Exploring Turkey’s Turquoise Coast Continuing on with yesterday’s theme of beach and sunshine, we spent most of today exploring the crystal clear, turqouise blue waters of the Turkish Riviera. This is definitely a highly recommended activity for anyone seeking extreme relaxation. The Turkish Riviera is the […]
Seeking loggerhead turtles & fragrant mud baths After a busy week of exploring the historical sites of Turkey’s West coast we were keen take things a little slower today so we headed down to the small town of Köyceğiz to explore the Daylan River delta and İztuzu Beach – often […]
Travertines of Pammukale We left the Aegean coast of Turkey behind us this morning and headed inland towards the ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis and the white terraced hillsides of Pamukkale. One of Turkey’s most iconic landscapes, the travertines of Pamukkale are one of the natural […]
Exploring the ancient cities of Troy and Pergamon We love a good bit of history; throw in some mythology and a few ruins and we’re in touristy heaven. That’s one of the main reasons we wanted to come to Turkey (that and the food of course – who […]
Across to the other side of Istanbul We didn’t want to spend all our time in Istanbul over on the European side of things, so we took ourselves over the First Bosphorus Bridge today to see some of the Asian side of this amazing city. […]