The Silk Road Travel Guide
- Overview
- Places to Explore
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Entertainment
- Shopping
- Travel Tips
- Features
- Fodor's Choice
- Deals
- Chinese Phrases
- Guidebooks
Guidebooks
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The Silk Road Hotels
Fodor's local writers visit every hotel we recommend. Look for our discerning Fodor's Choice picks or search by price and location.
The Silk Road Restaurants
Find the best Silk Road restaurants in every price category with our top picks.
Things To Do in The Silk Road
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in The Silk Road
- China & Yangtze Experience IExplore
- Ageless China IExplore
- China Active: Hiking in Yunnan — $2,899 IExplore
- Cosmopolitan Hong Kong — $3,350 IExplore
- China Village Experience — $3,199 IExplore
The Silk Road Experiences
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Terracotta Warriors: Visit one of the nation's most haunting and memorable sites—the vast life-size army of soldiers, built to outlast death... Read more
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The history of the Silk Road starts in 138 bc, when Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty sent a caravan of 100 men to the west, attempting to forge... Read more
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The Muslim Turkic people known as Uyghurs (pronounced "WEE-grs") are one of China's largest—and in the eyes of Beijing, most troublesome—minority... Read more
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The residents of Xinjiang are apt to point out that the Silk Road isn't the first road they knew. That honor goes to the "Jade Road," which was... Read more
News & Features
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Trip Ideas
From backpackers to businessmen, luxury seekers to religious pilgrims, all kinds of travelers are draw ... Read more
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Trip Ideas
Ask around and most people will tell you to spend as short a layover as possible in Athens before booking... Read more
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News, Hotels
When an Aman Resort opens, we come running.... Read more
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· Forums Trip Reports
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On our list of places to visit, China was definitely in the bottom third. Read more
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With our China Visas about to expire, we make one last trip to China for now and it is going to be a quick one.
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·China Forum
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China – Sadly, A Bit Underwhelming
Ever since my college days when I considered majoring in Asian Studies, I have wanted to visit China. Read more
