Authors: Luke, Katie and Cora @ungracefulguide and theungracefulguide.com It goes without saying that one of our Turkey highlights, and favourite sunrises to date, has to be from Cappadocia home to the iconic dawn balloon flights. Even if heights aren’t your thing and you’ve no desire to take to the skies, watching this magical setting is definitely […]
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Turkey is vast and varied. We’ve been 8 times and still want to explore more. Turkey has significant ruins of ancient empires (including the Hittites, Persians, Greeks, and Ottomans), a phenomenal coast, dramatic mountains and cosmopolitan cities. You could easily spend your whole gap year travelling round Turkey. Here’s our gap year pros and cons:
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Istanbul is unique. It’s the only city in the world to bridge two continents – Europe and Asia on opposite sides of the Straits of Bosphorus. It’s been the capital of 2 empires – the Christian Byzantine and the Ottoman. Not only is it packed with history, but it’s also modern, exciting and stunning. We
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If you like the Ancient Greeks, you will love Turkey. It’s home to a phenomenal number of spectacular ruins: from amphitheatres, towns and temples to the world famous library of Ephesus. We’ve been to many of them and, apart from Troy (a huge anti-climax – don’t bother unless you’re nearby), they are all worth a
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We love Turkey. It has over 8000 kilometres of coast, a ridiculous number of astonishing ancient sites, historical towns and amazing food. We’ve been 8 times and want to return. Here’s our top 5: Ephesus: Ephesus easily rivals the Acropolis and is Europe’s most complete classical city. During the Roman Empire, Ephesus had over 250,000 inhabitants and was
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Turkey has over 8000 kilometres of coast on 4 different seas: the Black Sea, the Marmara Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean. With such a phenomenal choice, from the wild expanse of Patara (with its own Lycian ruins) to the tiny coves of the Datça Peninsula, it’s hard to find a bad beach. Here’s our
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Fethiye is a low key port on Turkey’s beautiful Turquoise Coast. It has an old quarter, a fish and vegetable market, good restaurants and a long waterfront looking out across the stunning bay. It’s one of the best place to base yourself in in Turkey. We’ve been many times, here’s our top 5 day trips:
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