“Have you brought your driving license?”“Yeah, why?”“Good. We’re going on a road trip. You’re driving.” We’d just got off the bus from Erzurum, which was immediately preceded by 20 hours or so on the Doğu Express train from Ankara. Time delays meant we’d decided to stay with our friend for just a couple of days…and …
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 journey, we’ve …
We’re big advocates of Turkey’s intercity buses and travel on them all the time – hopefully, we’ll be on this Fethiye to Istanbul bus in November – but we’ve got to say, if there’s a train on offer, we’re there! We love us a bit of a train journey and we were excited when we …
As you’ll know if you read this blog a lot, we love to get around Turkey by intercity bus and, where possible, by train. That’s why we took the bus from Fethiye to Eskişehir recently. Many of our friends prefer to make use of Turkey’s budget airlines, particularly as these are increasing their flight network …
Izmir is a great city to walk around. Try this circular walk, with two
short ferry sails, starting at Alsancak via Karşıyaka, Bostanlı,
Konak…and back to Alsancak
Today is Cumhuriyet Bayramı (Republic Day) in Turkey, so this post seems quite apt for the occasion. Republic Day commemorates the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first leader. For today’s post we’re heading back to Izmir and to Alsancak train station. And how does this relate to …
The Fethiye to Izmir bus is a less daunting journey for those who don’t fancy a night’s sleep on a bus seat! Regular readers will know that we have a bit of a fondness for the Turkish intercity buses; they’re our favourite mode of transport for getting away from Fethiye for a short while to …
It’s 8:30 pm and bus drivers, driver’s mates, crew, desk staff, travellers and those who have come to wave off the travellers are milling around the various buses, lined up in Fethiye otogar. Most buses to Istanbul set off at 9 pm so tickets are being checked, bags are being loaded, cigarettes are being smoked. …
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 …
The Çalış water taxi is an institution and its running signals the start of the summer season each year. We make every effort not to take too much for granted living in Fethiye – but sometimes, much as we try not to, we overlook things of beauty that are right under our noses. Daily life …