Uzbekistan: The Golden Road to Samarkand (Odyssey Guides)

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Summary: excellent
Review: A model for all guides. Provides useful practical information and very extensive coverage of historical and religious sites. If you need your hand held, though, this is not the guide for you.

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Summary: Precise and Modern
Review: Although at times this guidebook serves as an outlet for the authors' intellectual and personal preoccupation with the region, thereby losing its practicality for the reader, overall it is both helpful and beautifully written, brimming with sensory and cultural detail... The authors do not just tell you to go to a bazaar in Samarkand; they take you there, weaving you through narrow streets and by beer vendors, letting you smell the shashlik, nudging you to watch out for pickpockets. Because the authors do not miss a beat, this guide is at times almost a virtual tour of the country. Because the region is unstable and consequently dynamic, this book is now somewhat outdated in certain areas. The two need to update the edition.

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Summary: A Great Guidebook
Review: I got this book from a friend while in Uzbekistan - it is absolutely fantastic! It has some great historical anecdotes in addition to the typical where to stay/eat stuff of normal travel guides. If you're going to Uzbekistan, YOU MUST BUY THIS BOOK!

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Summary: Best Guide Yet!
Review: I live and work in the heart of Central Asia. Of all the guide books available, this one is the best yet. Not only does it have beautiful color photos and maps, the history articles are excellent. Beware: when you open up this book on the streets of Samarkand, Bukhara, or Khiva, people will gather around to view it! It's so good, I am ordering a full class room set for my students to use in the Uzbekistan studies part of our curriculum at Tashkent International School.

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Summary: Best Guide Yet!
Review: I live and work in the heart of Central Asia. Of all the guide books available, this one is the best yet. Not only does it have beautiful color photos and maps, the history articles are excellent. Beware: when you open up this book on the streets of Samarkand, Bukhara, or Khiva, people will gather around to view it! It's so good, I am ordering a full class room set for my students to use in the Uzbekistan studies part of our curriculum at Tashkent International School.

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Summary: Uzbekistan - Nice County, Nice Guide Book.
Review: The book was a good overview to what to expect in Uzbekistan and told you what you needed to know. When I went to Uzbek in May and June 1997, a new edition had been printed, therefore information was right up to date. Not as in depth as the Lonely Planet Guides, but somethimes you are overdosed with info in the lonely planet guides. The only better book I have found concerning this area is the Cadogan Guide to Central Asia.

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Summary: Precise and Modern
Review: This is not a mere travel guidance of Uzbekistan, but one of the best scientific articles full of joyful information spiced with humanistic reaction of the authors toward the legacy of Silk Road and Soviet Russian history.
Names of people, telephone number, street name, as well as social and political information are all correct. Evaluation of the hotel accommodation including smart managers and busters is illustrated interestingly. If the authors would be aware of the fact that the inattentive attitude of the people in some area shows the existence of military secrets, this book might have shown a different flavor.
Because I have given this book to my friend in Uzbekistan, I would like to order you another copy.

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Summary: Thought provoking and detailed
Review: This is not just a great book on Uzbekistan, but is a wonderful introduction to Central Asia. I feel that it is a labor of love, not a hackneyed travel guide. Visiting Uzbekistan is not easy -- having this book in your hand will make it all seem worth it.

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Summary: Road to mysticsm around samarkhand,thats this book
Review: Youhave not been to amarkhand? Youhave misseda paradise on earth.ut you may still catch up the road the beautiful mosques coming down from the pages of history if you read this book