Rick Steves' Istanbul
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: Third Edition
- Author: Lale Surmen Aran, Tankut Aran
- Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
- Release Date: February 2009
- ISBN-10: 1598802151
- ISBN-13: 9781598802153
- List Price: $17.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryRick Steves’ Istanbul is a “tour guide in your pocket” to one of the world’s grandest cities. Walking in the footsteps of Byzantine emperors and Ottoman sultans, you’ll explore the city where Europe meets Asia. With this up-to-date advice, you’ll make the most out of your time and money, and have your pick of good-value hotels and restaurants. Self-guided walking tours lead you through historic mosques, ancient mosaic-speckled churches, bustling bazaars, and artifact-packed museums. You’ll find out where the locals go for sea-food and for the tastiest Turkish delight candies. In this guide, Lale Surmen Aran and Tankut Aran team up with Rick Steves to bring you the best of Istanbul. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
So many typos!
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I'm really enjoying this book, but the Kindle edition desperately needed a proofreader. I finally have the rhythm -- firee is free, Firench is French, Hop-Of is Hop-Off, etc. Some have made me laugh out loud, much to the curiosity of my fellow bus passengers.
That aside, it is really making me wish my trip to Turkey was next week, not next year!
outdated edition
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Great guide, but as so often happens, the Kindle edition is an outdated edition. It is the third edition, while the book version being sold by Amazon is the fourth edition. I have noticed this trend with several nonfiction books. Amazon does not disclose this either, e.g., when you look at the 4th edition book version and click on the buy kindle link, it does not tell you that you are buying the old edition. This is the second time this has happened to me in the last week. It is a great book though, and I am sure it is still useful, but things do change (hours and rates, restaurants open and close), and up to date guide books are desirable.
Rick Steves Istanbul
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Easy to read. Full of practical information. Gets you into areas you normally don't read about in traditional guide books. The best thing is that the accommodation has been checked out personally and one can rely on an acurate report. Let's face it, bring up any accommodation on the Internet and it looks good. I would like to see some information on the rest of Turkey included. Keith Mole
Lifesaver for a First Time Visitor to Istanbul
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This book was so timely & up to date. Istanbul has few bi-lingual signs so the maps & translations here made it possible to see Istanbul as it should be seen. Recommendations for must-see sights, transportation, and food options were spot on. I would have given 5 stars if there had been more info in the shopping chapter. This is definitely the best guide out there if you are going to own just one.
Like traveling with a best friend
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I bought the Feb. 2010 edition of Rick Steves Istanbul guide for a week-long vacation there in April 2010 (volcano month). This has to be the best travel guide that I have ever used, and the best in his series.
It begins with basic travel tips, followed by almost 200 pages of self-guided walking and museum tours, followed by hotel and restaurant recommendations. I took every tour in his book and would have missed half of Istanbul's beauty and history without it.
I have been in Istanbul before, but always with a group herded by local guides. Traveling solo with the RS guidebook in hand was infinitely more enjoyable. I pitied the multitudes of tour groups who hurried past the sights as I read about and savored them.
If this guide has any weakness, it would be timeliness. Prices in Turkey are rising so fast that many of the published prices for hotels and entry fees are already outdated (Istanbul hotels are now almost as expensive as their western European counterparts). Also, some listed sights are closed or modified for renovations, but nothing major.
I usually buy a copy of the corresponding Lonely Planet guide to accompany my RS guides when traveling. LP guides have more detailed maps and more extensive background information, and they cover more areas than RS guides. The RS guides are narrower in scope, but are wonderfully subjective and accurate in their recommendations of what to see and what to skip.
I only wish that RS guides were not limited to Europe. We have been there dozens of times, and wish that he also had guides for our travels in Asia, South America, and Africa (an impossible feat considering how personal his guides are).
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