The Çalış Sunday market. Regular visitors to this blog will know we have a love of markets; markets of the foodie variety. We sometimes visit our local ones here in Fethiye three times a week; Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays are spoken for in our house. And, if we miss one of those, we’ve even been …
Souvenir shopping; it’s never been something that tops our agenda while exploring new places. In fact, it doesn’t even make our agenda, most of the time – but Istanbul is different. Istanbul has the power to tempt even the most reluctant of shoppers (that’ll be us) to part with even just a little of their …
It was 2005 and we were in transit from Alexandroupoli in Greece, heading back to Istanbul by bus. Traffic was bad and it had been a long journey. So, after crossing the border into Turkey, the bus driver pulled to the side of the road and gave us an hour’s break to stretch our legs. …
Three weeks back when we were flying to Italy, our flight was leaving from Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the Asian side of the city. On the rare occasion we’ve flown into Istanbul (we’re fond bus travellers, as you know), we’ve landed at Atatürk Airport on the European side, so our Sabiha Gökçen experience was …
During our recent trip to Italy, our friend took us out for the day, and when we asked him where we were going, his reply was, “I’m taking you to Italy’s Kayaköy. San Pietro.” If you know Southwest Turkey well, looking at the following series of photos, you would be forgiven for thinking you were …
There are a few of us Turkey bloggers around these days and one that we’ve followed for some time has taken it upon himself to write a book. It’s often said that we’ve all got a book in us. And, well, if that’s true, not all of us are going to actually sit down to …
On Monday, we posted that in a couple of weeks time we will be flying to Rome from Istanbul. Albeit a very fleeting visit, it does mean that we’re going to be able to squash in a bit of time in our favourite city before we fly. And we’ll be staying overnight, somewhere around the …
It’s been a long winter in Fethiye, but the heat of the sun is finally starting to show signs of victory over the colder temperatures and with that comes thoughts of lighter meals. It’s out with the heavy stews and casseroles and in with the meze and salad dishes. Granted, we’re a long way from …
Our previous post was a series of photos showing different scenes from the site of the temple of Leto, Letoon. This post is another photo story but this time, all the shots are of different areas of the site of Xanthos. While Letoon was the religious centre of the Lycian Federation, Xanthos was the Lycian …
In Turkey, there are numerous sites that have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status – and even more sitting on the tentative list. The ancient site of Letoon, paired up with the site of Xanthos, was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1988 and it’s right in our own backyard. Well, nearly. In our previous …