The Rough Guide to Turkey (Travel Guide eBook)

Lizzie Williams and Martin Zatko, Zoë Smith, Terry Richardson

Description

The Rough Guide to Turkey is a must for all discerning travellers heading to this fascinating country that straddles Europe and Asia. The most comprehensive and informed travel guide on the market, offering insightful coverage taking readers from the stunning trails of the Lycian Way on the Turquoise coast to the iconic dome of Aya Sofia, and from legendary sites such as Troy and Ephesus to the fairytale landscapes of Cappadocia.

Packed with practical advice on everything from how to buy the finest kilims (rugs) to details on catching dolmuses, The Rough Guide to Turkey has all you need to find the best places to stay and eat, with trusted reviews you can rely on and options to suit all budgets. Complete with stunning photography, itineraries to help plan your trip and detailed maps to navigate your way through even the most maze-like towns, it's easy to see why The Rough Guide to Turkey is such an invaluable addition to your suitcase.

Sujets

• Travel
• Eastern
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780241279823
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 142 Mo

Extrait

THE ROUGH GUIDE to
Turkey
EXPERT ADVICE • FULL COVERAGE • EASY TO USEINSIDE THIS BOOK
INTRODUCTION What to see, what not to miss, itineraries and more – everything
you need to get started
BASICS Pre-departure tips and practical information
THE GUIDE Comprehensive, in-depth guide to the entire country, with area
highlights and full-colour maps throughout
CONTEXTS History, the peoples of Turkey, cinema and music, plus recommended
books and a handy language section
We’ve fl agged up our favourite places – a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric café, a special
restaurant – throughout the guide with the symbol★
Turkey chapters
BULGARIA
BLACK SEA GEORGIA
SinopEdirne Bat’umi
9
Samsun1
Trabzon2 Safranbolu
Kars ARMENIAİstanbul
10İznik Amasya
Erzurum
Çanakkale Bursa
Doğubeyazit8
ANKARA Sivas
IRAN3
Manisa 12 Van
Kayseriİzmir 7
11Konya4 Diyarbakir
Bodrum
Şanliurfa
5 Adana
AntalyaFethiye
Alanya 6 Antakya N
IRAQGREECE
CYPRUS SYRIA
0 200MEDITERRANEAN
kilometresSEA
1 Istanbul an d around 5 The Turquoise Coast 9 The Black Sea coast
2 Around the Sea of Marmara 6 The Mediterranean coast and the Hatay G Northeastern Anatolia
3 The North Aegean 7 South Central Anatolia H The Euphrates and Tigris basin
4 The central and southern Aegean 8 North Ctolia I Lake Van and the southeast
Make the Most of Your Time on Earth at roughguides.com
This ninth edition published June 2016The Rough guide To
Turkey
This ninth edition updated by
Terry Richardson, Zoë Smith, Lizzie Williams
and Martin Zatko
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Contents
introduction 4
Where to go 6 Things not to miss 14
When to go 12 Itineraries 24
Author picks 13
Ba SicS 26
Getting there 27 Festivals 48
Getting around 30 The media 49
Accommodation 36 Shopping 50
Food and drink 37 Sports and outdoor activities 53
Health 43 Travelling with children 56
Culture and etiquette 44 Travel essentials 56
The guide 64
1 Istanbul and around 64 7 South Central Anatolia 404
2 Around the Sea of Marmara 144 8 North Central Anatolia 462
3 The North Aegean 182 9 The Black Sea coast 504
4 The central and southern Aegean 222 10 Northeastern Anatolia 538
5 The Turquoise Coast 286 11 The Euphrates and Tigris basin 572
6 The Mediterranean coast and 12 Lake Van and the southeast 618
the Hatay 350
contex S 644
History 645 Books 693
The peoples of Turkey 678 Turkish 701
Turkish cinema 686 Glossary 709
Turkish music 689
Small print & index 712
