To celebrate the British Museum's Silk Roads exhibition, answer the question below and be in with the chance to win a private tour for 2 to Uzbekistan with Silk Road experts, Wild Frontiers
In collaboration with the British Museum, Wild Frontiers is offering a fantastic prize of a 10-day Classic Silk Road Uzbekistan private tour for 2 people, including flights, accommodation, transfers, guided sightseeing and some meals.*
About the trip:
Uzbekistan is the historical heart of the Silk Road, brimming with architectural delights and epic Silk Road tales. Explore the cities of Tashkent, filled with glittering mosaics and mosques, and then the beautifully preserved medieval city of Khiva via ancient desert castles. Travel through the Kyzyl Kum Desert to Bukhara, where a tour of this beautiful oasis, once filled with pools and canals, ends with a homecooked dinner of plov, the national dish. A long history of trade, evident from Bukhara’s exquisite trading domes, there’ll be the opportunity to browse the lively bazaars and pop into a family-run ceramic workshop, before taking the high-speed rail to the fabled city of Samarkand, where you'll witness iconic sights such as Registan Square, Shah-i-Zinda and Bibi Khanum Mosque.
Highlights
- Marvel at Samarkand’s Islamic architecture and famed Registan Square
- Take a break at a typical teahouse and learn to cook plov in Bukhara
- Gaze up at the immense tiled minarets and wooden ceilings in medieval Khiva
- Stay in a beautifully restored madrassah and converted historic guesthouses
- Visit the mosques and madrassahs of Tashkent’s Old City
- Drive into the Kyzyl Kum Desert to find the abandoned ‘Desert Citadels’
Wild Frontiers is an award-winning adventure travel company founded in 1998 by travel writer Jonny Bealby. Specialising in off-the-beaten-track small group tours and tailor-made holidays worldwide, Wild Frontiers believes in travel as a force for good, creating opportunities to challenge perceptions and inspire connections through authentic travel experiences.
This ‘mesmerising’ British Museum exhibition uncovers the real story of the Silk Roads (★★★★★ The Guardian). Going beyond the idea of a simple trade route between East and West, the show explores networks that spanned Asia, Africa and Europe, and follows how the journeys of people, objects and ideas shaped cultures and histories.
*Terms & conditions:
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One entry per person.
The trip must be taken by 31 December 2026. Certain travel black out dates may apply.
The prize cannot be exchanged for a cash equivalent or a different tour.
The competition begins 29.10.24 and closes at midnight 15.01.25
The winner of the prize will be drawn by 20.01.25 and the winner will be contacted by email.
This prize cannot be combined with any other discount, including Wild Miles.
Return flights must be taken from London, England.