Bradt Kazakhstan Guidebook

Kazakhstan Travel Guide – Travel advice and expert holiday tips including Astana and Almaty hotels, restaurants and highlights, trekking in the Tian Shan and Altai mountains, skiing, and eagle hunting traditions. Also covering Kokshetau and Alatau National Parks, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kolsai Lakes, Shambala, Caspian Sea, wildlife and reserves.

Turkmenistan (ebook only)

Turkmenistan Travel Guide – Expert tourist advice and travel tips on everything from Ashgabat accommodation and highlights to ancient Silk Road history and culture. Also covering safety and visas, Türkmenbasy, UNESCO sites such as Merv, Parthian Fortresses of Nisa and Köneürgenç, Karakum Desert, Avaza, the Caspian Sea and Door to Hell in Derweze.

Bradt Romania: Transylvania Guidebook

Romania: Transylvania travel guide. Fourth edition. Holiday information and tourist tips including Brasov, Dracula legends, Bran Castle and national parks. Also features trekking routes in the Carpathaina mountains, bear and wolf tracking, Turda Gorge, Sibiu, Sighisoara, Biertan, Corvin Castle, Saxon villages, Sarmizetgetusa ruins and Zarnesti.

Romania: Transylvania (ebook)

Romania: Transylvania travel guide. Fourth edition. Holiday information and tourist tips including Brasov, Dracula legends, Bran Castle and national parks. Also features trekking routes in the Carpathaina mountains, bear and wolf tracking, Turda Gorge, Sibiu, Sighisoara, Biertan, Corvin Castle, Saxon villages, Sarmizetgetusa ruins and Zarnesti.

The best castles, fortresses and palaces in Transylvania

Transylvania is home to many impressive castles, palaces and fortresses. Here are eight of the best. 

Outdoor adventure in Transylvania

If you’re looking for an action-packed activity holiday Transylvania is the place for you.

A guide to skiing in Almaty

Looking for an off-the-beaten-track ski holiday? Then this Kazakh resort is for you.

How the Architecture in Astana Tells the Story of Kazakhstan

The Kazakh capital is packed with architectural delights.

Putting on the Jūgendstils in Riga

The centre of the Latvian capital boasts one of the finest collections of Art Nouveau architecture in Europe.

The best castles in Latvia for history lovers

Travel back in time with our expert guide.

Kazakhstan

A multi-ethnic country that straddles two continents, Kazakhstan is an expression of a Eurasian ideal. But ethnic Kazakhs are also proud of their nomadic heritage. Paul Brummell, author of Kazakhstan: the Bradt Guide Why visit Kazakhstan Stretching from the Tian Shan Mountains in the east across vast steppes to the Caspian Sea in the west, Kazakhstan…

Romania (Transylvania)

The real Transylvania, the land beyond the forest, is a place captured within the sheltering arc of the Carpathian Mountains. Its upland forests hold some of Europe’s most important populations of bears, wolves and lynx, while further down the hillsides its meadows, still cut by scythe, play host to a late spring pageant of glorious…