Mediterranean Europe - Turkey (Chapter)

This is the Turkey chapter from Lonely Planet's Mediterranean Europe guidebook.

While many Turks see their country as European, Turkey packs in as many towering minarets and spice-trading bazaars as its Middle Eastern neighbours. This bridge between continents has absorbed Europe's modernism and sophistication, and Asia's culture and tradition.

• uncover İstanbul, the glorious one-time Ottoman and Byzantine capital and one of the world's truly great cities
• maps
• sleep in fairy chimneys and explore underground cities in jaw-droppingly bizarre and beautiful Cappadocia
• transport
• imagine the tourists streaming down the Curetes Way are wearing togas in Ephesus, one of the greatest surviving Greco-Roman cities
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Istanbul & around, Edirne, Bursa, the Aegean Coast, Gallipoli (Gelibolu) Peninsula, Eceabat (Maydos), Çanakkale, Troy (Truva), Behramkale & Assos, Ayvalık, Bergama (Pergamum), Izmir, Çeşme Peninsula, Selçuk, Ephesus (Efes), Priene, Miletus, Didyma, Bodrum, the Mediterranean Coast, Marmaris, Dalyan, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz, Patara, Kalkan, Kaş, Olympos, Çirali, Antalya & around, Side, Alanya, Anamur, Kızkalesi, Adana, Antakya (Hatay), Central Anatolia, Ankara, Konya, Cappadocia (Kapadokya), Göreme, Uçhisar, Zelve Valley, Avanos, Ürgüp, Mustafapaşa, Ihlara Valley, Kayseri, Eastern Turkey, Mt Nemrut National Park, Mardin, Van, Understand Turkey, History, People, Arts, Sport, Environment, Food & Drink, Survival Guide, Directory, Getting There & Away, and Getting Around.