Bukhara and Samarkand, told the way a local would tell them.

Silkvista Tours is mine, and I run it out of Bukhara. I plan the routes and I walk them with you myself — no subcontracted strangers, no memorized script.

I grew up in the city I'll be showing you, and that changes what a day looks like. I bend the route around what's actually happening: a workshop with its kiln open, the hour the light lands on the tilework, the teahouse still making plov the old way. You'll get the history, but you'll also get the things a guidebook can't tell you — what a fair price looks like, which shop isn't marking up for tourists, where to eat after we say goodbye.

I handle the parts that eat your holiday: transport between cities, tickets, and timing that keeps you a step ahead of the coach tours. Groups stay small, plans stay flexible, and every recommendation I give you is one I'd give a friend.