Best Day Trips From Antalya
Best Day Trips from Antalya – Aspendos The largest of Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal resorts makes a strategic starting point for exploring the Turkish Riviera and whether you want to try white water...
View ArticleTop 5 Things to Do in Alanya
Alanya, Turkey With its long, golden sands, picturesque hillside villas and jagged coastal cliffs, Alanya ranks among Turkey’s most attractive Mediterranean resorts, and its lively nightlife, historic...
View ArticleBest Day Trips From Fethiye
Visit the Butterfly Valley on a day trip from Fethiye Whether you’re taking a shore excursion while cruising the coast or holidaying in the Turkish Riviera, the sun-soaked port town of Fethiye makes an...
View ArticleBest Day Trips from Marmaris
Marmaris, Turkey One of the most popular destinations along Turkey’s famous Turquoise Coast, Marmaris makes a strategic basecamp for exploring the region’s top attractions. Whether you want to spot...
View ArticleBodrum for Cruise Visitors
Bodrum, Turkey As one of Turkey’s most popular cruise destinations, Bodrum welcomes a steady stream of cruise visitors throughout the summer months, most of whom spend only a day or half-day in the...
View ArticleKusadasi for Cruise Visitors
Kusadasi for cruise visitors One of the top cruise destinations of Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast, the lively port town of Kusadasi welcomes hundreds of daily visitors during the peak summer months, with...
View Article100th ANZAC Day Anniversary in Turkey
100th ANZAC day anniversary in Turkey. Photo courtesy of Cazz via Flickr. The annual observance of ANZAC day has long been an important holiday for Australians and New Zealanders, held every April 25th...
View ArticleAnkara’s Best Museums
Ankara, Turkey The Turkish capital all-too-often gets over-looked in favor of Turkey’s Mediterranean beach resorts, but those looking to discover the country’s rich history will want to add Ankara to...
View ArticleStratonikeia
Amphitheater in Stratonikeia, photo by Mike Dunphy One of the most thrilling things about traveling through Turkey is the knowledge that beneath your feet thousands of years of civilization lie waiting...
View ArticleThe Other Marmara Islands
Approaching Marmara Island, photo by Mike Dunphy Not a weekend goes by in Istanbul without boatloads of locals and tourists making the approximately one-hour Princes’ Island Tour from Istanbul or...
View ArticleBodrum Castle and Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Bodrum Castle, photo by G. Ozcan via Flickr When King Mausolus died, his wife and sister, Artemisia, directed her inconsolable grief into building a tomb so splendid that it became permanently...
View ArticleVisit to Anitkabir – Mausoleum of Ataturk
Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by David Stanley via Flickr When Colonel Mustafa Kemal famously ordered his men to fix bayonets after their ammunition ran out on the heights of Gallipoli in 1915, as...
View ArticleParagliding and Hang Gliding in Antalya
Paragliding above Antalya. Photo by G.Ozcan via Flickr In summer, the estimated 11 million visitors to Antalya tilt their faces to the sky both to enjoy the warmth of the sun and watch the skies fill...
View ArticleThe Bodrum Peninsula
In Gumusluk, photo by Yilmaz Oevuenc via Flickr As one of Turkey’s most popular summer capitals, Bodrum swells with people, noise and entertainment between July and September. Overlooking the harbor,...
View ArticleWatersports in Kusadasi
photo by Matt Czarnocki, via flickr At night, the action of the port city of Kusadasi takes to the Irish pubs and dance clubs in the downtown entertainment district. By day, however, the momentum...
View ArticleTen Places to Go in Turkey – Other than Istanbul
Ruined church in Ihlara Valley, photo by Mike Dunphy In a city as dense as Istanbul, it can take an entire vacation to unpack a single neighborhood, much less all the main tourist sights. However,...
View ArticleNightlife in Kusadasi
Kusadasi at Night — photo by Jonathan via Flickr Kusadasi is not known for its beauty. In fact, many consider the Aegean city quite the opposite. Few historical structures remain and rest consists...
View ArticleIzmir: Turkey’s Most “Beautiful” City
Izmir at Sunset Izmir, the pearl of the Aegean, may no longer be the beauty it once was, before old Smyrna was torched at the end of the Independence War, but the reputation remains. Just ask any Turk...
View ArticleTurkey’s Black Sea Coast
Amasya on Turkey’s Black Sea Coast. Photo courtesy of Acizane via Flickr. Stretching east of Istanbul all the way to the Georgian border and hemmed in by the looming peaks of the Kaçkar Mountain range,...
View ArticleTour Review: Kusadasi Shore Excursion: Ephesus Sightseeing Tour
Ruins at Ephesus in Turkey. Photo courtesy of Jessica Festa. Because of Turkey’s location and history of playing home to many ancient civilizations, it’s known as part of the Cradle of Culture. While...
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