Table of Contents

A foot in the door; essentials; planning your trip; before you travel; money; getting there; touching down; where to stay; getting around; keeping in touch; food and drink; shopping; holidays and festivals; sport and special interest travel; health; further reading; Istanbul; the Marmara Region; the Thrace Region; the Aegean Region; western Mediterranean; eastern Mediterranean; western Anatolia; central Anatolia; the Black Sea region; northeast Anatolia; southeast Anatolia; background; history; economy; culture; land and environment; footnotes.

Promotional Information

This book shortlisted for Guidebook of the Year category of the 1999 Travelex Travel Writers' Awards. Footprint Handbooks won the Bronze Award in the 1999 Top Guidebook Series of the Wanderlust Readers' Awards.

About the Author

Dominic first visited Turkey 18 years ago and has lived and worked there for the last three years travelling extensively throughout the country as well as across Europe and Asia. He speaks fluent Turkish and has a passion for all mountain-based activities including trekking, skiing and mountain biking. His experiences also include an overland drive across Turkey in an old Dutch postal van!