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Read it like an app

Add the book to your Home Screen

It then opens full screen, without the browser bars, and you can find it again in one tap.

  1. Tap the Share button ⬆︎ at the bottom of Safari (on iPad, at the top).
  2. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add. Open the book from its new icon.
Walks, highlights and help are in Menu.

The Faces of Istanbul

How to use this book

Three things to know before you start.

  1. ⇆
    Turn the pageSwipe the page, or tap the arrow at its edge.
  2. ☝
    Tap the coloured buttonsOpen in Maps shows where to stand. The red names at the bottom take you to the next or previous story.
  3. ⊕
    Text too small?Pinch with two fingers, or double-tap the page. Walks and maps are in Menu.
More help

Turning pages

Drag a corner
Hold a page by its corner and pull it across. Let go halfway and it falls back.
Tap the edge
Tap near the right edge of the page to go forward, near the left edge to go back. Tapping the middle of a page does nothing, so you can read in peace.
← →
The arrows below the book, or your keyboard's arrow keys.
Zoom
Pinch with two fingers or double-tap a page to make the text bigger. Drag to move around; double-tap again, or pinch in, to zoom out. ⊕ Zoom does the same.

Choosing a walk

Walk maps
Each walk opens with an illustrated route map. Tap a landmark on the map to open it in Google Maps. Find the maps again in Menu.
Explore … →
On the “Choose your walk” page, opens that walk's list of stops.
Numbered stop rows
On each walk's list, tap a stop (for example 03 Hagia Sophia) to jump straight to it.
Start at … →
Opens the first stop of the walk.

At each stop

Listen to the Story
The audio stories are being recorded. Until then, this button tells you they are coming soon.
Open in Maps →
Opens Google Maps in a new tab with a pin on the spot where to stand. Tap Directions and choose walking.
Walk name at the top
Tap WALK 01 · SULTANAHMET (or the walk you are on) to return to that walk's list of stops.
← Name  Name →
The red names at the bottom of the page take you to the previous or next story.
Choose Your Walk
Goes back to the page where you pick a walk.

The bar below the book

Walks · I · II · III
Jump to the walk overview or to any walk's list of stops.
↩ Back to p. …
Appears after you jump. Returns you to the page you came from.
☝ Tappable
Highlights everything on the page you can tap. Tap it again to hide the highlights.
⤢
Full screen, where your browser allows it. On an iPhone, use Add to Home Screen in the Menu instead: the book then opens full screen like an app.
?
Opens this guide again.
☰ Menu
On a phone, the walks, the highlights and this guide are in the Menu button at the bottom right.
⊕ Zoom
On a phone, makes the page bigger so the text is easy to read.