The Silk Roads: A Route and Planning Guide

The Silk Road was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes – Silk Roads – linking Asia and Europe. This new practical guide helps travellers explore all these threads and covers Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China.
· Getting to the region from North America, Europe and Australasia
· How to travel – train, bus or plane
· Trips for all budgets – from $15 a day to over $150 a day
· What to see and where to go
· Full reviews of hotels and restaurants
· Comprehensive chapter on the historical background of this most famous of all trade routes
· 50 maps and town plans
· Adapted from Silk Route by Rail, which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Guide Book of the Year Awards
· Covers more countries than other Silk Road guides – Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China

The Silk Road was never a single thread but an intricate web of trade routes linking Asia and Europe. Includes Turkey, Syria, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and China.

Paul Wilson is a graduate of History at Oxford University. He has lived and worked in North, South and Central America as well as extensively travelling in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.