Asie Centrale

by Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet : un guide de référence, à la fois pratique et culturel, pour découvrir l'Asie Centrale

Une couverture complète de cinq pays : Kazakhstan, Ouzbékistan, Kirghizistan, Tadjikistan et Turkménistan.

Toutes les informations sur les visas et permis de séjour, pour chaque pays et pour passer d'un pays à l'autre, ainsi les différents moyens de transport.

Un chapitre dédié à la route de la Soie pour replacer le rêve dans son contexte historique

Un chapitre consacré aux activités de plein air à pratiquer sur place : trek, randonnée, randonnées équestres, VTT, alpinisme, rafting, varappe, sports d'hiver, circuits en 4x4...

Une compilation des programmes communautaires pour permettre aux voyageurs de vraiment aller au cœur du pays et de connaître la vie des locaux.

Un chapitre " Langue " offrant des éléments de communication dans les différentes langues (russe, kazakh, kirghize, tadjik, turkmène, ouzbek).

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Ebooks

531 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.

Reviews

[Theut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buona guida per pianificare la scoperta di uno dei posti più belli del mondo.
Bello da leggere anche senza un viaggio come "meta finale" (purtroppo, ma si tratta solo di un "a presto!").

UPDATE: 3* perché al contrario di altre guide incentrate sull'Uzbekistan, la Lonely Planet copre l'intera Asia Centrale e naturalmente le informazioni sono più "superficiali".

[Mariam · Rating 5 out of 5]

By the time I was reading this travel guide some parts of it had been outdated to a large extent. There's a newer edition of 2018 and may be another one will appear soon. So may be it's worth waiting for the latest one if you really want to use it as a source for planning your trip. In my case, I enjoyed the brief historical and cultural review, which is written in an inspiring language. I visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with reference to this guide and I wasn't disappointed. I found that travelling there is much easier and more predictable now, than it was by 2014 (the year of publication), but predictably more expensive.

[Alec Biron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic, updated guide covering all Central Asian countries. This book came in handy when picking hikes, national parks, restaurants, coffee shops and bars throughout Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The guide has a 2025 version which is up-to-date and includes language and cultural tips, even recommended readings, music, movies, and travel preparedness plans ahead of your excursion. We found the information to be accurate and reliable while preparing for a long journey to a part of the world that we had previously never explored.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

JB is currently tripping on some Taklamakan Desert/Silk Road action, so I read this. That part of the world sounds extremely cool and forbidding--not sure how much I want to hang there, though.

[Myriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Très complet. Il manque à mon sens quelques photographies pour illustrer les descriptions.