It is said that if you rolled Kyrgyzstan out flat, it would have a greater land area than China. This tiny, mountainous Central Asian republic shot to (relative) fame as the host country of the Worldwide Nomad Games, but its appeal extends well beyond its nomadic culture. With dramati

Uzbekistan is the heart of the Silk Road. From camels to caravanserais, mosques to mausoleums, this is where you’ll find every Silk Road cliché. History comes alive in the UNESCO World Heritage cities and in desert oases, and you often feel like you’re experiencing places from the pag

For several years now, the countries of Central Asia have been topping lists of the world’s best emerging destinations. Well deserved media coverage has flooded in for the Silk Road cities, but there are still plenty of off the beaten track locations to pique the interest of imaginary

Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel sets the agenda for tourism in the year ahead: it is the mother of all travel trend lists. And for 2020, Lonely Planet has selected the Central Asian Silk Road — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan — as the #1 reg

As one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, conquested by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC and renamed to Alexandria Eskhata, current-day Khujand (formerly known as Leninobod) functions as the northern capital of Tajikistan. Situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of th