Rick Steves' Istanbul Author: Lale Surmen Aran Tankut Aran | Language: English | ISBN:
B003TJASLU | Format: PDF
Rick Steves' Istanbul Description
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Istanbul.
Following Rick's self-guided tours, you'll experience the wonders of East and West in this fascinating city—the capital of two great empires. Explore one of the world's largest domed churches, haggle with merchants in the exotic Grand Bazaar, and discover the secrets of the sultan's harem in Topkapi Palace. Wander through monumental mosques, shop along sophisticated avenues, and watch whirling dervishes in action. Cruise the Bosphorus for a quick trip to Asia, and end the day relaxing in a Turkish bath.
Rick's candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants in delightful neighborhoods. You'll learn how to get around on the city's trams and ferries, and which sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
- File Size: 8709 KB
- Print Length: 448 pages
- Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; Fifth Edition edition (March 13, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003TJASLU
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,558 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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This useful guidebook is compact in size, concise in descriptions, and colorful in discoveries. Husband-and-wife authors Lale and Tankut Aran love Istanbul with such passion, enthusiastically guiding readers through the back doors, back streets, and back stories of their beloved city. They single out Turks you can track down for a chat; don't miss their picks of several Grand Bazaar shopkeepers who happily share their stories and, of course, their wares.
I especially like the self-guided walking tours; museum must-sees; and money-saving transportation tips. Although I've been to Turkey six times, this little guidebook helped me rediscover Istanbul with fresh eyes and a renewed sense of appreciation for this complex, appealing country.
By Helen Holter
We just returned from our trip to Istanbul and found Rick Steves' Istanbul to be ab excellent resource both in preparing us for the trip and in helping us while we were there. We used advice from the book to prioritize what we wanted to see while we were there and also to group excursions so that we could see things that are close together on the same day. Rick Steves' has excellent walking tours that are very detailed (ie look just to the left of the big wooden door at shoulder height and you will see __________) and have tons of historical information. If you don't mind walking through the museums with a guidebook, you can definitely use this in place of the guides that try to sell you expensive tours outside of the big museums (like the Aya Sofia). It is also helpful to have Rick Steves' detailed tours for the buildings and areas, such as the mosques, that don't offer guides. These places will sometimes have a plaque that will tell you a bit about the history of what you are seeing, but often the English translation isn't great and you can only fit so much on a plaque. Using Rick Steves' in these locations really enriched our understanding of the city and helped us learn and appreciate the history even more. The only complaint that I had is that although the book claims it is updated yearly, there were a few times that small details such as prices were slightly inaccurate. While it would have been nice to know that some of the museums cost 25 TL instead of 20, for us that didn't make a huge difference. If you are planning your trip on a really tight budget, you may want to check these things online first. Other than that, this book was extremely helpful!
By dlp
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