Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast Including Cappadocia

by Murphy, Leeann

• ISBN13: 9781612386133
• ISBN10: 161238613X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-01-06
• Publisher: Moon Travel

Summary

This Trip of a Lifetime will leave you with a new sense of wonder — and some great stories to share.

Over its 8,000-year history, Turkey's crown jewel has won the hearts of emperors and sultans. Today, Istanbul is a lively meeting place of East and West, religious and secular, traditional and modern.

In this full-color book, expert traveler Leann Murphy tells you everything you need to know to make this trip possible.

Experience the life of the city by wandering the Grand Bazaar to sampling authentic Turkish coffee and mezes.

Appreciate Istanbul’s past at the many historic and cultural sites, including the Ayasofya, the Blue Mosque, and Topkapi Palace.

Plan a cruise along the Aegean Sea and the Turquoise Coast.

Make inland excursions to Cappadocia and Ankara.

Choose the best guides, tours, and means of transportation—including bus, boat, and even hot-air balloon.

Author Biography

Belgian-born, California-raised travel writer Jessica Tamtürk has called the culturally vivid metropolis of Istanbul and the small olive haven of Pelitköy, near the Aegean coastal town of Ayvalik, her homes since 2005. She spent the ten years prior on lengthy reconnaissance missions and family visits in Turkey until finally expatriating to the shores of the Bosphorus. Through marriage and a couple of baby carriages, her love and admiration for this culturally and historically unparalleled land and its people has only grown deeper. Professionally speaking, Jessica honed her journalistic skills working for a small daily in California. She received regional distinction for her investigative articles on education and crime. From there, she went on to focus on her passions—the written word and Turkey—in various print and online publications, including Transitions Abroad, Istanbul Guide, and Fortune Magazine.