Tajikistan

• Travel tips

The 20 countries to put on your travel list for 2026

Find new charm in the familiar, or forge a fresh trail. Here are the under-the-radar nations and re-emerging classics set to define travel in 2026.

• Ute Junker

• Train journeys

New luxury train will travel some of world’s most remote, exotic regions

The Grand Silk Road Express travels a wondrous 6500 kilometres through Asia.

• Julietta Jameson

• Central Asia

Visiting this formerly daunting part of the world is now easier than ever

We follow the paths carved by some of the greatest and most terrible conquerors, everyone from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan to Timur.

• Ute Junker

• Inspiration

A rallying cry

Tajikistan's poverty is numbing, its roads rotten, the vistas stunning and its people heartbreakingly hospitable, writes Jamie Lafferty.