Lonely Planet Istanbul City Guide 1.1

“For reliable and authoritative travel information reach for your Lonely Planet guide” – The Times

Let the world’s leading guidebook publisher bring the ‘City of the World’s Desire’ to your iPhone. Teetering ‘twixt East and West, bursting with bars, Ottoman mosques, museums and architectural wonders and home to a rich and varied culture, Istanbul will delight history buffs and socialites alike. So, whether you’re keen to touch the sublime in Aya Sofya, sample the raki in every meyhane (tavern) on Nevizade Sokak, or simply drift through the Bosphorus, we’re with you every step of the way.

Imagine you’ve spent the morning scouring the 4000 stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and want to marvel at the Süleymaniye Camii before finding the perfect place for lunch. Or you’ve read our chapters on the city’s Byzantine and Ottoman past, and just have to hunt down its relics for yourself. Simply check your location on our intelligent maps, and plan your day. Or search (by text, category or location) to find the ideal restaurant, museum, historic walking tour or Roman ruin. And we’ve included a gallery of high-res images to really set the scene. Süper!

LONELY PLANET iPHONE CITY GUIDES

Imagine taking the worlds favourite guidebook and making the information interactive, personalised and fully searchable. Imagine dynamic maps that plot your exact location, guiding you through the quirky, the curious and the straight-up compulsory experiences recommended by our community of on-the-road authors and users. Now imagine that guidebook on your iPhone, with you wherever you travel. Well, imagine no more: the worlds favourite guidebook has just arrived on the worlds favourite phone.

• EASY TO USE - swipe to scroll through a full table of contents, dip into sections, and turn pages with a flick of your finger

• OFFLINE MAPS – there’s no need to go online to access our detailed street maps, fully retooled for the iPhone with location awareness, multi-touch controls, full-colour styling and six-level zoom

• TONS TO SEE AND DO – choose how to search through hundreds of geo-coded points-of-interest (POIs) – by proximity, category, preferences or favourites – then just tap to visit the website, or place a direct call

• TEXT SEARCH – whether you’re into ‘live music or ‘fine dining’, every article and POI in your guidebook is text-searchable

• LOCATION-BASED NAVIGATION – plot your location in real time on our interactive maps, exploring back streets and hidden treasures with no danger of losing your way

• WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS ... – if you need some inspiration, just thumb through images taken by our award-winning photographers

• PERSONALISATION – tailor your cityguide to your tastes by tagging the best POIs as ‘favourites’

• MONEY SAVING – forget roaming costs, our apps are designed for offline use, and only take up the room of an average album on your iPod

• MORE THAN 30 CITYGUIDES AVAILABLE – including London, New York, Melbourne, Dublin, Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, Paris, San Francisco, Miami, Bangkok, Madrid, Prague, Seoul, Dubai, Berlin, Cape Town, Singapore and Mexico City, with more guides coming soon

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