We just wanted to chill out. A place to just 'be' without feeling the need to charge around, ticking off the 'must sees' of the area. Just new and unfamiliar scenery, new and unfamiliar faces. We chose Selimiye on the Bozburun Peninsula... We'd been on the Bozburun Peninsula many years before and …
Antioch Of Pisidia – Ancient History And Untold Stories Away From The Madding Crowd
Sitting above the northwest corner of Eğirdir Lake in the Isparta Province of Turkey lie the ruins of Antioch Of Pisidia. We were in Eğirdir to finally experience the beauty of the vast lake and the mountain scenery. As well as Turkey's spectacular lakeland scenery, we were also there for the …
Things To Do In Kaş, Turkey: Chillout Zone Or Adventure Zone – Take Your Pick
Achingly pretty, slightly bohemian, quietly confident; the small town of Kaş on the south coast of Turkey is all of those things and more besides. We fell in love with Kaş the first time we visited in the late 1990s. And that has never left us. A pretty harbour, cobbled streets and alleyways, …
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Exploring Ancient Patara, Turkey – Ruins And Beach Combined
Mention Patara, Turkey, to someone and chances are, if they know the south coast of the country, they'll immediately have an image of Patara Beach. And why wouldn't they? 18 uninterrupted kilometres of soft, golden sand, tumbling sand dunes and shallow waters. Heavenly... Exploring Patara, …
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Sagalassos Ruins – Explorations Of A Remarkably Preserved Ancient City
It was August, 2008 when the news hit. International news! A huge intact head and lower leg from a statue of Marcus Aurelius had been uncovered by archaeologists at the ancient city of Sagalassos. The height of the complete statue would be 15 feet. We knew of the existence of the Sagalassos ruins …
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The Ancient Kaunos Ruins – A Must See When In Dalyan
There's much to see and do in Dalyan. And high up on your itinerary should be an exploration of the ancient ruins of Kaunos. On the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List since 2014, the Kaunos ruins date from various periods - a real treat for history enthusiasts. But, as well as losing yourself …
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Visiting Dalyan? Here’s What To See And Do
About an hour's drive from Fethiye, just west of Dalaman Airport and east of Marmaris, sits one of our favourite little towns, Dalyan. Whilst we knew of its existence and proximity to Fethiye, before we moved here in 1998, we'd never visited Dalyan. And when we did finally go a couple of years …
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Things To Do In Eğirdir & Around – Time To Explore
Things to do in Eğirdir and around? Wow, where to start... A road trip to explore some of Turkey's Anatolian Lake District in the Burdur and Isparta Provinces was the destination for our last little jaunt. Eğirdir had been on our radar since moving to Turkey 15 years ago, and, aside from passing …
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Göl Pension – Comfort And Views Across Lake Eğirdir
A late summer road trip around parts of Turkey's Lake District. First stop, for a photographic driving break, was other-worldly Salda Gölü. Then it was time to move on to our base for the next few days, Eğirdir. Barry had done the accommodation research and we plumped for Göl Pension on the town's …
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Planet Mars Or Turkey’s Maldives – Lake Salda Can Be That And More
If our previous road trip around Southwest Turkey was about reacquainting ourselves with some old favourites - the ruins of Ephesus, the Pamukkale travertines and Hierapolis - then our most recent road trip was all about exploring pastures new around the Turkish Lake District. First stop, en route …
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