בעולם גדוש בחמדנות, בגידות, תככים מיניים ויריבות, הסדרה "מרקו פולו" מספרת את הרפתקאותיו של החוקר המפורסם בבית המשפט של קובלאי חאן בסין של המאה ה-13.
חמש עשרה שנים לאחר שמסעות הצלב מסתיימים במפלה, אביר ותיק הופך לאדון המקדש של המסדר שלו בפריז ומגלה סוד מזעזע.
The story is settled in the Middle Ages when three monotheistic religions coexisted and fought for power in the Spanish Peninsula: Christians, Muslims and Jews. The series mixes action, intrigue and love in the Castilian capital of Toledo. It shows us about all those who lived in the walls of a city full of ups and downs, labyrinths and shady hiding places.
The life and experiences of the 13th-century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth alone toward the fabled country where he is accepted as an envoy into Khan's court. Marooned on the far side of the world, Polo, accompanied by his servant, Pedro, advances as a Mongol grandee for twenty extraordinary years. What he eventually brings back with him to the West is a chronicle that changed history forever.