Explore Bukhara, a historic Silk Road city in Uzbekistan, from the Ark Fortress and Po-i-Kalyan Complex to Lyab-i Hauz, the trading domes, and its ancient neighbourhoods. Ark of Bukhara Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva are often grouped as Uzbekistan’s great Silk Road cities, yet each tells a different story. Samarkand reflects the monumental ambitions of Timurid rulers, who made it an imperial capital. Khiva preserves a remarkably intact walled city, although much of its histor

Visit Konigil Meros Paper Mill, near Samarkand, to learn about the revived ancient Silk Road tradition of papermaking, and watch the stages of the process. A guide demonstrating the traditional Samarkand papermaking process by beating boiled mulberry bark into pulp Reading about the city’s history before travelling to Samarkand, we discovered that, besides its celebrated monuments, Samarkand was one of world’s great centres of papermaking; hence, we visited Konigil Meros Pape

From silkworm cocoons to handwoven silk fabric—know how traditional ikat textiles are made in Margilan, Uzbekistan, using centuries-old dyeing and weaving techniques. Silk originated in China, from where sericulture and weaving spread west along the Silk Road. Fergana Valley, in Uzbekistan, a major region on the Silk Road, developed its own distinctive textile tradition, and by the 10th century, Margilan, a major commercial city in the valley, had become one of Central Asia’s