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- Turkish Delight (Lokum)Edit from March 2019: Altan Şekerleme is still going and still appears to be very highly rated! Today, our last day in Istanbul and Turkey, there were three priorities; A) to revisit the Spice Market, B) to go to a specific Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 19, 2019
- Back to EuropeEdit from March 2019: The restaurant we went to was called Ahırkapı Balıkçısı - it's still going! Definitely a place I recommend! Piya Hostel is still going too and I recommend that as well. Dave woke up not feeling well at Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 19, 2019
- Sunset and coffee next to the AegeanThis morning we took a train from Selçuk back to Izmir. Dave wasn't feeling very well, so when we got to our hostel room we just rested in bed for a few hours until about 6pm. We stayed at Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 18, 2019
- Pamukkale and Ancient HierapolisDay trip today to the dazzling white hot spring terraces of Pamukkale and the ancient site of Hierapolis. [img=https://photo Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 18, 2019
- Ephesus MuseumAt the north exit of Ephesus we savoured the air conditioning in the shop for a bit before leaving and taking a bus from the carpark back to Selçuk. The first thing we did in Selçuk was head to Ephesus Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 18, 2019
- EphesusEdit from March 2019: The entrance price for the main site is 60 Turkish lira (£8/ $11/ 9.7 euros). One or two of the individual attractions have their own entrance fees, but no more than 30 lira each I believe. After Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 17, 2019
- Selçuk: aqueduct, storks, basilica and fortressOn Friday morning in Izmir we had time for breakfast before we walked to Basmane Station for our train to Selçuk. The walk was very hot - Izmir was the hottest place yet, even hotter than the interior, something I Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 15, 2019
- Mediterranean Turkey: IzmirOur shuttle to Kayseri airport was due to leave at 8 am; this was exactly the same time that breakfast was supposed to start. Luckily for us, the lovely owner of Star Cave Hotel kindly got some breakfast for us Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 14, 2019
- Lazy dayAfter a week and a bit of being very busy, we decided to do nothing very much today apart from relaxing in the hotel courtyard and strolling around town. We lay in, had a delicious and very leisurely breakfast, wrote Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 14, 2019
- UNESCO World Heritage Site: Göreme Open Air MuseumEdit from March 2019: There wasn't enough room in the title, but the UNESCO Site is actually called 'Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia'. The open air museum is only part of it. After our second breakfast we Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 14, 2019
- Hot air balloon flightWell, what can I say... The time is now 07:45; we got back from our hot air balloon trip over an hour ago and I still haven't come down from my high yet! It was just unreal... The fulfilment of a Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 13, 2019
- Arrival in CappadociaAt 03.15 am we got a shuttle to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport. Waiting for the shuttle at three am, we were expecting all the streets to be deserted, but to our surprise we saw several men sitting at tables in Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 12, 2019
- Modern IstanbulOn Sunday we had a relaxed morning and didn't leave the hostel until early lunchtime. Our destination was the area of Beyoglu, the heart of modern Istanbul. We had spent 95% of our time until then in Sultanahmet, the historic Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 10, 2019
- The Spice Market & a taste of AsiaThe Spice Market was our morning destination on Saturday. Held within a building dating from 1666, it was formerly known as the Egyptian Market because the spices used to be shipped in from Cairo. As well as spices, it sells Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 10, 2019
- Isparta, City of Roses. Egirdir. We worked in Istanbul for three years, then left and worked in Turkish Cyprus for three years. I loved Cyprus, but in our final year there our boss wa Posted by irenevt in Irene's Old Middle East Travel Blogs. | Mar 9, 2019
- Grand Bazaar and the Istanbul Archaeology MuseumThe Grand Bazaar was a wonderful experience, just as I expected. I almost couldn't believe I was finally there! It turned out to be like a giant covered market, with some courtyards attached and also some stalls spilling out into Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 9, 2019
- The Blue Mosque, the Basilica Cistern & moreAfter breakfast we set off to another must-visit destination, a famous site I was really keen to visit; the Blue Mosque. [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/961215/3b9aa800-427c-11e9-ba99-f74c5c15f221.JPG thumb=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/96 Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 9, 2019
- Istanbul, of fish and islands and ruins. Enjoying a meal at the monastery on Buyukada. The Best Ferry Journey in the World. We now live in Hong Kong and while I'm sure it's not a good Posted by irenevt in Irene's Old Middle East Travel Blogs. | Mar 9, 2019
- Istanbul. Along the Bosphorus. One of Istanbul's Ferries Topkapi Palace. I am trying to put together some pages about places I have spent a long time in, even if it was quite long ag Posted by irenevt in Irene's Old Middle East Travel Blogs. | Mar 9, 2019
- Topkapi PalaceTopkapi Palace was an absolutely wonderful experience; definately one of the top of my life to date. It just kept on giving - round every corner there was something else interesting, or another beautiful view. [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/96 Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Mar 3, 2019
- Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia)Happy birthday, Dave! An exotic birthday two years in a row now - last year in the Ecuadorian Andes, this year in the historic heart of Istanbul... The Hagia Sophia, or the Aya Sofya as it's known here, was the first Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Feb 26, 2019
- Arrival in Istanbul; the fulfilment of a dream...The bus was only 5 minutes late from Veliko Tarnovo's Yug station. Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Feb 20, 2019
- TO THE EAST. Part 2 - Turkey - Georgia Теперь 9:30 нового утра, я дописываю записки и приступаю к упаковке рюкзака. Выглядываю из палатки – в небе вьются ласточки – «лети-лети, моя ласточка, пулей в висок», осины рябят месивом л Posted by Eugene.B in 40000 km there and back | Jan 22, 2019
- Kars to BatumiThis was the one segment that I could not get all the details sorted for before I left: information I had found was very vague. I am including precise details at the end for anyone wanting to make this journey Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Jan 5, 2019
- KarsKars is a fairly small city, around 75,000 people, in the far East of Turkey - just over 40 km from the border with Armenia but, thanks to the political tensions here, to get to that place just across the Posted by NZBarry in Barry Travels the World | Jan 2, 2019
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