Insight Guides Turkey (Travel Guide with Free eBook)

Insight Guides

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Let us guide you on every step of your travels.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, Insight Guide Turkey, is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of Turkey, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Istanbul, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Ani Ruins and Cappadocian landscapes, and hidden cultural gems like Diyarbakir. 

This book is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring Adatepe, Amasya and Mardin to discovering the Bolkar Toros and Zeus temple, Aizanoi. 

- In-depth on history and culture: explore the region's vibrant history and culture, and understand its modern-day life, people and politics 
- Excellent Editor's Choice: uncover the best of Turkey, which highlights the most special places to visit around the region 
- Invaluable and practical maps: get around with ease thanks to detailed maps that pinpoint the key attractions featured in every chapter
- Informative tips: plan your travels easily with an A to Z of useful advice on everything from climate to tipping
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights, and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Istanbul, Istanbul: Old City, Istanbul: The New City and The Bosphorus, Thrace and Marmara, the Aegean Coast, the North Aegean Coast, the Southern Aegean, Izmir, Manisa and Sardis, Bodrum and Marmaris, the Mediterranean Coast, Lycia, Pamphylia, Cilicia, the Hatay, Central Anatolia, Ankara, Northwest Antatolia, Southwest Anatolia, East of Ankara, Cappadocia, the Black Sea Coast, the Black Sea, the East, the Near East and the Far 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 septembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051500
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Turkey, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Turkey. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
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] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Turkey. Simply double-tap on an image to see it 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
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: Welcome To Turkey
Geography
Decisive Dates
The Cradle of Civilisation
The Classical Years
Byzantium
An Empire Under Threat
The Ottomans
Insight: Süleyman the Magnificent
The Decline and Fall of the Ottomans
The Republican Era
Modern Turks: A Quest for Identity
Religion in Turkey
Fit for a Sultan’s Table
Insight: Turkish Cafés
Anatolia’s Ancient Arts
Saz, Jazz and Sufi Chants
Heirlooms of the Future
Insight: Patterns of Life: Carpets and Kilims
Introduction: Places
Introduction: İstanbul
İstanbul: Old City
İstanbul: The New City and The Bosphorus
Insight: A Trip to the Turkish Bath
Introduction: Thrace and Marmara
Thrace
Marmara
Introduction: The Aegean Coast
The North Aegean Coast
İzmir, Manisa and Sardis
Insight: Turkish Festivals
The Southern Aegean
Bodrum and Marmaris
Introduction: The Mediterranean Coast
Lycia
Insight: Plants and Wildlife
Pamphylia
Cilicia
The Hatay
Introduction: Central Anatolia
Ankara
Northwest Anatolia
Southwest Anatolia
East of Ankara
Cappadocia
Introduction: The Black Sea Coast
The Black Sea
Insight: The Great Outdoors
Introduction: The East
The Near East
Insight: Prophets and Preachers
The Far East
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Turkey’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Istanbul. The capital of two great empires has an unrivalled position on straits separating Europe from Asia, superb Byzantine and Ottoman monuments, and some of the best dining and entertainment opportunities in the country. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Pamukkale. The solidified mineral-rich “waterfalls” of the pale travertine terraces are a cliché of Turkish tourism, but unmissable nonetheless; the extensive remains of Roman Hierapolis up top are an added bonus. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Colossal heads at Nemrut Dağı. Mountaintop shrine in the middle of nowhere, this monument to the pretensions of an obscure local satrap of the 1st century BC is best viewed at sunrise or sunset. For more information, click here .
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Top Attraction 4



Ephesus. The most extensive and best-preserved ancient city in Turkey. For more information, click here .
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Top Attraction 5



Şanlıurfa. Get a feel of the Middle East in this ancient town in the southeast of the country. One of the most atmospheric places in Turkey, replete with overhanging medieval houses and warren-like bazaars. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Cappadocian landscapes. Created millions of years ago by two nearby volcanoes, the tuff-pinnacle badlands have been eroded into bizarre shapes to create a dreamlike landscape. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Lycian Rock Tombs. There are literally thousands of them, seemingly no two alike, in the most improbable places along the Turquoise Coast; with their graceful profiles and relief carvings they’re irresistibly photogenic. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Museum of Anatolian Civilisations, Ankara. Outstanding collection of artefacts spanning Anatolia’s early history, from the Palaeolithic to the Phrygian eras. For more information, click here .
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Top Attraction 9



Sumela Monastery. An ancient Byzantine monastery hidden away in a spectacular forested canyon. For more information, click here .
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Top Attraction 10



Ani ruins. The former capital of Bagratid Armenia, which flourished from the 10th to the 13th centuries, contains several of the finest Armenian churches in this region, amid dramatic scenery. For more information, click here .
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Editor’s Choice



Best Ancient Monuments

Trajan Temple, Pergamon . German archaeologists have re-erected columns and architraves in partial atonement for a compatriot’s abduction of the nearby Zeus altar reliefs. For more information, click here .
Library of Celsus , Ephesus. Effectively the logo of the site, this 2nd-century AD endowment with its elaborate façade has been assiduously restored by Austrian excavators. For more information, click here .
Tetrapylon Gate, Aphrodisias . An astonishing elaborate structure just to mark the intersection of two Roman streets, this cluster of columns supports finely worked pediments. For more information, click here .
The Theatre, Aspendos . Roman imperial structure in almost as good condition as when new – and accordingly a supremely atmospheric festival venue. For more information, click here .
Zeus temple, Aizanoi . With standing walls and columns, the most complete of three Zeus temples in Anatolia, a Corinthian affair funded by Emperor Hadrian. For more information, click here .
Monumental gates, Boğazkale . Massive gates flanked by relief carvings punctuate the incredible 6km (4 miles) of walls enclosing this capital of the once-mighty Hittite empire. For more information, click here .



Trajan Temple at Pergamon.
Frank Noon/Apa Publications


Best Medieval Castles

Bozcaada (Tenedos). Huge but now domesticated and fetchingly lit by night; Byzantines, Genoese, Venetians and Turks have successively modified it. For more information, click here .
St Peter’s , Bodrum . Once a main stronghold of the crusading Knights of St John, now well restored and home to several worthwhile museums. For more information, click here .
Anamur ( Mamure Kalesi ). Among the most romantically sited castles in Turkey, a huge Armenian-built seaside affair with its toes in the sand. For more information, click here .
Korykos and Kız Kalesi . Not-quite-twin castles, built by the Byzantines and local Armenian kings: one on land, the other facing it on an islet. For more information, click here .
İshak Paşa Sarayı , Doğubeyazıt . More fortified pleasure-palace than castle, this engaging pastiche of every conceivable indigenous Anatolian style seems a mirage in this bleak landscape. For more information, click here .
Hoşap , Hakkâri . Fairytale castle on a crag, t