Insight Guides Pocket Turkey (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. 

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Turkey, from top tourist attractions like Istanbul's Haga Sophia, Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace, to hidden gems, including Nemrut Dagi and Oludeniz. 

Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Turkey

- Cultural: delve into the region's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Istanbul, around Istanbul, the Aegean Coast, the Mediterranean Coast, Central Anatolia and the East

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Turquía
• Travel
• Middle East
• Turkey

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051661
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Turkey, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Turkey, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Turkey are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Turkey. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Turkey’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour Of Turkey
Introduction
Size and Landscape
Atatürk’s Legacy
People and Religion
A Brief History
Conquerors and the Conquered
Early Christians
Byzantines and Seljuks
Enter the Ottomans
Decline and Fall
Birth of a Nation
Into the Present
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
Istanbul
Sultanahmet
Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya)
The Blue Mosque and Surroundings
Archaeological Museum
Topkapı Palace
The Bazaars to Süleymaniye Camii
The Grand Bazaar
Beyazit District and Süleymaniye Camii
The Golden Horn
New İstanbul
Karaköy
Galata Tower to Pera
To Taksim
Beşiktaş
Along the Bosphorus
Around İstanbul
The Princes’ Islands
Edirne
İznik
Bursa
The Old Centre
The Aegean Coast
Çanakkale
Gallipoli
Troy
Behramkale (Assos)
Ayvalık
Pergamon
The ruins
The town
İzmir and Çeşme
Sardis (Sart)
Ephesus
Selçuk
Kuşadası
Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Aphrodisias
Priene
Miletus and Didyma
Bodrum
Mediterranean Coast
Marmaris and the Datça Peninsula
Dalyan
Fethiye
Ölüdeniz and Kaya Köyü
The Ruins of the Lycian Heartland
Tlos and Pınara
The Letoön and Xanthos
Patara
Kalkan and Kaş
Kekova
Demre and Myra
Olympos and Phaselis
Antalya
Ruins of the Antalyan Coast
Termessos
Perge and Aspendos
Side
Alanya
Central Anatolia
Ankara
Cappadocia
Ürgüp and Nearby Villages
Göreme
The Underground Cities
The Ihlara Valley
Konya
Çatalhöyük
The East
The Hatay and Antakya (Antioch)
Northern Mesopotamia
The Far East
What To Do
Shopping
Bazaars
In İstanbul
Elsewhere
What to Buy
Bathtime
Outdoor Activities
Ballooning
Birdwatching
Golf
Hiking
Skiing
Horseriding
Sailing and Yachting
Scuba Diving
Swimming
Windsurfing and Kite-Surfing
Entertainment
Children’s Turkey
Festivals and Seasonal Events
Eating Out
Where to Eat
What to Eat
Beverages
Reading the Menu
To Help You Order…
Menu Reader
Meze (Starters)
Et (Meat)
Balık (Fish), Deniz Ürünleri (Seafood)
Sebze (Vegetables)
Tatlı (Dessert)
Beverages
Restaurants
İstanbul
Marmara Region and Aegean Coast
Ayvalik
Bodrum
Bursa
Çanakkale
Çeşme
İzmіr
Selçuk
Yaylaköy
Mediterranean Coast
Antalya
Dalyan
Datça
Kalkan
Kaş
Kayaköyu
Patara
Cappadocia and Central Anatolia
Ankara
Konya
Mustafapaşa (Sinasos)
Ürgüp
Eastern Turkey
Antakya
Gaziantep
Mardin
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airports (see also Getting There)
B
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Camping
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and Safety
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergency Numbers (see also Police)
G
Gay and Lesbian Travellers
Getting There (see also Airports)
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening Times
P
Police
Post Offices
Public Holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephone
Time Zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels
Recommended Hotels
İstanbul and Surroundings
Princes Islands
Edirne
Sea of Marmara and Aegean Coast
Assos (Behramkale)
Bodrum and Environs
Bursa
Çanakkale
Çeşme
İzmir
Kuşadasi
Pamukkale
Selçuk
Mediterranean Coast
Antalya
Dalyan
Kalkan
Kaş
Patara (Gelemiş)
Side
Cappadocia and Central Anatolia
Ankara
Göreme
Güzelyurt (Gelverİ)
Üçhisar
Ürgüp
Eastern Turkey
Antakya
Gaziantep
Nemrut Daği
Şanliurfa


Turkey’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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Aspendos
The site of an amazingly well-preserved Roman theatre. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Blue Mosque
Its interior is aglow with thousands of decorated tiles. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Gaziantep Archaeological Museum
Hundreds of square metres of vivid Roman mosaics, the best in the Middle East, form the heart of this astonishing collection. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Hagia Sophia
Completed in AD 537, it ranks among the wonders of the world. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
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Pamukkale
Mineral-rich springs formed its irresistible travertine terraces. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Ephesus
Its Roman ruins are the most extensive in the Mediterranean. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
Frank Noon/Apa Publications

Patara
Turkey’s longest continuous beach, its dunes romantically encroaching on the ruins of an ancient city. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Ölüdeniz
Pine-clad hills and white-sand beaches back the turquoise waters of this beautiful stretch of coastline. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Topkapı Palace
Centuries of Ottoman pomp and power are on display. For more information, click here .