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Introduction to
turkey
A mesmerizing mix of the exotic and the familiar, Turkey is much more than
its clichéd image of a “bridge between East and West”. Invaded and settled
from every direction since the start of recorded history, it combines
infuences from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the Balkans and
Central Asia. Mosques coexist with churches, Roman theatres and temples
crumble near ancient Hittite cities, and dervish ceremonies and gypsy
festivals are as much a part of the social landscape as classical music
concerts or football matches.
Te friendliness of the Turkish people makes visiting a pleasure; indeed, you risk causing
ofence by declining invitations, and fnd yourself making friends through the simplest of
transactions. At the big resorts and tourist spots, of course, this can merely be an excuse
to sell you something, but elsewhere, despite a history in which outsiders have so often
brought trouble, the warmth and generosity are genuine.
Politically, modern Turkey was a grand experiment, largely the creation of one man –
Kemal Atatürk. With superhuman energy, he salvaged the Turkish state from the
wreckage of the Ottoman Empire and defned it as a modern, secular nation. Despite
three military coups between 1960 and 1980, Turkey has maintained a reasonably
successful multi-party democracy for over sixty years, and has managed to blend
secularism and global capitalism with Islam. Challenges remain, however, with signs
that the conservative, Islam-orientated AKP (Justice and Development Party) government
are seeking to consolidate their rule through the introduction of a strongly presidential
system led by one of their own, former prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Te
meltdown of two countries bordering Turkey’s southeast, Syria and Iraq, is also a major
cause for concern.
When the Ottoman Empire imploded in the early twentieth century, refugees streamed
into Anatolia, including Muslim Slavs, Greeks, Albanians, Crimean Tatars, Daghestanlis,
Abkhazians and Circassians. Tere they joined an already mixed population that included
Above Göreme
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TURKEY
BULGARIA
BL A CK SEA
GEORGIA
Sinop
Edirne
Bat’umi
Amasra
Hopa
Zonguldak
Artvin
Samsun
İpsala
Kastamonu
İstanbul Rize
Trabzon
Keşan Ordu
Tekirdağ
İzmit
Kars
Sumela ARMENIA
Yalova
Giresun
Bolu Amasya Ani
Bandırma
Eceabat
İznik Tortum
Çanakkale
Tokat
Manyas Bayburt
Bursa
Apollyon
Gölü Ağrı
Gölü
Ayvacık Eskişehir
Doğubayazit
Erzincan Erzurum
Balıkesir
Sivas
ANKARA
Kütahya
Ayvalık
Divriği
Bergama
Tunceli
Bingöl
Muş
Foça
Afyon
Van
Uşak
Van
Manisa Elâzığ Gölü
İzmir
Tatvan
Kayseri
Nevşehir
Tuz
Çeşme Eğirdir
Ödemiş
Bitlis
Pamukkale Gölü
Gölü
Aksaray
Malatya
Selçuk
Siirt
Nemrut
Diyarbakır
Kuşadası
Dağı
Hakkâri
Isparta
Kurtalan
Nazilli
Aydın
Adıyaman
Niğde
Denizli Eğirdir Konya
Burdur
Burdur
Kahramanmaraş
Beyşehir
Gölü
Milas
Beyşehir
Mardin Metres
Gölü
Muğla
Bodrum
Karaman
Sanlıurfa
Tarsus Adana
Marmaris 3000
Antalya
Gaziantep
Dalyan Side
Mersin
Fethiye
2000
İskenderun
Alanya
AEGEAN
Kalkan
Halab (Aleppo)
SEA
Silifke
Finike Antakya 1500
Kaş
Anamur
IRAQ
1000
Lattakia
SYRIA
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MEDITERR ANEAN SEA
CYPRUS
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TURKEY
BULGARIA
BL A CK SEA
GEORGIA
Sinop
Edirne
Bat’umi
Amasra
Hopa
Zonguldak
Artvin
İpsala Samsun
Kastamonu
İstanbul Rize
Trabzon
Ordu
Keşan Tekirdağ
İzmit
Sumela Kars
Yalova ARMENIA
Giresun
Bolu Amasya
Bandırma Ani
Eceabat
İznik Tortum
Çanakkale
Tokat
Bayburt
Manyas
Bursa
Apollyon
Gölü Ağrı
Gölü
Ayvacık Eskişehir
Doğubayazit
