Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Travel / Departures: Rough, and ready

Friday 27 May 1994 23:02 BST
Comments

THE latest crop of Rough Guides, published this weekend, includes new editions on Amsterdam and Turkey. Page 34 of Amsterdam: the Rough Guide (pounds 7.99) corrects one popular misconception about Holland's largest city: 'While there's a lively and growing market in cocaine and heroin, possession of either could mean a stay in one of the Netherlands' lively and growing jails.' The cover of the other newcomer (pounds 9.99) describes itself as The Rough Guide to the Turkey, which makes it sound like a Bernard Matthews manual. The guide actually covers everything from an analysis of Kurdish aspirations in south-eastern Turkey to the protocol of the harem in Istanbul's Topkapi Palace.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in