Author: - Full Title: The Silk Road, 4th Edition Publisher: Insight Guides; 4th edition (September 3, 2024) Series: Insight Guides Main Series Year: 2024 ISBN-13: 9781839052750, 9781839054280 ISBN-10: 1839052759, 183905428X Pages: 424 Language: English Genre: Travel: Asia File type: EPUB (True) Quality: 10/10 Price: £17.99 This Silk Road guidebook is ideal for travellers seeking inspirational guides and planning a more extended trip. It provides interesting facts about the Silk Road’s people, history and culture and detailed coverage of the best places to see. This Silk Road travel book has the style of an illustrated magazine to inspire you and give a taste of the Silk Road. Inside: ✓ Unique essays – country history and culture, and modern-day life, people and politics ✓ Silk Road highlights – Mingsha Shan and Crescent Moon Lake; Heavenly Lake Tianchi; Flaming Mountains near Turpan, China; Lake Karakul; Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway; Hunza Valley, Pakistan; Tehran Bazaar; Sunday Market, Kashgar; Peshawar, Pakistan; Isfahan architecture; Xi’an city; Samarkand; Istanbul ✓ Practical travel information – getting there and around, budgeting, eating out, shopping, public holidays, information for LGBTQ+ travellers and more ✓ When to go to the Silk Road - high season, low season, climate information and festivals ✓ Insider recommendations – tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots ✓ Main attractions & curated places – narrative descriptions of where to go and what to see, covered geographically ✓ Tips and facts – interesting facts about the Silk Road and useful insider tips ✓ High-quality maps of the Silk Road – must-see places cross-referenced to colourful maps for quick orientation ✓ Colour-coded chapters – each place chapter has its own colour assigned to aid easy navigation of this Silk Road travel guide ✓ Striking pictures – rich, inspirational colour photography on all pages, capturing attractions, nature, people and historical features ✓ Fully updated post-COVID-19 Covers: China (Shaanxi, Ginsu, Xinjiang), Central Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), Western Asia (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey). ------------- Our members see more. Join us!
