A unique travel guide to Western Asia Minor in antiquity, a region that was home to 500 Greek cities. Its background includes a decade of travels and updated bibliographically until spring 2016, making it both a university textbook and a reliable travel guide.

It covers the areas of Mysia, Troad, Aeolis, Ionia, Caria, Lycia, Cabalia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, and more than 120 cities, many of which are unknown even to the initiated, with access instructions, detailed descriptions of monuments, abundant illustrations, plans of archaeological sites, and even recommendations for the surrounding area.

The structure, writing, and illustration make it user-friendly and comprehensible for every type of traveler: 592 pages, 1148 color photographs (the majority by the author), drawings and new maps, a detailed introduction (geography and history), more than 120 cities and sites (the most unknown and noteworthy ruins), 15 museums, dynastic crowns, complete bibliography, vocabulary, and index.