Erzincan
Erzurum
Balıkesir
Sivas
ANKARA
Kütahya
Ayvalık
Divriği
Bergama
Tunceli
Bingöl
Foça Muş
Afyon Van
Uşak
Van
Manisa Gölü
Elâzığ
İzmir
Tatvan
Kayseri
Nevşehir
Tuz
Çeşme
Eğirdir
Ödemiş
Bitlis
Gölü
Pamukkale
Gölü Aksaray
Malatya
Selçuk
Siirt
Nemrut
Diyarbakır
Kuşadası Dağı
Hakkâri
Isparta
Nazilli Kurtalan
Aydın
Adıyaman
Niğde
Denizli Eğirdir Konya
Burdur Burdur
Kahramanmaraş
Gölü Beyşehir
Milas
Beyşehir
Metres
Mardin
Gölü
Muğla
Bodrum
Karaman
Adana Sanlıurfa
Tarsus
Marmaris 3000
Antalya
Gaziantep
Dalyan
Side
Mersin
Fethiye
2000
İskenderun
Alanya
AEGEAN
Kalkan
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Silifke
Finike Antakya
Kaş 1500
Anamur
IRAQ
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SYRIA
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6 introduction
a very sizeable minority of Kurds. Tanks to recent
Fa File arrivals from former Soviet or Eastern Bloc territories,
Turkey covers a vast 814,578 • that diversity endures. Another surprise may be
sq km (97 percent in Asia, 3 Turkey’s sheer youthfulness: more than half the
percent in Europe). Four seas
population is under thirty, with legions of young lap its 8333-km coastline:
the Mediterranean, the people working in coastal resorts, and shoals of
Aegean, the Marmara and the schoolkids surging through the city streets.
Black Sea. Numerous peaks
A huge part of Turkey’s appeal lies in its exceed 3000m, the highest
being Ararat (Ağrı Dağı; archeological sites, a legacy of the bewildering
5165m). Turkey’s three succession of states – Hittite, Urartian, Phrygian,
longest rivers – the
Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Armeno-Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak and
Sakarya – fow into the Black Georgian – that held sway here before the twelfth
Sea, while its largest lake is century. From grand Classical cities to hilltop
Lake Van (3713 sq km).
fortresses and remote churches, some still produce
The population of 77 million • exciting new fnds today. In addition, Turkey holds
is 99 percent Muslim (Sunni
a vast number of graceful Islamic monuments, as well or Alevi), with dwindling
minorities of the Armenian as intriguing city bazaars, still hanging on amid the
Apostolic or Catholic, Greek
chain stores and shopping malls. Sadly, ugly modern
Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox
architecture spoils most coastal resorts, where it’s and Jewish faiths. Besides
standard Turkish, two dialects often hard to fnd a beach that matches the
touristof Kurdish are widely spoken;
board hype. Inland Turkey, with its Asiatic expanses
other languages include
of mountains, steppes, lakes, and even cloud-forests, Arabic, Laz, Circassian,
Albanian, Macedonian, may leave a more vivid memory, especially when
Bulgarian, Romany and Greek.
accented by crumbling kervansaray (desert inns),
Well over half the inhabitants
mosques and castles.live in cities; the four largest
are İstanbul, Ankara (the
capital), İzmir and Adana.
Turkey’s economy, rated • Where to go
seventeenth in the world in
2014, has undergone Western Turkey is the most economically developed,
sustained growth in recent
and most visited, part of the country. It would take years. Infation has fallen to
single digits, inward weeks even to scratch the surface of the old imperial
investment has rocketed, capital, Istanbul, straddling the straits linking the
major infrastructure projects
Black and Marmara seas, and still Turkey’s cultural have been realized at an
astonishing rate, and the and commercial hub. Flanking it on opposite sides
Turkish lira has generally held of the Sea of Marmara, the two prior seats of the
its own with the major
Ottoman Emp