Trans-Siberian Handbook : The Guide to the World's Longest Railway Journey with 90 Maps and Guides to the Route, Cities and Towns in Russia, Mongolia and China

Over 135,000 copies sold and now in its tenth edition

A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. It’s also a convenient way to reach China, Mongolia or Japan. Tickets are not expensive or difficult to arrange.

Russia is changing fast and it’s now no more difficult to arrange a ticket for the journey of a lifetime on the Trans-Siberian Railway than it is to book an Easyjet flight online, as the new edition of this acclaimed guide shows. The Trans-Siberian Handbook includes everything from how to arrange the trip, where to go and what to see along the way.

Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, Trans-Mongolian and Siberian BAM railways with strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese.

City guides and maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets in 32 cities and towns from Moscow to Beijing

Siberia and the railway – the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and the running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers.

10th edition includes 92 maps – plus timetables and fares

• Practical information – planning your trip; what to take; getting to Russia from Europe, North America and Australasia
• Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, Trans-Mongolian and Siberian BAM railways with 49 strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel.
• City guides and maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulaan Baatar, Beijing and 32 towns in Siberia; plus Lake Baikal guide
• Siberia and the railway – the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and the running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers.
• With 90 maps – plus timetables, fares, Russian & Chinese phrases
• New 10th edition a new 16pp color introduction and trip planner

Written by Bryn Thomas, the first edition of this book was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel and Guide Book Awards. In 1991 he set up Trailblazer, to produce the series of route guides for adventurous travellers that has now grown to over 40 titles.

Fully revised and expanded, this 10th edition is updated by Daniel McCrohan, a veteran guide-book writer who lives in Beijing and also writes for Lonely Planet.

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