Long ago, in a faraway corner of Southwest Turkey, the folks of Fethiye became so excited when they heard that the new James Bond film Skyfall was going to be filmed in Turkey… Just the day before, residents of Fethiye were going about their daily business as usual. Then, all of a sudden, from out …
We’ve hit the kitchen to showcase three different Turkish recipes and all three of them have been chosen from the cookery book, The Sultan’s Kitchen – A Turkish Cookbook. You’ll have to wait one more day to see which recipe we chose to follow for our starter because, as promised, today is all about the …
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 …
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 post, …
If you read this blog a lot, you’ll know the Xanthos Valley area is one of our favourite places in Turkey, and in the past, we’ve written about both Tlos and Saklıkent Gorge. Today, we’re heading south from Saklıkent and along the Eşençay (the ancient Xanthos River) to the sites of Letoon and Xanthos. Last …
The Lycian rock tombs in Fethiye with the tomb of Amyntas holding prime position, overlook the town and the bay below. These rock cut tombs, dating from the Lycian period , are arguably Fethiye’s most famous archaeological site. Today, the west side of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey is part of the beautiful Turquoise Coast. …
It’s little wonder that every time we walked past Palatium restaurant in Sultanahmet, it was a packed. Howling wind, driving rain – and a huge floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall window radiating a warm, inviting glow to the outside world. We were two of its very regular customers whilst we were in Istanbul in October, as it was …
When a friend asked us if we fancied a weekend on the Datça Peninsula a couple of weeks back, we jumped at the chance, especially when they mentioned the promise of seeing Knidos… After our long weekend in Istanbul in October, we thought our 2011 travels in Turkey were through. Datça was to be an …
While we certainly haven’t seen all of the prominent mosques in Turkey, Süleymaniye Camii in Istanbul is a definite favourite so far. We visited here on our first trip to Istanbul some years ago. And we’ve been trying to return since. In February 2010, we had trouped up the hill from Sultanahmet (via the lovely …