How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Turkish Coast, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Turkish Coast, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Turkish Coast are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Turkish Coast. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

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Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Table of Contents

How To Use This E-Book

Turkish Coast’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

Top Attraction #2

Top Attraction #3

Top Attraction #4

Top Attraction #5

Top Attraction #6

Top Attraction #7

Top Attraction #8

Top Attraction #9

Top Attraction #10

A Perfect Tour Of Turkish Coast

Introduction

Geography and Landscape

Historic Crossroads

East Meets West

Choosing Your Spot

A Brief History

The Time of Legends

Greek Diaspora

Clash of the Titans

Romans and Christians

The Byzantine Empire

Islam and the Iconoclasts

The Seljuks

The Crusades

The Ottoman Empire

From Young Turks to Atatürk’s Republic

Recent History

Historical Landmarks

Where To Go

The North Aegean

Gallipoli (Gelibolu)

Çanakkale and Turkey’s Aegean islands

Troy

Behramkale (Assos)

Ayvalık

Pergamon

Çandarlı and Foça

The South Aegean

İzmir

Çeşme Peninsula

Sardis (Sart)

Selçuk

Ephesus

Kuşadası

Priene, Miletus and Didyma

Excursions to Aphrodisias and Pamukkale

The Turquoise Coast

Bodrum

Bodrum Peninsula Resorts

The Road to Marmaris

Marmaris and Around

Dalyan

The Lycian Coast

Fethiye

Ölüdeniz and Around

Eşen Valley

Patara

Kalkan

Kaş

Demre (Myra)

Finike and Arykanda

Olympos and Çıralı

Phaselis

Pamphylia

Antalya

Termessos and Karain Mağarası

Perge and Belek

Aspendos and Köprülü Kanyon

Side and Alarahan

Alanya

What To Do

Shopping

What to Buy

Entertainment

Bars and Clubs

Active Pursuits

Sailing and Yachting

Watersports

Other Activities

Activity Outfitters

Spectator Sports

Baths and Spas

Children’s Turkish Coast

Festivals and Seasonal Events

Eating Out

Where To Eat and Drink

What to Eat

Beverages

Reading the Menu

To Help You Order…

…and Read the Menu

Meze (Starters)

Et (Meat)

Balık (Fish), Deniz Ürünleri (Seafood)

Sebze (Vegetables)

Tatlı (Dessert)

Beverages

Restaurants

Aegean Coast

Ayvalik

Bergama

Bozcaada (Tenedos)

Çanakkale

Çeşme

Eski Foça

Gallipoli Peninsula

Gökçeada (İmroz)

İzmir

Selçuk

Yaylaköy

Turquoise Coast

Bodrum

Dalyan

Datça

Köyceğiz

Marmaris

Mediterranean Coast

Alanya

Antalya

Çirali

Fethiye

Kalkan

Kaya köyu

Kaş

Ölüdeniz

Patara

Side

A–Z Travel Tips

A

Accommodation

Airports (havaalanlari; see also Getting There)

B

Bicycle and scooter hire

Budgeting for Your Trip

C

Camping (kamping)

Car hire (OTO kıralama)

Climate

Clothing

Crime and Safety

D

Driving

E

Electricity

Embassies and Consulates

Emergency Numbers

G

Gay and Lesbian Travellers

Getting There (see also Airports)

Guides and Tours

H

Health and Medical Care

L

Language

M

Maps

Media

Money

O

Opening times

P

Police (polis)

Post Offices

Public holidays

R

Religion

T

Telephones

Time Zones

Tipping

Toilets (tuvaletler)

Tourist Information

Transport

V

Visas and Entry Requirements

W

Websites and Internet Access

Y

Youth Hostels

Recommended Hotels

Aegean Coast

Assos (Behramkale)

Ayvalık

Bozcaada (Tenedos)

Çanakkale

Çeşme Peninsula

Eskı Foça

Gallipoli peninsula

İzmir

Kuşadası

Pamukkale

Selçuk

Turquoise Coast

Bodrum and peninsula

Dalyan

Marmaris

Lycian Coast

Çirali

Fethiye

Kalkan

Kaş

Ölüdeniz

Patara (Gelemiş)

Mediterranean Coast

Alanya

Antalya

Belek

Side