IN THE HEART OF THE UZBEK STEPPES, SAMARKAND HAS ALWAYS REPRESENTED ONE

OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STOPOVERS OF THE SILK ROAD, CONNECTING CHINA TO

THE MEDITERRANEAN. FOUNDED 2500 YEARS AGO, THE CARAVAN CITY HAS

ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A CROSSROADS FOR THE TRADE OF PRECIOUS

GOODS SUCH AS SILK, FUR, TEA, SPICES, OR WINE, AND IS TODAY

DESIGNATED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.