Destinations in Turkey
AntalyaAntalya rewards a split plan: one day on foot through Kaleiçi and down to the old…SideSide packs a harbour, a Roman theatre and a walkable old town into one small centre, with…AlanyaAlanya packs a harbour, a castle headland and a working marina into one walkable centre…FethiyeFethiye packs a working harbour, a lanes-and-market old town and Lycian tombs into a…MarmarisMarmaris packs an old town, a hilltop castle and museum, a covered bazaar and a harbour…KaşKaş old town is a compact knot of harbour, bazaar lanes and whitewashed backstreets…CappadociaCappadocia rewards three or four days on the ground: one morning for a balloon flight…PamukkalePamukkale's white travertine terraces and the Roman city of Hierapolis sit side by side…AnkaraAnkara rewards a day spent by district: climb to Ankara Castle for the view, walk down…BelekBelek works best as a base with three rings of activity: the resort strip itself, the…BodrumBodrum rewards a plan.BursaBursa packs its Ottoman sights into a walkable old centre: the Grand Mosque, the Green…DalyanDalyan packs three headline sights into one short stretch of river: the Lycian rock tombs…DidimDidim pairs a monumental Temple of Apollo in town with Miletus, Priene, Lake Bafa and a…HisarönüHisarönü works as a base for paragliding over Ölüdeniz, jeep and quad safaris, camel…KalkanKalkan's day splits between the old town and harbour, where boat trips leave, and the…KemerKemer packs ancient cities, a burning hillside, a canyon and a mountain cable car into a…KuşadasıKuşadası works best as two holidays in one: a walkable harbour town of old streets, a…ManavgatManavgat fits into two parts: the town's own river, waterfall, bazaar and mosque, and the…SelçukEphesus rewards a half-day walked downhill from the upper gate to the lower gate.ÇanakkaleGallipoli is the Dardanelles peninsula where Allied troops landed in April 1915, and the…ÖlüdenizÖlüdeniz packs a lagoon, a long beach, a mountain cable car and a launch point for tandem…İzmirİzmir rewards a day of walking rather than taxi-hopping: start in the Kemeraltı bazaar…İçmelerİçmeler works best as a slow base: a bay backed by pine forest that you can walk in an…ŞanlıurfaGöbekli Tepe is a Neolithic temple complex of carved T-shaped pillars on a limestone…