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Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides
DK Top 10 Istanbul
Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2016. True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Istanbul covers all the city's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you. This newly updated pocket travel guide for Istanbul will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, whether you want to explore fascinating museums and historic mosques and churches or the best bazaars and shopping areas. Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Istanbul . • Brand-new itineraries help you plan your trip to Istanbul.
• Expanded and far more comprehensive, new laminated pull-out map now includes color-coded design, public transportation maps, and street indexes to make it even easier to use.
• Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time.
• New Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more.
• Additional maps marked with sights from the guidebook are shown on inside cover flaps, with selected street index and metro map.
• New typography and fresh layout throughout.
You'll still find DK's famous full-color photography and museum floor plans, along with just the right amount of coverage of the city's history and culture. A free pull-out city map is marked with sights from the guidebook and includes a street index and a metro map. The perfect pocket-size travel DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Istanbul . Series For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. Expert travel writers and researchers provide independent editorial advice, recommendations, and reviews. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more. DK Eyewitness Travel the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide.
• Expanded and far more comprehensive, new laminated pull-out map now includes color-coded design, public transportation maps, and street indexes to make it even easier to use.
• Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time.
• New Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more.
• Additional maps marked with sights from the guidebook are shown on inside cover flaps, with selected street index and metro map.
• New typography and fresh layout throughout.
You'll still find DK's famous full-color photography and museum floor plans, along with just the right amount of coverage of the city's history and culture. A free pull-out city map is marked with sights from the guidebook and includes a street index and a metro map. The perfect pocket-size travel DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Istanbul . Series For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. Expert travel writers and researchers provide independent editorial advice, recommendations, and reviews. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more. DK Eyewitness Travel the most maps, photographs, and illustrations of any guide.
128 pages, Paperback
First published July 16, 2007
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March 24, 2017
This marvelous pocket guide is a real God send when walking or driving around Istanbul. There is an easy pull out map in back, as well as a quick phrase guide and practical information section to aid eager travelers.
Some of the top 10 highlights are the beautiful Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Cemberlitas Turkish Baths built in 1584, and the colorful Grand Bazaar. Pinching a few pennies? There’s a section on Istanbul for Free, too! Travelers will also enjoy the section highlighting a few of the local culinary delights, such as manti stuffed with delectable minced lamb, lokum, elastic ice cream, coban salatasi and gozleme pancakes with savory stuffing.
Not to be missed are the impressive Ottoman fortress of Yedikule Castle, the ancient Theodossian Walls, the Baroque Fatih Mosque, and the impressive Aqueduct of Valens, which brought precious water into the Palace from the Belgrade Forest. If one can coincide one’s vacation with one of the festivals, such as the Tulip Festival, Feast of Sacrifice, or the International Istanbul Film Festival, one is in for a real treat. This is a great book to purchase and bring along on your vacation.
Some of the top 10 highlights are the beautiful Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Cemberlitas Turkish Baths built in 1584, and the colorful Grand Bazaar. Pinching a few pennies? There’s a section on Istanbul for Free, too! Travelers will also enjoy the section highlighting a few of the local culinary delights, such as manti stuffed with delectable minced lamb, lokum, elastic ice cream, coban salatasi and gozleme pancakes with savory stuffing.
Not to be missed are the impressive Ottoman fortress of Yedikule Castle, the ancient Theodossian Walls, the Baroque Fatih Mosque, and the impressive Aqueduct of Valens, which brought precious water into the Palace from the Belgrade Forest. If one can coincide one’s vacation with one of the festivals, such as the Tulip Festival, Feast of Sacrifice, or the International Istanbul Film Festival, one is in for a real treat. This is a great book to purchase and bring along on your vacation.
March 22, 2022
Yes pretty good. Very helpful maps and advice and places etc. All in all very good.
Slightly out of date though. Mentioned a few restaurants which no longer exist. Also I can't believe it failed to mention that the Pudding Shop is some famous point along the hippie trail!
Slightly out of date though. Mentioned a few restaurants which no longer exist. Also I can't believe it failed to mention that the Pudding Shop is some famous point along the hippie trail!
January 2, 2024
Good and straightforward. Concise history and straightforward maps.
July 30, 2022
Pretty straightforward guide book. Not a lot of detail as it was just one of these “top 10” type books, but it had handy info on the main sights, and I think pretty resourceful info for food and drink. It seemed a bit repetitive as it broke it down by top 10 sights of the whole city and then top sights for each district. Also a bit out of date, after only a few years (Büyükada no longer has the horse and carriage rides, and that was its main point within the book). It actually did convince us to add an extra mosque to our list, which I’m grateful for.
It was only a very short trip - our main priority was a wedding - so it was useful for the time we had. If we stayed any longer though, a more detailed book, with more elaborate history and background, would have been my preference. Maybe for the next trip.
It was only a very short trip - our main priority was a wedding - so it was useful for the time we had. If we stayed any longer though, a more detailed book, with more elaborate history and background, would have been my preference. Maybe for the next trip.
December 11, 2010
This is for the full Istanbul book, not the Top 10. Love DK guidebooks; this one was great as usual.
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