Soar over Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the heart of the ancient Silk Road and one of the most breathtaking ...

On the outskirts of Samarkand, on what was once a stretch of desert land surrounding an Olympic rowing canal, rises one of Central Asia’s most ambitious tourism projects. The Silk Road Samarkand ...

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Go down a mine, tour a smelting plant or see World War II-era military uniforms at the Shon-Sharaf (“Museum of Glory”) in Tashkent: Uzbekistan is touting a wide variety of new attractions as the ...