“The Silk Road: Tashkent-Isfahan-Baku”

30 days, 29 nights. Departures April 16 & Sept. 17, 2016. Highlights: In UZBEKISTAN, Samarkand, Bukhara/ancient walled city of Khiva/in TURKMENISTAN, ancient city of Nisa/in IRAN, Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan/in Yazd, Zoroastrian Fire Temple/in ARMENIA, Monastery of Geghard/in GEORGIA, 10th-century city of Mtskheta/4x4 trip to Gergeti Trinity Church/in AZERBAIJAN, Baku, Gobustan Open-Air Museum. Land and internal air, $11,260 ppdo/single supp., $1,435… or Leg 1 (19 days, Central Asia & Iran), $6,650/$695, or Leg 2 (21 days, Iran & Caucasus), $8,250/$1,150. Bestway Tours & Safaris (206-8678 Greenall Ave., Burnaby, BC, V5J 3M6, Canada; 800/663-0844, www.bestway.com).