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.
