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
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Turkey. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Turkeys Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Aspendos
The site of an amazingly well-preserved Roman theatre. For more information, .
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Blue Mosque
Its interior is aglow with thousands of decorated tiles. For more information, .
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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, .
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Hagia Sophia
Completed in AD 537, it ranks among the wonders of the world. For more information, .
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Pamukkale
Mineral-rich springs formed its irresistible travertine terraces. For more information, .
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Ephesus
Its Roman ruins are the most extensive in the Mediterranean. For more information, .
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Patara
Turkeys longest continuous beach, its dunes romantically encroaching on the ruins of an ancient city. For more information, .
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ldeniz
Pine-clad hills and white-sand beaches back the turquoise waters of this beautiful stretch of coastline. For more information, .
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Topkap Palace
Centuries of Ottoman pomp and power are on display. For more information, .
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Nemrut Da
Huge stone heads stare from a mountaintop in the Mesopotamian basin. For more information, .
A Perfect Tour Of Turkey
Days 12
stanbul
Enter Topkap Palace early, then see Aya Sofya and the Blue Mosque. Have lunch nearby before strolling west via the Grand Bazaar to the Slemaniye mosque, later descending to the colourful Spice Bazaar. The next day, take a ferry up the Bosphorus, visiting various museums or waterside villas. Return in the evening to sample Beyolus nightlife.
Days 34
Bursa to Assos
Hire a car and take the ferry to Mudanya or Yalova, ports for Bursa. Tour Bursa then set off west for anakkale, perhaps making it to Troy before sunset. The following day, cross to Eceabat for the battlefields of Gallipoli. Return to the mainland and head for Assos, watching the sunset over Lsvos from the acropolis before dinner.
Days 56
Ayvalk to Pamukkale
After a morning swim, head down the Aegean coast to Ayvalk, in time for lunch. Explore nearby Pergamon before continuing south to Seluk. Spend the next morning at Ephesus, then stop at Priene, Miletus or Didyma after lunch. Next head inland to Pamukkale in time for sunset.