Turkey Berlitz Pocket Guide

Focuses on Istanbul and its surrounding area. This guide covers the main sights, including the Blue Mosque and the Topkapi Palace, as well as nearby ruins and the best beaches and resorts. It also contains special features, practical tips, hotel and restaurant listings, maps, color photos, and background historical information.

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"The Berlitz Turkey Pocket Guide" focuses on Istanbul and its surrounding area, the Aegean and Mediterranean Coast, Cappadocia and Anatolia. It covers all the main sights, area by area, in an easily navigable format. Descriptions of tourist attractions include Istanbul's Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Grand Bazaar, Bursa's Ottoman monuments and historic baths, the ruins at Pergamum, Ephesus and Aphrodisias, as well as the best beaches and resorts. There is background historical information, advice on shopping and entertainment and the low-down on Turkish cuisine. An A-Z of practical information, listings of recommended hotels and restaurants and useful expressions in Turkish will help you get around. The book also contains special features on topics ranging from the art of bargaining to Turkish baths. Maps show Turkey, the Turkish Coast and Istanbul, and there are dozens of color photographs throughout.