Lonely Planet Turkey (Country Guide) [Paperback]

James Bainbridge (Author), Brett Atkinson (Author), Jean-Bernard Carillet (Author), Steve Fallon (Author), Joe Fullman (Author), Virginia Maxwell (Author), Tom Spurling (Author)

Book Description

Series: Country Guide | Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Lonely Planet knows Turkey: paraglide over the velvety Mediterranean, haggle good-naturedly in the bazaars or enjoy the views from Mt Ararat, just like Noah and his animals - our 11th edition helps you experience Turkey's best.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Inspiring itineraries to help plan your trip
Unique cultural insights from a Cappadocian horse whisperer and a female Kurdish entrepreneur
Essential information on crossing into Turkey's neighboring countries

Product Details

• Paperback: 724 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 11 edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 174104927X
• ISBN-13: 978-1741049275
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #88 in Books > Travel > Asia > Turkey

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book is great compared to others, but lets be logical its TURKEY!!!, July 22, 2010

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Cuniyet L. Vold - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Turkey (Country Guide) (Paperback)

Okay first off, this reviewer is turkish and has been all over turkey for years from small towns to big cities. I stayed in dumps and magnificent 5 star hotels. This book is great for a portable reference (compared to what else is out there) I would also recommend rough guide's Turkey. Furthermore, I hear many people ranting on here about how the book doesn't rate this or is not located where it is. I'm going to be honest check the internet before you go. In Turkey if a website is not offered for a hotel over 80% of the time they are going to be "shady" as far as the people who are there and business, not all turks are friendly. As far as how they rate towns like Kusadasi and Bodrum, people need to understand every town or city has a rundown (ghetto) neighborhood. I've been to places like Kusadasi and find it very nice, but also on that aspect very touristy. Also, some cities exist just for tourism (no real turks live there) such as a city like Kas. Don't believe me then visit and see the ridiculous prices for restaurants and crappy souvenirs. If you want real Turkey this book will help you find it, but expect a few inaccuracies just because its written by a team of "westerners" who can't figure out which way is which in Turkey, direction wise. Most likely for the reasons of having pensions listed in the book with a map and location but not located where they are once you get where this book tells you.
So TRAVELERS understand ONE THING!!! Turkey is NOT England or USA Turkey is not far from a Third world country, a second world country possibly. You will find frequent power outages, inadequate roads, transportation is great in Turkey, but understand that staying at a pension in Turkey is not like staying in a pension in America or a hostel in Germany. You will get shady characters and sometimes bad business. In turkey there is glamour but on the beaten path expect wires hanging in the shower and expect small basic rooms, not no dang Hilton everywhere you go. So enjoy this book and enjoy Turkey but please keep an open mind and PLAN before you go stay at a pension that doesn't have a website or doesn't have even pictures online. Use this book along with [...] and you will have a better trip.
Sorry for the ranting...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh how i wish i did not have this on a kindle, August 31, 2010

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nbehring "nbehring" (beijing, China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Turkey (Country Guide) (Kindle Edition)

I like my kindle a lot - i do, but a warning to travelers - unless you plan on reading this book cover to cover and committing every detail to photographic memory, do not put it on an e-reader. I thought it would be so great to liberate myself from carrying a phone book sized anchor with me.. but boy, was i wrong. It's almost impossible to find anything in it. For example - if you want to know when the Istanbul Modern closes, like i did today, i had to do a time consuming search with let me to various schedules for travelers spending one, two, three days in the city.. then i went to the Istanbul section and clicked through about 50 clicks until i finally got to the museum's introduction .. it was so frustrating. Also, forget the maps - the Kindle renders them in to gray blobs that have no use other than inspiring more clicking. Alas, its better to carry the real thing!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars buy an older edition and save, April 25, 2010

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Philip Wilk (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Turkey (Country Guide) (Paperback)

This book contains little updated information and much of the information contained is out of date. Buy the 10th edition used and save a bunch. I just got back from a two week trip to Turkey, and while the LP Turkey is in general a good guidebook, the 11th edition seems no better than the 10th. Part of this might be due to a lack of serious editing; for instance at the top of page 96, it should reference the map on page 114-115, which it does not (wrong pages).