The Silk Roads: A Route and Planning Guide (Trailblazer)

Wilson, Paul; Streatfeild, Dominic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873756534 ISBN 13: 9781873756539

Publisher: Trailblazer Publications, 2003

The Silk Route was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes linking Asia and Europe This new practical guide helps travelers explore all these threads and covers Turkey Syria Iran Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Pak

Review:

There's no better guide with which to guide yourself. --TNT Magazine

No-nonsense information-packed guide --LAM Magazine

Recommended in 'Last Chance to see... the Chinese Silk Road city of Kashgar' --The Guardian

From the Back Cover:

The ¿Silk Road¿ was never a single thread across Asia but an intricate web of trade routes ¿ Silk Roads ¿ which together linked the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. This guidebook is the first to cover these routes in their entirety and with it you can retrace the Golden Road to Samarkand, follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Marco Polo, and travel the length of the Great Wall of China. With detailed information on over 6,000 miles of overland routes both by road and rail, this guide includes: planning your trip ¿ information for all budgets whether you¿re an independent traveler or joining a group; practical information ¿ for travelers in Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and China; where to stay, where to eat and what to see in 40 stopovers along the way; lesser-known routes; extensive history of the Silk Roads; useful phrases in Arabic, Farsi, Russian and Chinese; 50 maps.