Lonely Planet İstanbul Guide

OUR STORY A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap . Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born. Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, Dublin, Beijing and Delhi, with a network of over 2000 contributors in every corner of the globe. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse.’

Virginia Maxwell

Bazaar District, Beyoğlu, Kadıköy, Day Trips Although based in Australia, Virginia spends at least half of her year updating Lonely Planet destination coverage across the globe. The Mediterranean is her major area of interest – she has covered Spain, Italy, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia for LP – but she also covers Finland, Bali, Armenia, the Netherlands, the US and Australia for LP products. Follow her @maxwellvirginia on Instagram and Twitter. Virginia also wrote the Plan Your Trip, Understand İstanbul and Survival Guide sections of this book.

James Bainbridge

Sultanahmet & Around, Western Districts, Beşiktaş, Nişantaşı & Ortaköy