We visited the Ankara archeology museum on our full day in Ankara. Definitely worth a look, lots of fascinating artifacts, and a nice garden to boot.…
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Shopping in castle district in Ankara! I am a big believer in collecting pieces during our travels. We’ve sourced items for our home pretty much in every country we’ve visited, and in Turkey sort of…
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A visit to the Anitkabir, the eternal resting place of the father of modern day Turkey – Ataturk. A fascinating insight into modern Turkish culture, value system, and national identity. An absolute must if…
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Arrival in Ankara after (another) torturous bus ride. Turkey is really big! and buses take forever. But then again — they are cheap and convenient.…
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A day hike out to the Ihlara Valley, which is considered to be a remote and unique area of Cappadocia. We didn’t think it was the best attraction – particularly taking into the account the…
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Exploring cave churches in the Zelve Open Air Museum — this one is a bit off the beaten path in Cappadocia, but actually turned out to be a pretty neat and extensive site. Lots of…
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Enjoying our first day in Cappadocia with a 360 panorama of the magical landscape from the Uchisar Castle. Its possible to visit a few of the “rooms” in the castle — which aren’t much more than…
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Taking a 10 hour bus, right in the middle of the day from Egirdir to Goreme — on our way to check out the famous Cappadocia region of Turkey.…
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Just another day, just another Egirdir hike– absolutely stunning views of the Peninsula. We were staying about midway to the tip. )…
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Sagalassos was amazing – a remote archeological site not accessed by any convenient forms of public transport (or tour buses!) is stunning. There are hardly any visitors, so we had the ancient “first city…