| DESTINATIONS
BY CITY & REGION
ISTANBUL (Byzantium,
Constantinople), the splendid
imperial city
EDIRNE & Thrace European
Turkey, lots of sights, few
visitors
BURSA & Iznik
(Nicaea) Early Ottoman
architecture, great food
ÇANAKKALE,
Gallipoli & Dardanelles Battlefields
from ancient Troy to World
War I
IZMIR & Aegean
Coast, Bergama
(Pergamum),
Çesme & Alaçati, Ephesus, Bodrum, beaches, history,
seafood, figs, olives,
classical ruins, sun,
sand and sea
ANTALYA & Mediterranean
Coast Popular
seaside resorts since
Cleopatra's time, from Marmaris to Antakya
ANKARA & Central
Anatolia Turkey's
modern capital,
timeless history, and Konya,
city of whirling dervishes
ÜRGÜP,
Göreme & Cappadocia "Moonscape" terrain,
cave churches and inns,
and breathtaking hot-air
balloon flights
TRABZON & Black
Sea Coast Land
of Argonauts,
the Golden Fleece,
cherries, hazelnuts,
tobacco, tea,
and dramatic scenery
ERZURUM & Eastern
Turkey Wild,
beautiful, an untamed
national park full of
natural beauty and historic
treasures
DIYARBAKIR & Southeastern
Turkey Biblical
history, pistachio nuts,
black basalt city walls,
and lots of heat
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