Why Uzbekistan on an organized tour?
A seven-hour flight from Paris, Uzbekistan offers a radical change of scenery without the price of a long-haul flight. The Registan of Samarkand, the vaulted bazaars of Bukhara, the ochre brick streets of Khiva: the Silk Road is not a metaphor, it is a reality that can be felt at every crossroads of these museum cities.
The distances between Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva are significant (several hundred kilometres of steppe and desert are crossed). A local guide transforms a mosaic-covered façade into a lesson in Timurid astronomy. And the logistics, between fast trains, internal flights and sometimes complex roads, are much better managed with an operator who knows the terrain.
Beware of climatic extremes: summer (July-August) exceeds 35°C in all cities, while winter can drop to -13°C in Tashkent. Spring (April-May) and autumn (September-October) are the ideal windows.















