Strolling Through Istanbul a Guide To the City

John Freely, Hilary Sumner Boyd

ISBN 10: 9758176447 / ISBN 13: 9789758176441

Published by Redhouse Yayın Grubu - Kampanya, Turkey, 2003

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softcover, illustrated, 537 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B240.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strolling Through Istanbul a Guide To the City
• Publisher: Redhouse Yay?n Grubu - Kampanya, Turkey
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9758176447
• ISBN 13: 9789758176441
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Issued
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Synopsis

This classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Sumner-Boyd and John Freely is here, for the first time since its original publication thirty-seven years ago, published in a completely revised and updated new edition. 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 traveler will want to see. Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best.