# To Samarkand — Walk the Silk Road

> Walk the Silk Road (iPhone/iPad app by IdeateGames.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/to-samarkand/id1560569067 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [IdeateGames](https://appshunter.io/developer/446654404)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Travel
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.1 · 127 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-08-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/to-samarkand/id1560569067/reviews.md

## What is To Samarkand?

Pretend to walk the Ancient Silk Road through more than 150 ancient locations across three routes. This app counts daily steps along a path from Turkey to Samarkand or Chang'an (modern Xi'an) to Samarkand or Turfan to Samarkand -- or in reverse direction. You choose which route to walk. When you finish one, it is saved and you can walk another.

Now the app includes a new pre-Silk Road through Italy, including Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Venice.

The app gives you shareable certificates for a number of milestones and has a simple trading module for fun. See how many precious manuscripts you can obtain on your trip!

Each location has an image (often of ruins), and the app shows your route through more than two dozen real maps.

When you get to the end of a journey, the certificates and manuscripts collected are saved, and you get champagne bubbles. 

Just for fun, exercise, and a little learning. 

REQUIRES iPHONE HEALTH APP
Ignores duplicates between watch and phone.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.31 — 2023-05-08

Fix scrolling on milestones page.
Fix save journey at end.

### 2.21 — 2023-04-21

Added preview mode for all roads.

### 2.11 — 2023-04-16

3 new images in Uzbekistan.
No functional changes.

### 2.05 — 2023-03-03

Restored descriptions of locations in the western Silk Road.

### 2.01 — 2022-10-13

Minor correction for step count duplication.
Added logging opt-out to settings page.
Fixed end-of-journey bottom image.

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