Cruising The Bosphorus
May 2, 2026 When in Istanbul, you are surrounded by water and history. I had taken a cruise down the…
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Istanbul the Asian Side – Kadikoy and Moda
May 1, 2026 I am traveling with my friend Susan, who loves to go on market and food tours. Because…
Istanbul – The European Side
April 30, 2026 I am back in Istanbul for a very quick 5-day stop. Istanbul has always been one of…
High Above Istanbul
October 15, 2016 A boat ride up the Golden Horn is worth the trip if you have the time. I…
Off the Beaten Path in Istanbul
October 14, 2016 There are so many places to explore in a city that covers almost 600 square miles with…
Two Beautiful Train Stations in Istanbul
October 13, 2016 The Istanbul Haydarpaşa Terminal was a major intercity, regional and commuter rail hub as well as the…
Antalya, Turkey
October 12, 2016 Antalya is an interesting town. The city has a population of almost 2 million people, which almost…
Termessos, Turkey
October 12, 2016 Termessos was built at an altitude of more than ½ mile up Solymos Mountain in the Taurus…
Kaş, Turkey
October 10, 2016 The town of Kaş is a lovely, unspoiled, tourist town that sits on a hill and runs…
Xanthos and Letoön, Turkey
October 9, 2016 I am on the Mediterranean and have already written about the tombs of Myra. I did so…
Agriculture of Turkey
October 9, 2016 You will find tomatoes and cucumbers at every meal in Turkey; in fact there is a salad…
Myra, Turkey and Saint Nicholas
October 8, 2016 Myra was an ancient Greek town in Lycia in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the…
Yörük Köyü
October 2016 This is really an adjunct to the post on Safranbolu. The town of Yörük Köyü is just a…
Safranbolu, Turkey
October 6, 2016 In researching about the homes of Safranbolu I came across the Gülevi Safranbolu dissertation on the history,…
121 Miles in over 4 Hours – What a Road!
October 4, 2016 Our day began this morning in the town of Abano. We had driven from Sinop the day…
Driving parts of the Turkish Black Sea
October 2, 2016 Our Black Sea journey begins at Sinop and will end in Amasra. Sinop sits on the most…
The Outer Edges of Inner Anatolya
October 2, 2016 Our last day in Central Anatolia was spent in Amasya. Amasya is on the short list to…
The Hittite Empire of Anatolya
October 1, 2016 The reason to drive nearly 200 miles across Central Anatolia is to visit the center of the…
Wandering from Ürgup to Sobessos in Turkey
September 29, 2016 The Keslik Monastery sits just on the outskirts of Taşkinpasa. The Monastery held about 250 people and…
Soğanli, Turkey
September 30, 2016 Our day began in the Soğanlı Valley, (The Valley of Onions). This is about off the beaten…
Walking the Ihlara Valley
September 29, 2016 The Ihlara Valley sits near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz, two of the three volcanoes of Cappadocia.…
Selemi
September 29, 2016 The Selimi Cathedral is not a highly visited area, mainly because the walk is extremely difficult. If…
Derikuyu, not for the faint of heart
September 29, 2016 Derinkuyu (Deep Well) is just one of many, many underground cities lying underneath Cappadocia. In fact they…
The town of Göreme and the Open Air Museum
September 28, 2016 Cappadocia is a large region that includes many towns, named by the Persians it means beautiful horses.…
Nemrut Daği, King Antiochus and the Romans
September 27, 2016 There are several important historical sites with Nemrut Daği. One of these is the Tomb of Karakus,…
Mount Nemrut, Turkey
September 27, 2016 The Kingdom of Commagene was an ancient Armenian kingdom of the Hellenistic period (between 323 and 31…
The drive from Kayseri to Mount Nemrut
September 26, 2016 Turkey is a vast country with lots and lots of open space between its cities. I am…
Kayseri, Turkey
September 25, 2016 Kayseri surprised me, I had read some article that gave me the impression it was a very…
Laodicea, Turkey
September 24, 2016 Just a short bus ride from Denizli is the ancient city of Laodicea. Established between 263 and…
Hieropolis
Hieropolis is a fascinating place to visit as there are only a few historical facts known about the origin of…
3 Jitneys, 2 Gentlemen, 1 Çay
I chose to stay in the town of Denizli for this leg of my trip. I cannot recommend my hotel,…
Thoughts on Istanbul in September
September 22, 2016 I wanted to write about a few things to wrap up this part of my Istanbul trip.…
The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul
September 20, 2016 The Grand Bazaar needs no words, photos will do all my talking. You might like a little…
Not Your Normal Itinerary in Istanbul
September 20, 2016 This is not my first time in Istanbul, so if you are looking for a rundown on…