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Day 2 of our Eastern Turkey journey, saw Birol of Greenpiece Camping and Pansiyon suggesting we retrace our steps 7km down the road to Ispir to visit the Georgian church at Tekkale. We did not have it in our hearts to revisit that particular 7 km of road, so when he then suggested the Church …
Exploring the Georgian Mountains of North East TurkeyRead More
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The Town of Foca. In 600 BC Foca was an ancient Ionian Greek City called Phocaea. The buildings that inhabit the town and line the waterfront are Ottoman Greek houses built using the methods of the Greek stone masons. Named after the seals basking on the close by Siren Rocks, Foca is guardian over the …
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Where is Eminönü Plaza? The plaza is located on the Eminönü side of Galata Bridge in Istanbul. It’s all about the spectacle. On board the boats are huge BBQ plates and multiple cooks – cooks who don’t suffer from motion sickness. Eminonu is a busy ferry port and waves from passing traffic cause the boats …
Fantastic Friday Balik Emek at Eminönü Plaza IstanbulRead More
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As day broke on our 14 hour Suha Bus journey from Goreme in Cappadocia, we were greeted by the rain, grey clouds and grey water of the Black Sea. On land this area of Turkey is lush and green, and why wouldn’t it be, with a whopping 2500 mm of rain falling each year. It …
When to visit the Black Sea Coast and Eastern Turkey plus a Road Trip SurpriseRead More
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The spectacular scenery and great roads of Eastern Turkey make for a wonderful Eastern Turkey road trip. On this trip we are not travelling by car from Western Turkey, but starting out from Trabzon in the north on the Black Sea and doing a round trip as far south as Dogubayazit, to see Ishak Pasha …
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We had driven all day to arrive in Dogubayazit, a far-flung outpost in Eastern Turkey, lured by the Ishak Pasha Palace which Lonely Planet bestows with a One Thousand and One Night’s romanticism. [pinit] Arriving in Dogubayazit. The first 70 km of the day’s journey from Tortum to Erzurum was on the excellent Erzurum Artvin Yolu highway …
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For our first week in Istanbul we lived in an AIRBNB Apartment near Galata Tower. Most nights we walked up Galipdede Caddesi until it met Istiklal Caddesi, the most well known street in Istanbul. We referred to Galipdede as Music Street, because of the many music shops that lined the street and the amount of buskers …
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You may have heard me refer to the Blue Blue Mediterranean before – because I cannot overstate just how blue the water WAS in the Turkish Mediterranean. And that’s the other thing… Is it O.K. for me to claim part of the Mediterranean on Turkey’s behalf? Well I did jump from a Turkish boat into …
Blue Blue Turkish Mediterranean and a Kekova Boat TripRead More
