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Trans-Siberian Handbook
Bryn Thomas
ISBN 978 1 873756 94 2
7th edition
480 pages
65 maps
30 colour photos
10 B&W photos
120mm x 180mm, 5" x 7"
UKŁ13.99, US$0, CA$0, AU$0

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'An invaluable guidebook' - The Financial Times

'The Trans-Siberian Handbook... is a must' - The Sunday Times

'Tells you everything you need to know' - Cosmopolitan

'First edition shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel and Guide Book Awards' - Thomas Cook Travel

'Well researched...A wealth of information... Is is a fascinating read and contains so much more than the usual handbook' - The Herald

'An invaluable travelling companion' - Traveller

'Definitive guide' - Conde Nast Traveler

The World's Greatest Rail Journey
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.

Siberia: now wide open to visitors – for the first time in Russia's history you can now travel almost anywhere you want in Siberia: we tell you how to arrange a trip, where to buy tickets and where to go.

Kilometre-by-kilometre route guide – covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian and Trans-Mongolian railways with 38 strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel.

Russia – background information for visitors

Siberia – infamous past and present potential

The Railway – construction, steam locomotives, early travellers, the Trans-Siberian today

City guides with maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulan Bator, Harbin, Beijing and 23 towns in Siberia; nutshell information on Minsk, Berlin, Baltic Republics, Helsinki, Hong Kong & Tokyo

Seventh edition includes 65 maps

Plus – Russian, Mongolian and Chinese phrases, rail fares and timetables