Pat Yale

Foreword ABOUT LONELY PLANET GUIDEBOOKS The story begins with a classic travel adventure: Tony and Maureen Wheeler's 1972 journey across Europe and Asia to Australia. There was no useful information about the overland trail then, so Tony and Maureen published the first Lonely Planet guidebook...

Foreword ABOUT LONELY PLANET GUIDEBOOKS The story begins with a classic travel adventure: Tony and Maureen Wheeler's 1972 journey across Europe and Asia to Australia. Useful information about the overland trail did not exist at that time, so Tony and Maureen published the first Lonely Planet...

Introduction The history of Anatolia, the Turkish homeland, is simply incredible. The world's oldest *city* was discovered here, at^atal Hoyiik in 7500 BC. The Hittite Empire, little known in the west, rivalled that of ancient Egypt, and left behind captivating works of art. The heartland of...