Spain is linked since the Middle Ages to the ancient Silk Road, since the city of Valencia constitutes the western end. First and from the Spanish point of view, allow to collect the many products and the very varied contributions of the Chinese culture and civilization that the trade of the old Silk Road brought to the Spanish culture: the silk , rice, orange, powder, porcelain, wax or fan,
 
Currently, there are other areas in which this type of relationship can be maintained, the two most important being continuing education and tourism. In both cases, relationships between older people in different countries are essential to engage, stabilize and maintain new relationships that strengthen other proposals of the New Silk Road.
 
From the point of view of the elderly, and given the increasing life expectancy in the world, the Universities of the Third Age encourage excellent proposals for activities in all disciplines and facilitate the socialization of their students and their students. empowerment at this stage of life.
 
In Spain, Universities of the Third Age offer their students different training programs in different educational sectors (Lifelong Learning) with an adaptation to the needs of different profiles of students who can enroll and participate, both at the formal level (Programs University) at the non-formal level (University Extension or Aula Mentor). Some of them take an open and flexible approach, encouraging distance learning, use of the Internet and ICTs, which also greatly enhances the current process of globalization.
 
There is a range of activities available, ranging from monographic courses, conferences, workshops to complementary activities (museum visits and / or cultural outings).
 
Among these are the Study Tour program, developed by our institution, the Aula Sénior de Jérica. It allows to visit the three most important Spanish cities: Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid and to realize and share activities of all kinds: intellectual, artistic (painting and photography), gastronomy and hiking with their students.
 
During the stay in Valencia, a visit is made to emblematic places of the city, such as the Silk Market and the Silk Major Art College, to underline and remind the importance and influence that the ancient Silk Road has had on the development and prosperity of the city, to evoke in situ the love for luxury and sumptuous customs that silk has impregnated the city and its inhabitants and to highlight the Valencian heritage in relationship with the silk industry. Cultural activities such as the tourist routes in the city of Valencia and the twinning between the cities of Taizhou and Zaragoza or between Cordoba and Bujará (Uzbekistan), in tribute to Ruy González de Clavijo, also contribute to consolidate the setting of the New Route Silk.
 
All of these initiatives must be replaced by new initiatives that will show us the gradual progress of the New Route and help improve relations between the companies involved.