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Fethiye, Turkish Food, Slow Travel Turkey
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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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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After three nights in the town of Bodrum and the good fortune of finding the Bodrum Datça ferry running on the day we wanted to travel, we arrived in Datça town. The plan was to stay for one night, just to spend a bit of time in the actual town rather than around the peninsula. We extended that …
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Bodrum - it carries with it a bit of baggage. Bodrum has a reputation. A party town. A summer town. But, do you know what; Bodrum centre - and other places on the peninsula, too, for that matter - is neither of those for us. Over the years, because of visits with Turkish friends or being in town …
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The day before, we'd clambered around the travertines of Pamukkale and explored the haunting ruins of Hierapolis. After a good night's sleep and a breakfast to set us up for the day, we once again hit the road for the short 2 hour drive towards Selçuk. And, first stop for the day, the magnificent …
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The world famous Pamukkale travertines; it's been a funny old relationship we've had with one of Turkey's tourism poster sights. Back in 2004, we did an independent trip to Ephesus, staying in the town of Selçuk for a couple of nights. Well, you don't miss the opportunity to follow the well trodden …
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So, we've already had the leisurely sail across the the stretch of water where the Bosphorus meets the Marmara Sea and taken in the views from the Eminönü Kadıköy ferry. Now, we're getting off the ferry to explore a tiny section of the Asian side of Istanbul, Kadıköy. But we want to show you our …
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Rail travel in Turkey - it really should be top of everybody's agenda. This is our photographic journey of the Doğu Express (Doğu Ekspresi) overnight train from Turkey's capital, Ankara to the city of Kars. We were alighting in Erzurum. Let us set the scene... It's May 2013 and, so far on our …
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