Product Description

This new series combines the best features of 'Landscapes' with all the detail you would expect in a hefty general guide, but they are all pocket size and in full colour. All the authors have been visiting Turkey for many years, writing general and walking guides. Dean Livesley was one of the original developers of the famous Lycian Way, Turkey's first long-distance footpath. Besides being intrepid explorers, Brian and Eileen Anderson are botanists and keen cooks! The main part of this book concentrates on the area west of Antalya, known both in antiquity and today as Lycia. Historical descriptions of the wild, fissured Lycian coastal region abound with superlatives. And the landscapes that sent so many writers into raptures have not changed for centuries. Despite all the hymns of praise, Lycia's thinly populated coastal strip long remained untouched by tourism. It was so isolated that for a short time, it even became a place of exile. Today, thanks to the building of Antalya's international airport, millions of visitors happily spend their holidays in the places where unwanted dissidents were once forcibly detained. The whole Lycian Peninsula takes in a very large area and this volume concentrates on the region between Antalya and Demre/Kekova, east of Kas. Coverage includes: getting there and getting about; recommended accommodation, campsites and restaurants (all with prices); practicalities A-Z; history; 15-20 main walks with many variations, all with large-scale topographical maps; fold-out area maps; detailed town plans showing locations of all sights, hotels and restaurants; and many 'feature' panels.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161974 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

Customer Reviews

Finest scenery and great Archaeological sites
This is a practical guide that helps the reader discover the fantastic landscapes around Antalya and Eastern Lycia. We have done the following walks: Walk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14. Some of these walks take you to beautiful canyons and major archaeological sites. Walk 6 takes you to the ancient city of Termessos which is located in a setting of indescribable beauty. Also Alara Castle (Walk 4) looks like a fairy-tale castle perched on a hill. Anyway all the walks that we have done, will take you to some of the finest scenery in the Mediterranean. This guide book is definitely a good investment

Great Turkish Coast navigator
Highly recommend to use this guide for those who wish to explore Turkish coast themselves. Detailed maps and descriptions, Sunflower Turkish series contain everything you need to navigate beautiful Turkish coast.

Ideal guide for a do-it-yourself walking holiday on the Turkish Coast
We found this to be a perfect guide for a walking holiday on the Lycian Turkish Coast. As well as following the walks in the quide, we used it when visiting Antalya and the large number of beautiful historical sites in this area and to find accommodation as we travelled along the coast and inland. Everywhere we stayed we would recommend; our Turkish hosts were always friendly and helpful and cooked us some lovely meals. As walking maps don't generally exist in Turkey, we would not have been able to plan our own walking holiday without this guide. In summary the guide provided a good combination of walks, and guides to the historical sites, accommodation and restuarants.