Season 1 (2017)

Italy: Venice
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January 10, 2017 • 26m

Our adventurer begins his journey in Venice, just like Marco Polo, the most famous voyager to have proceeded down this ancient rou...Read more

Turkey: Bosphorus
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January 17, 2017 • 26m

At the edge of the European continent, our guide enters Turkish territory through the city of Edirne. He discovers Ottoman archit...Read more

Turkey: Anatolia, The Caravans of Asia Minor
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January 24, 2017 • 26m

At the heart of the Anatolian plateau, our guide visits the first of the caravanserais that dot his journey, as they once dotted t...Read more

Iran: Tabriz, Capital of Merchants
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January 31, 2017 • 26m

Alfred discovers the north of Iran; enter the city that once was the core of the entire Silk Road in Persia: Tabriz. He heads into...Read more

Iran: Assassins, Emperors and Ma
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February 7, 2017 • 26m

Alfred learns that Iran has a Silk Road Secretariat. Its representative in the northern city of Qazvin – Hooman Babapoor – explain...Read more

Iran: Kashan and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple of Yazd
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February 14, 2017 • 26m

In the oasis of Kashan, in central Iran, Alfred marvels at the famous pleasure gardens of Fin that cemented the Persians’ renown. ...Read more

Uzbekistan: Bukhara
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February 21, 2017 • 26m

Alfred arrives in Uzbekistan, at the heart of the ancient Silk Road. He discovers Bukhara the beautiful, dream city for numerous travelers.

Uzbekistan: Samarkand
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February 28, 2017 • 26m

Some used to say Samarkand – in central Uzbekistan – was at the center of the world. Alfred follows the ancient Royal Road to the ...Read more

Uzbekistan: Tachkent
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March 7, 2017 • 26m

Alfred is awestruck by the modernity of life in Tashkent, the capital of present-day Uzbekistan and a major central Asian city. Th...Read more

Kyrgystan
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March 14, 2017 • 26m

Osh is the first place Alfred visits in Kyrgyzstan. He saunters down the aisles of its bazaar, but soon realizes that the real Kyr...Read more

China: Kashgar
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March 21, 2017 • 26m

Alfred's point of entry to China is Kashgar, in the Xinjiang region – the biggest in the country. It is home to the Uyghurs, an et...Read more

China: Gobi
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March 28, 2017 • 26m

A Uyghur family invites our guide into their home. He learns about their way of life and growing techniques. Gaochang used to be a...Read more

China: Dunhuang
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April 4, 2017 • 26m

Crossing the Taklamakan desert is a demanding step. And only once the Silk Road caravans made it could they say they truly arrived...Read more

China: Lanzhou
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April 11, 2017 • 26m

Our guide travels to Liqian, at the narrowest point of the Hexi Corridor. Legend has it that this is where the descendants of Cras...Read more

China: Xian
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April 18, 2017 • 26m

Alfred arrives in Xi’an - in the province of Shaanxi. The Silk Road caravans used to end their long journey in this millenary city.