HOW TO USE THIS ROUGH GUIDE EBOOK
This Rough Guide toIstanbul is one of a new generation of informative andeasy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of yourtrip. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travelcompanion when youre on the road.
From the fills you in on the citys history, recommended books and films and provides a handy Language section.
Detailed area maps feature in the guide chaptersand are also listed in the , accessible from the table of contents. Depending on yourhardware, you can double-tap on the maps to see larger-scale versions, orselect different scales. There are also thumbnails below more detailed maps in these cases, you can opt to zoom left/top or zoom right/bottom orview the full map. The screen-lock function on your device is recommendedwhen viewing enlarged maps. Make sure you have the latest software updates,too.
Throughout the guide, weve flagged up ourfavourite places - a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric caf, a specialrestaurant - with the author pick icon . You can selectyour own favourites and create a personalized itinerary by bookmarking thesights, venues and activities that are of interest, giving you the quickestpossible access to everything youll need for your time away.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Terry Richardson has lived in Turkey for over thirteen years. He first visited Istanbul in1978 and has been an author of The Rough Guide toTurkey for a decade and a half. He contributes regularTurkey-related travel features to UK and Turkish newspapers, leadsspecialist history tours around Istanbul, and helped set up twolong-distance walking trails in Turkey. When not travelling or climbing,Terry devotes rather too much time to following Middlesbrough FC.
Rhiannon Davies visited Istanbul for a week in autumn of 2012, was swept up by the richart, music and culinary scenes and never quite managed to leave. She spent18 months working as Arts and Culture Editor for The GuideIstanbul magazine, which allowed her to get under the skin ofher new favourite city, before breaking out into freelance writing. Shedelights in discovering obscure regional Turkish dishes, and dicing withdeath by exploring Istanbul on a bicycle.
Acknowledgements
Terry would like to thank Seyhun Aktoprak, an Istanbulite and superb guide, forhis valuable insights into this great city. Thanks also to Angelis Nanos ofIstanbul Eats for bringing to life Istanbuls great street cuisinescene. My eldest son Doug again helped check out the Beyolu bars inreturn for free beers, and surprised himself by thoroughly enjoying a greatwalk along the land walls of Theodosius and cycling around thePrinces Islands. My youngest, Jake, did his bit too en route toGeorgia. Thanks to Rhiannon for adding some fresh young blood to the guide.Lem, as ever, kept me sane through the updating and editing process. Andfinally thanks to Emma and Matt at Rough Guides for their firm but fairediting.
Rhiannons thanks go to her stepfather and lovely mum for introducing her to Istanbuland imbuing her with their love for Turkey. Thanks also to Dilara Apa andher family for giving me a chance to get to know the city inside out withThe Guide Istanbul; to Raz for always beingthere to accompany me on a new exploratory adventure; and to Apo forproviding translation assistance and support.