Turkmenistan: Far Flung Places Travel Guide : Proudman, Simon: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: Poor - Out of date and hard to navigate Review: The best (and the only dedicated) travel guide for Turkmenistan - After looking at the extremely disappointing new edition of the Lonely Planet guide for Central Asia (which I've reviewed separately), I found this Far Flung Places guide, in a second edition published quite recently (2017), advertised by a couple of vendors on desertcart Marketplace. It's initially rather amateurish-looking and is a bit on the expensive side, but it's packed with useful information about Turkmenistan, presented in an accessible, chatty and sometimes amusing style. It's much better value than the Lonely Planet guide, if like me you are planning to visit Turkmenistan but not any of the other 'Stans.
| Best Sellers Rank | 944,933 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 42,594 in Travel & Tourism (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (18) |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 1.52 x 20.32 cm |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN-10 | 1546678409 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1546678403 |
| Item weight | 354 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 262 pages |
| Publication date | 13 May 2017 |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
A**R
Poor
Out of date and hard to navigate
D**K
The best (and the only dedicated) travel guide for Turkmenistan
After looking at the extremely disappointing new edition of the Lonely Planet guide for Central Asia (which I've reviewed separately), I found this Far Flung Places guide, in a second edition published quite recently (2017), advertised by a couple of vendors on Amazon Marketplace. It's initially rather amateurish-looking and is a bit on the expensive side, but it's packed with useful information about Turkmenistan, presented in an accessible, chatty and sometimes amusing style. It's much better value than the Lonely Planet guide, if like me you are planning to visit Turkmenistan but not any of the other 'Stans.
N**I
Not the best guide but the best option
This is the only travel guide I could find about Turkmenistan. I missed in depth information about the sites, like UNESCO sita Nissa south of Ashgabat. But better than other travel guides which combine Turkmenistan with other C.A. Republics. I recommend this book
A**N
Not my favourite travel book but theres almost no choice on Turkmenistan
as above
L**A
Excellent guide to Turkmenistan , not lengthy but don’t let that put you off. I researched my trip to Turkmenistan and found this book to be the best of all available resources. Covers Ashgabat and the key places to visit in the regional areas.
S**I
Gut, oder sehr gut - denn es ist ja der einzige Reiseführer über dieses Land :-)
A**S
I travel a lot - having just visited my 110th UN country. I love Bradt guides but decided to buy Simon’s book for Turkmenistan. It’s just excellent - so well-written and well organized. Hope to pick up some of his other books in the future!
A**A
Les informations présentées par ce guide de voyage ont été parfaitement à jour (édition mai 2017) et pertinentes, en tous cas en ce qui concerne la capitale qui est tout ce que j'ai pu visiter. Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de photos pour découvrir ce pays curieux avant d'y aller, le livre ne contient que quelques photos en noir et blanc.
V**R
I bought this book as research for a book I'm writing, as sadly, there's not a lot of information about Turkmenistan (even the Wikipedia article is missing cited sources and Google Streetview isn't available). This is a great primer on the country, filled with personal anecdotes, tourist attractions--it really makes it feel like I know what to expect should I ever go. Thanks so much for a great guide. I'll be sure to check out Vanuatu if it's anything like this one. 5 stars.
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