Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lonely Planet Publications
• VHS Release Date: April 24, 1997
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 190097925X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,469 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Entertaining and adventurous, Lonely Planet videos encourage the same independent approach to travel as the guidebooks. Currently broadcast throughout the world, this award-winning series features all original footage and music.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No Istanbul!, March 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Lonely Planet - Turkey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

How can you make a tour of Turkey and not see Istanbul? Well that's what this video does. It also doesn't go to Pamukkale's hot springs, another must see spot for tourists.

What it does include is great coverage of Ephesus, shows you what a Turkish bath is like, how to buy a Turkish rug, highlights of all the cheap hotels and transportation she uses. This video visits unknown cities not on your usual tourist route. So you get a feel of the culture as the traveller talks with local people and attends a wedding in a small village.

Supplement this video with Rick Steves' Travel the World Eastern Cities for great coverage of Istanbul. Includes visits to the Topkapi palace, the Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, the bazaar, a Turkish bath house, a boat ride and a view of modern Istanbul.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So good but not enough, August 21, 2000

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Emre Yeksan (Istanbul Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet - Turkey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This documentary-traveller guide is about the country i live in. I think this video is helpful for both the travellers who wants to travel Turkey and who needs some information. Although it's the best international video guide about Turkey, it has got a little problem. It gives the whole information about certain places to visit in Turkey; but, omits some importants sites.