Fodor's Essential Turkey (Full-color Travel Guide)

This Fodor's travel book is easy to read, packed with info including history. Like having a book to read through and then also cross-reference with the web. Hoping I can go to Türkiye (obviously Istanbul, but also beyond, there is so much to see) this year but maybe next!

Great for researching our trip. We were on a tour so were not using it day to day.

This is one of the few guides that covers outside of Istanbul. I just wish there was a little bit more on restaurants and shops outside of Istanbul and more along the Black Sea.

While I appreciate all writers of information about traveling to other countries including Rick Steves and others, Fodors has always provided me with the most information I'm concerned with. I think all travelers should investigate various sources and choose the one that is right for them, or choose all of them, that's how you know you have the best information at hand when you impark on your trip. Happy traveling.

Had a trip planned to Istanbul for early December but unfortunately Covid had us postpone our trip. Nonetheless I had read up on all the great things to do in Istanbul. Fodor's guide was an essential piece of my learning and knowledge. Some great insight here for when we DO get to travel again! Can't wait to do that. Rest assured I will carry Fodor's guide with me.

For my trip to Turkey

Educational piece for my Grandson who took a curiosity of the country. He has ausstim loves books. He is researching where he wants to go for graduation.

Great book- love that it covers more than just the three or four tourist areas.

I bought this book 2nd hand in very good condition so for the price I am very happy (but not so if I paid full price). I basically wanted something that would help me plan my overall trip. We are doing Cappadocia and wanted to suss out which other ancient sights, other natural wonders and beach resort would best complete our travel plans across other regions of Turkey. I considered the Lonely Planet (LP) and Rough Guide (RG) as they are always my go to for my travels but I was aware that they are "chunky" for Turkey and cover a lot of detail (and are a bit out of date!). On this occasion I needed something a bit slimmer and easier to focus our plans. The Fodor is concise and pretty well written, it is a bit more geared towards America tourists, let's say it's a bit more sanitised than I'd prefer. The suggested itineraries and background info was easy to navigate and set a bit of context without feeling like a chore to read through. The regional splits are helpful but did seem to overlap a bit. Ultimately it has helped me to plan our itinerary. However, it is missing some of the extra detail that I'd expect from the LP and RG. There is little in terms of insider knowledge, maybe a nugget of gold about a great viewpoint or a route around town to pick up the local sights. It basically delivers practical information in a well laid out manner, what you would expect to get on the internet but all brought together (I like a physical guide to refer to and scribble my experiences). I also feel it misses out on some maps, there is no Bodrum map for example...why? All in all this is an "essential" guide and as such it provides good overviews in its relatively compact size. I knew that it would be missing detail before I bought is which is why the 4 stars. If you are expecting LP or RG detail then stay clear. and get one of them instead.

Liked the format, information, coloured photos of monuments , maps etc. Would definitely look at Fodor's Travel as first choice when buying travel books

Bon guide mis a jour avec cartes et photos

最新じゃないと思って、これを選択。内容として、見やすくて、良いと思う。

I was rather disappointed by this guide. It gives very little information about some of the places people are most likely to visit on holiday, but gives quite a lot of hotel information which is not so relevant these days with Trip Advisor etc. In my opinion it would be more helpful to give more in-depth information on actual places. It has few photos and is printed on very poor quality paper.