: 2017-01-31
Alfred discovers the north of Iran; enter the city that once was the core of the entire Silk Road in Persia: Tabriz. ...
Air Date: 2017-02-07
Alfred learns that Iran has a Silk Road Secretariat. Its representative in the northern city of Qazvin – Hooman Babap...
Air Date: 2017-02-14
In the oasis of Kashan, in central Iran, Alfred marvels at the famous pleasure gardens of Fin that cemented the Persi...
Air Date: 2017-02-21
Alfred arrives in Uzbekistan, at the heart of the ancient Silk Road. He discovers Bukhara the beautiful, dream city f...
Air Date: 2017-02-28
Some used to say Samarkand – in central Uzbekistan – was at the center of the world. Alfred follows the ancient Royal...
Air Date: 2017-03-07
Alfred is awestruck by the modernity of life in Tashkent, the capital of present-day Uzbekistan and a major central A...
Air Date: 2017-03-14
Osh is the first place Alfred visits in Kyrgyzstan. He saunters down the aisles of its bazaar, but soon realizes that...
Air Date: 2017-03-21
Alfred's point of entry to China is Kashgar, in the Xinjiang region – the biggest in the country. It is home to the U...
Air Date: 2017-03-28
A Uyghur family invites our guide into their home. He learns about their way of life and growing techniques. Gaochang...
Air Date: 2017-04-04
Crossing the Taklamakan desert is a demanding step. And only once the Silk Road caravans made it could they say they ...
Air Date: 2017-04-11
Our guide travels to Liqian, at the narrowest point of the Hexi Corridor. Legend has it that this is where the descen...
Air Date: 2017-04-18
Alfred arrives in Xi’an - in the province of Shaanxi. The Silk Road caravans used to end their long journey in this m...