Lonely Planet Turkey (Travel Guide)

Perfect

On the whole what you'd expect from lonely planet. Weaker than other books on public transport information, which made life more difficult than it could have been. But still would take it over any other guide

Great Travel book. Lovely illustrations

Would really recommend getting as paperback - kindle version is not as user friendly as maps and pictures are hard to see!

Greatest tourist guide ever! All Lonely Planet is highly recommended

David Mushin Jun 23, 2025, 12:42 AM CDT Totally upset with Turkey guidebook, bought at Waterstones.Many years buying and using multiple Lonely Planet guides. This Turkey guide useless. Puff piece. Coffee Table book.Superficial info. No help at all. Want a refund.

The usual format, which I regard as best of the genre.

great guide worth the purchase if travelling around turkey.

The content has too many annoying issues, I see numerous paragraphs are prefixed with "A", "j", "h". It is so disturbing to read the Kindle version. I contacted customer services to complain the situation and I was told they would get back to me in 1-2 business days. On the third business day I sent email to follow up with my case and I was never able to get further information from Amazon. What kind of crappy customer services? And I haven't verified everything, but at least I looked up in Internet to get many official web sites of the attractions in Istanbul. I noticed lots of discrepancy from what book has said. You need to know it is May 2015 edition very recent, but the information is outdated already.

前版の時は、地図やホテルなどが結構たくさん載っていて 使いやすかったのですが、今版は情報量が少ないです。 ある意味地球の歩き方と変わらないレベルになっています。 今やスマホで調べれることが多々ありますので、必要ないかもしれません。

I was really disappointed with this lonely planet guide for Turkey. There's not enough if any overall maps. No language guide to reference from either. All of the hotels that do make it to this guide are way overpriced for what they are.

Another great Lonely Planet guide. Very helpful to decide when to go and which places to visit even if you are taking a tour. Indispensable if you are making your own travel arrangements.

Just got back from a 10-day trip to Turkey. Like all Lonely Planet guides, found it very comprehensive and useful for our itinerary that included Istanbul, Cappadocia, and Alacati/Ephesus. It's a good frame of reference for restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. Like all travel guides, however, I think Lonely Planet guides are a good frame and it's always nice to supplement with local blogs, other travelers, local Turks, etc.