This new series combines the best features of 'Landscapes' with all the detail you would expect in a hefty general guide, but they are all pocket size and in full colour. All the authors have been visiting Turkey for many years, writing general and walking guides. Dean Livesley was one of the original developers of the famous Lycian Way, Turkey's first long-distance footpath. Besides being intrepid explorers, Brian and Eileen Anderson are botanists and keen cooks! The main part of this book concentrates on the area west of Antalya, known both in antiquity and today as Lycia. Historical descriptions of the wild, fissured Lycian coastal region abound with superlatives. And the landscapes that sent so many writers into raptures have not changed for centuries. Despite all the hymns of praise, Lycia's thinly populated coastal strip long remained untouched by tourism. It was so isolated that for a short time, it even became a place of exile. Today, thanks to the building of Antalya's international airport, millions of visitors happily spend their holidays in the places where unwanted dissidents were once forcibly detained. The whole Lycian Peninsula takes in a very large area and this volume concentrates on the region between Antalya and Demre/Kekova, east of Kas. Coverage includes: getting there and getting about; recommended accommodation, campsites and restaurants (all with prices); practicalities A-Z; history; 15-20 main walks with many variations, all with large-scale topographical maps; fold-out area maps; detailed town plans showing locations of all sights, hotels and restaurants; and many 'feature' panels.
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Sunflower Guides: Turkish coast - Antalya to Demre,
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This review is from: Sunflower Guide Turkish Coast Antalya to Demre (Sunflower Guides) (Sunflower Guides Turkish Coast: Antalya to Demre) (Paperback)
Bought this book for a spring 2009 trip to Turkey. Great source of information if you like to spend some time outdoors and get away from the cities. Has recommendations for hikes of varying difficulty and length along the westerly sections of the Turquoise Coast, accompanied by descriptions of ruins that may happen to be along the way. The maps are fairly clear, and accompanied by detailed route descriptions. Recommendations for food and lodging are also provided.
There is not much else out there available in the US that provides this kind of information for this part of the world. I had to wait a bit to get the book shipped in from England via a bookstore, but it was well worth it.
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Getting Lost in Olympos,
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This review is from: Sunflower Guide Turkish Coast Antalya to Demre (Sunflower Guides) (Sunflower Guides Turkish Coast: Antalya to Demre) (Paperback)
I really liked this guide...it offers a lot of information about smaller, less visited sites. The walks are nice, and it seems that the authors have actually explored all the trails that they describe. Some of the walks in this book are not official trails, but just walks that the authors have put together. They may include dirt roads, marked trails, unmarked trails, or paths through orchards.
I did one of the walks out of Olympos, up to the lost city. Following the trail was difficult because most of it was unmarked, and the extremely detailed descriptions in the book are all that saved me. Also, the forest I was supposed to be walking through was in the process of being logged, so the trail/dirt road was very very hot. Again, the route descriptions are detailed, and kept me on track even though some things have changed.
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Turkish Coast, Lycian Way, Tahtah Dagi, Kesme Valley, Musa Dagi, Göynük River, Atatürk Cad, Olympos Beach, Tourist Office, Alexander the Great, Ali Çetinkaya Cad, Alara Castle, Sheraton Hotel, Fevzi Çakmak Cad, Taurus Mountains, Mount Olympos, Archaeological Museum, Adrasan Bay, Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Köprülü Canyon, Güllük Cad, Chelidonian Cape, Akdeniz Cad, Dean Livesley, Hadrian's Gate Browse Sample Pages:
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Turkish Coast, Lycian Way, Tahtah Dagi, Kesme Valley, Musa Dagi, Göynük River, Atatürk Cad, Olympos Beach, Tourist Office, Alexander the Great, Ali Çetinkaya Cad, Alara Castle, Sheraton Hotel, Fevzi Çakmak Cad, Taurus Mountains, Mount Olympos, Archaeological Museum, Adrasan Bay, Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Köprülü Canyon, Güllük Cad, Chelidonian Cape, Akdeniz Cad, Dean Livesley, Hadrian's Gate Browse Sample Pages:
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