The enduringly popular colour has been splashed across churches, mosques, shop fronts and even homes while some cities, like ...

Istanbul’s historic highlights include the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern and the Grand ... With its mosques, minarets and madrassas, Samarkand in northeastern Uzbekistan ...

Explore the ancient and storied city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on the 12-day Silk ... the bewitching Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, once the centre of Orthodox Christianity.

Renditions of the cuisine are also found next door in Uzbekistan, where it is known ... and Eli accompanies his staff to prayers at a nearby mosque. Returning to the shop, he describes for me ...

However, Uzbekistan, a landlocked country in Central ... isn't the usual flashy blue, green, and gold structure, but white. Some facades, however, are covered in elaborate mosaic work in ...

Whether you choose to travel by car or train, backpack or go on a guided tour, tracing the steps of the ancient traders has become significantly easier as countries like Uzbekistan have ... evident in ...

Samarkand has the merit of being extremely walkable, so, near the Registan, we find the enormous Bibi-Khanym Mosque. Local legend has it ... Muhammad credited with introducing Islam to Uzbekistan. Its ...

The blue-tile domes of the madrassah and mosque that can accommodate 10,000 people belong to one of Uzbekistan's four UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

If you’re looking to understand the different architectural styles and eras of Istanbul, here are five beautiful mosques to visit once you’ve checked the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque off your list ...

Visiting the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque are essential on any Istanbul itinerary—but visiting a mosque for the first time as a non-Muslim can seem a little daunting. You don’t want to commit ...

The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism ... a shopping mall lines the avenue leading up to the Hazrati Imam mosque complex, next to the shiny, almost-completed Centre for Islamic ...