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The holiday-makers' favourite guidebook series (The Sunday Times Travel Magazine )
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The Rough Guide to Turkey is your essential travel guide to this vast and fascinating country. Fully revised and updated, the guide provides unparalleled coverage of everything from Istanbul's nightlife to the cave churches of Cappadocia, with accurate maps, a handy language section and beautiful colour photography throughout. You'll find informed practical advice on what to see and do, from bartering at a bazaar to hiking the Lycian Way, plus honest reviews of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Expert accounts on hamams, shopping and food and drink give you the day-to-day essentials, whilst a comprehensive history section puts everything into context. The Rough Guide to Turkey's richly illustrated introduction to the country's highlights is complimented by full-colour sections describing outdoor activities, Turkish cuisine and the country's most incredible architectural heritage.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having just returned from my first visit to Turkey I can only agree with the negative comments voiced by other reviewers. The general tone veers between sneering at the reality of turkish society and derision of anything that remotely relates to the general tourist. All this would be bad enough were the text not hopelessly out of date. Selecting a couple of examples at random from an extraordinary list of errors; Descriptions of the Bodrum penisula include references to sailing schools in Bitez. Guys! - all the schools moved further round the peninsua at least 3 years ago. For Ephesus the visitor is instructed to walk from the lower to upper gates (insane if you've ever been there), no warning of the extreme heat everyone will experience - even in Spring. Riddled with factual inaccuracies and so superficial as to be useless. I threw my copy away and just asked the locals, who are amazing people (not that you'd ever expect that if you read this book).
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I used this book on holiday in Turkey last year and I found it had all the vital information required to make my holiday a greater experience. Every detail beaches, restaurants, customs, food and what to watch out for were all explained very clearly. On the subject of food, I was advised NEVER to eat mussels sold by locals on the beach, but unfortunately I read the book 1 day too late! You can work the rest out for yourself!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought this after my first visit to Turkey 21 years ago; though sneery and cynical it was useful. Married the man, came to live here 9 years ago. Bought the new edition last year. The reviews for the holiday town, on the outskirts of which I live, are still the same, word for word! Current reviews of food, hotels etc are similarly 20 years of date.
The pace of change here is enormous, please try to imagine a review which hasn't changed in 20 years and multiply it's irrelevance by 3. Used Rough guides for many years and many countries, so disappointed by this charade of a current guide.
The pace of change here is enormous, please try to imagine a review which hasn't changed in 20 years and multiply it's irrelevance by 3. Used Rough guides for many years and many countries, so disappointed by this charade of a current guide.
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buy the paperback!
As I'm new to Kindle this may be a bit unfair due to my inexperience in navigation. There are huge, obvious advantages in taking a kindle on holiday - for novels it is brilliant. Read more
Published 4 months ago by PatS
Does what it says on the tin
I enjoyed the tone, detail and honesty of the Rough Guide to Turkey. Okay, it doesn't always wax lyrical about the grandeur of the landscape, but there are enough glossy guide... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jack Scott
not bad!
well I read the reviews of others before I made my purchase.
I can agree that this product is worth the value and compare to other product's price range... Read more
I can agree that this product is worth the value and compare to other product's price range... Read more
Published 7 months ago by J
The Rough Guide to Turkey
Just returned from a holiday in Turkey, The Guide was invaluable! Not only does it save you time and money but also gives an excellent insight into local history and customs which... Read more
Published 10 months ago by wallyp
Buy the Rough Guide if you're smart
There's a number of offended types giving negative reviews to the Rough Guide here on Amazon. Don't believe them. It's by far the best guide. Read more
Published 12 months ago by William Ralph
Istanbul
I only used this for Istanbul. Other parts of Turkey will have to wait until the next time! Like most Rough Guides it's accurate and gives the right amount of useful detail.
Published on 3 Mar 2010 by N. Rushby
Very Imformative Publication
I found this book a very expansive and imformative review about Turkey. I gathered a lot of knowledge about places to visit while on holiday. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by Trev G
A deep and comprehensive guide to Turkey
I used this book when travelling around Turkey in September 2008. It is as with other rough guides an invaluable mine of information about places to visit, where to eat and where... Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2008 by Mr. Philip A. Martin
Not the best
Not a bad guide, but not great either. There are only colour pictures in the introductory 'highlights' section - the rest of the images are black and white, and not very clear,... Read more
Published on 6 April 2008 by BookWorm
Useful In Parts But Subtley Islamophobic
Beware: this Rough Guide has a distinct anti-Ottoman and anti-Muslim undercurrent which runs through the book. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by Junaid
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