Blue Panda

Uzbekistan

Three Silk Road cities, joined by a fast train.

From AED 4,549 per person

From Dubai
About 3h 30m
Best months
April to June, September to November
Visa
Visa-free for many passports
Currency
Uzbek som

Uzbekistan is where the Silk Road left its receipts. Registan Square, the tiled avenue of Shah-i-Zinda and the Kalyan minaret that Genghis Khan is said to have spared are all still standing, in turquoise. Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara look far apart on a map and are not, thanks to a train that does 250 km an hour. One trip threads all three together in four nights.