Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide

by Daniel McLaughlin

Yemen is shrugging off its image of being a country with a security issue, to reveal its stunning landscape and fascinating culture - justifiably worth visiting by professional archaeologists, historians, the business traveller, or those making the most of Yemen's adventure sports, such as hiking and scuba-diving. All will gain thrills treading on ground which is the site of the Sabaean dynasty, the era of the fabled Queen of Sheba. Yemen is undoubtedly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841622125
• ISBN13: 9781841622125
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Relevant and practical

The Guide not only provides critical, practical information but it also provides intelligent socio-cultural, economic and political background to help the travelor try to better understand Yemen's amamazing diversity and confounding complexities. The Guide's author has a close connection to Yemen and the guide is therefore a good companion. As always, more detailed maps of the major cities would be welcome.

Overall a good guidebook

Overall this is a good guidebook. I used it on my trip to Yemen. Especially good is the introduction where the history is covered in depth.

Entertaining and informative

This guide is a perfect introduction to Yemen for those who've never been, but would work equally well as a guidebook for those who have already explored the country and are eager to travel there again. With a montage of descriptions, anecdotes and instructions, Mr. McLaughlin has crafted a succinct travel guide that will both charm and inform.