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'The best travel guide to Istanbul' - The Times
Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best.
This is the 2009 revised and updated edition of the classic guide to Istanbul, originally published thirty-seven years previously, which continues to inform and enchant visitors.
Taking the reader on foot through this captivating city - European City of Culture 2010 - the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of the great living city.
Woven throughout are vivid anecdotes, secret histories, hidden gems and every major place of interest the traveller will want to see.
Contents
List of Maps and Plans
List of Plates
Notes on Turkish Words and Spelling
Turkish Spelling
Acknowledgements
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1. The View from the Bridge
2. From the Galata Bridge to Haghia Sophia
3. Haghia Sophia
4. Topkapi Sarayi
5. Through the Outer Gardens of the Saray
6. Around the Blue Mosque
7. From Haghia Sophia to Beyazit Square
8. Through the Markets and Bazaars
9. Around Beyazit and Sehzadebasi
10. The Süleymaniye
11. From the Galata Bridge to Sehzadebasi
12. Around the Mosque of the Conqueror
13. The Fifth and Sixth Hills
14. Kariye Camii
15. Along the Golden Horn
16. The Seventh Hill
17. Along the Land Walls
18. Up the Golden Horn to Eyüp
19. Üsküdar and the Princes' Islands
20. Pera and Galata
21. The Lower Bosphorus' European Shore
22. The Bosphorus
23. A Last Stroll
Appendices
Byzantine Emperors
Ottoman Sultans
Notes on Byzantine Architectural Forms
Glossary of Turkish Architectural Terms
Sinan's Extant Works in Istanbul
Indexes
