Written and updated by expert authors who have extensive experience of
living and working in Central Asia, this new, fully updated third
edition of Bradt's Uzbekistan remains the definitive and only standalone
practical travel guide to this increasingly liberal destination -
central Asia's most populous country and the heart of the Silk Road.
Offering more detail for independent travellers than any other
guidebook, it includes first-hand descriptions of everything from UNESCO
world heritage sites and the world's best collection of Russian
avant-garde art, to riding across deserts by camel and cooking plov.The
quintessential Silk Route destination, Uzbekistan is opening up to
tourism, easing visa regulations, encouraging family-owned guesthouses,
building new railways (including a tunnel to the Fergana Valley) and
introducing high-speed trains. With the passing of the post-Soviet
strongman Islam Karimov and the election of a more reformist leader,
there is an air of change about the country.This new edition includes
expanded coverage of hiking, details of new entertainment such as the
sound and light show in the Registan in Samarkand, and lots of new
practical information, ranging from the increasing availability of ATMs
to efforts to develop tourism, visa requirements, availability of SIM
cards, haggling for taxis, access to museums and booking accommodation.
New maps have also been added and existing maps revised and expanded as
appropriate.Whether you're interested in culture, trekking, historical
sites, archaeology and architecture, seeing endless deserts or the
majestic mountainscapes of the Tien Shan range, or simply fascinated by
the golden road to Samarkand and the equally famous Silk Road cities of
Bukhara and Khiva, Bradt's Uzbekistan is the ideal companion.
