Strolling through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City Hilary Sumner-Boyd

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.



Sayfa Sayısı: 512

Baskı Yılı: 2009


Dili: İngilizce
Yayınevi: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd