Here are Turkey’s Top Sights and more Turkey maps. Here are the best itineraries and tours.
Click below on a name for details, or scroll down for a list of cities and regions: Istanbul, Edirne & Thrace, Bursa & İznik (Nicaea), Gallipoli, İzmir & Ephesus, Bodrum, Antalya & the Mediterranean, Ankara & Cappadocia, Black Sea coast, Eastern Turkey and Southeastern Turkey.
DESTINATIONS BY CITY & REGION
ISTANBUL & The Bosphorus
…with its Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapı Palace, Hippodrome, Bosphorus cruises, Grand Bazaar, and plenty more…
İZMİR, EPHESUS & Aegean Coast
Bergama (Pergamum), Çeşme & Alaçatı, Ephesus, Bodrum, Pamukkale, beaches, history, seafood, figs, olives, classical ruins, sun, sand, and sea. More…
ANTALYA & Mediterranean Coast
Most popular seaside resorts from Marmaris via Dalyan, Dalaman, Fethiye, Ölüdeniz, Kalkan, Kaş, Olimpos, Antalya, Side and Alanya to Adana and Antakya. Here’s the full list.
CAPPADOCIA, Göreme & Ürgüp
“Moonscape” terrain, cave churches and cave hotels, breathtaking hot-air balloon flights and more…
ÇANAKKALE, Gallipoli & Dardanelles
Battlefields of ancient Troy and World War I, a long day-trip or (better) overnight from Istanbul. More…
BURSA & İznik (Nicaea)
Sail across the Sea of Marmara to enjoy early Ottoman architecture and great food on a day-trip or overnight excursion from Istanbul. More…
EDIRNE & Thrace
European Turkey, an easy day trip or overnight excursion from Istanbul. More…
ANKARA & Central Anatolia
Turkey’s modern capital, Konya and whirling dervishes, and lots more…
DİYARBAKIR & Southeastern Turkey
Biblical history, pistachio nuts, the Tigris & Euphrates, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa (Edessa), Old-Testament Harran and more…
TRABZON & Black Sea Coast
Land of Argonauts, the Golden Fleece, cherries, hazelnuts, tobacco, tea, and dramatic scenery, from Sinop and Samsun to Trabzon. More…
ERZURUM & Eastern Turkey
Wild, beautiful, an untamed national park, with white-water rafting in the Kaçkar Mts, Kars, Ani, Erzurum, Mt Ararat, Doğubayazıt, Lake Van & mythic Nemrut Dağı.More…
—by Tom Brosnahan
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