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From €6,750 per person
On the edge of Central Asia, Uzbekistan stretches between steppes, oases and legendary cities, like parchment with a patina of centuries. Caravanserais, turquoise domes and minarets towering under the immense sky recount the epic story of the Silk Road, the network of trade that made this land a melting pot of cultures and knowledge. Here, the Orient is not revealed in a single glance: it is breathed in the silent courtyards of the medersas, listened to in the rustling of fabrics in the bazaars, and touched in the mosaic of a mausoleum.
It was in this arid yet fertile land that Tamerlane dreamt of an empire, Avicenna laid the foundations of modern medicine, and an astronomer prince, Ulugbek, mapped over a thousand stars from his observatory. Uzbekistan is like that: rooted in stone and looking to the sky. Even today, the sound of a craftsman at work or the smell of bread baked in the tandir is enough to conjure up echoes of an ancient world. More than a destination, it’s a journey down memory lane, a journey into what connects people: beauty, knowledge and the desire to leave a trace.