Okay, so where are we up to? Ahlat is our next stop. We showed you the map of our route from Patnos to Tatvan on our little mini road trip. Our first stop was Adilcevaz with the centuries old mosque and beautiful views across Van Gölü, and then it was time to press on towards …
A quick left onto the lake road and we were off to Adilcevaz. This was one of those little outings where, when you go to visit a friend in a new place, they have things they really want you to see before you leave. A bit of a quick stop tour. The east of Turkey …
Back in February, we told you we were taking you on an East Turkey road trip and mapped the route out that we took. It was a long journey done over a couple of nights and our stops were Muradiye for the Muradiye waterfalls, Doğubeyazıt for İshak Paşa Sarayı, then Iğdır for a sleep, Tuzluca …
Mantı – it’s easy to wonder what all the fuss is about. The first time we saw it (and had no idea what it was called) was when we originally moved to Fethiye. Our neighbour knocked on our door, presenting us with a bowl of little dough parcels encasing a tiny piece of minced beef …
Today we’re making delicious baba ganoush – or yoghurt and aubergine salad! Summer is well and truly underway now. And this is perfect weather for exploring Turkish meze recipes. In particular, yoghurt-based meze recipes; perfect for keeping the body cool on ridiculously hot summer days. This yoghurt-based meze also uses a people’s foodie favourite, aubergine. …
Just over an hour’s drive, southeast from where we live in Fethiye, sits one of the prettiest places along the Turkish Turquoise Coast; Kalkan. Lapped by the dazzlingly clear waters of the Mediterranean Sea, Kalkan old town – and the modern world behind it – climb up the (outrageously) steep hillside that rises from those …
It’s that time of the month again where we look back on what’s happened throughout the month and – so fast, it seems – here we are, already at the end of May. This is the section where we look back on Fethiye blog posts from this month and also mention a few things that …
Hotel Unique, Fethiye is an architectural delight! Throughout the winter of 2013/14, we watched a hotel being built in an impossibly small space, in a cliff face, right in the middle of Fethiye. During that time, our opinions went from the ‘What the…?’ end of the spectrum to the ‘Well, just wow,’ end of the …
What makes Antalya Museum a memorable museum? Well, for us, it’s not just the collections they have in the building. We’ve been to Istanbul Archaeological Museum in the past – one of the finest collections in the world, we’re told – and we’ll be honest and tell you we got bored eventually. That’s a place …
Yes, here we are, on May Day, writing our Fethiye update for the previous month of April. Well, at least it means we can cover the whole month because things have been pretty action packed around these parts right up until yesterday. So, let’s get started with what we were up to last month. The …