Map of Turkey: Where to Go

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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