Istanbul

Fülszöveg

The Collected Traveler
For Travelers Who Want More Than a Guidebook
This unique guide to one of today's hottest tourist destinations combines fascinating articles by a wide variety of writers, woven throughout with the editor's own indispensable advice and opinions—providing in one package an unparalleled experience of an extraordinary place.
This edition on Istanbul features:
Seductive, colorful, and in-depth articles that illuminate the dazzling treasures of Istanbul, from the Grand Bazaar to the Sultans' palaces; the delights of Turkish cuisine; the rich pageant of Istanbul's history; and the people and personalities that define the city today
Personal pieces that go beyond the usual tourist highlights, offering intimate reports on everything from the heavenly scent (and taste);of Turkish roses to the glitzy nightlife of this city of "minarets and miniskirts," to the unusual pleasure of being pum-meled in a Turkish bath.
• Enticing recommendations for related reading,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The Collected Traveler
For Travelers Who Want More Than a Guidebook
This unique guide to one of today's hottest tourist destinations combines fascinating articles by a wide variety of writers, woven throughout with the editor's own indispensable advice and opinions—providing in one package an unparalleled experience of an extraordinary place.
This edition on Istanbul features:
Seductive, colorful, and in-depth articles that illuminate the dazzling treasures of Istanbul, from the Grand Bazaar to the Sultans' palaces; the delights of Turkish cuisine; the rich pageant of Istanbul's history; and the people and personalities that define the city today
Personal pieces that go beyond the usual tourist highlights, offering intimate reports on everything from the heavenly scent (and taste);of Turkish roses to the glitzy nightlife of this city of "minarets and miniskirts," to the unusual pleasure of being pum-meled in a Turkish bath.
• Enticing recommendations for related reading, including novels, histories, memoirs, and guidebooks.
• An A-Z Miscellany of concise and entertaining information on everything from Alexander the Great and Ataturk to whirling dervishes and Turkish wine.
• Interviews, Q&As, and commentary from visitors and residents, including food writers Claudia Roden and Alan Richman, historian John Freely, and Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk.
• Spotlights on unusual shops, restaurants, hotels, and experiences not to be missed.

Barrie Kerper is the editor of eight previous books in the . ©ollected Traveler series.
Cover design: Abby Weintraub
Cover photograph © Zubin Shroff/Getty Images
U.S. $19.00 Can. $23.00 Travel /Turkey ISBN 978-0-307-39059-2
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