40 city guides with maps Where to stay, where to eat and what to see in 40 stopovers along the way, including: Damascus, Palmyra, Aleppo, Antioch, Erzurum, Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Merv, Ashgabat, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Osh, Bishkek, Karimabad, Gilgit, Rawalpindi, Kashgar, Khotan, Turfan, Dunhuang, Lanzhou, Xiian, Datong and Beijing Practical information – For travellers in Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China Planning your trip Information for all budgets whether you're an independent traveller or joining a group Also includes lesser-known routes Southern Taklamakan, Kashgar, Rawalpindi via the Karakorum Highway, and Marco Polo's route to Xanadu Extensive history of the Silk Roads Useful phrases – Arabic, Farsi, Russian and Chinese Includes 50 maps |
