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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.