“Cotton Town” Population: 20,700 Old name: Tripolis East of Giresun, the most obvious Black Sea…
Divriği/İstanbul lookalike mosque West of Giresun, the Black Sea coast road becomes very built up but you might want to take a dolmuş…
“Jason’s Headland” On the Black Sea coast road between Bolaman and Ordu a short detour leads to Yason Burnu, a headland jutting out…
Old name: Polemon At Bolaman, midway between Ünye and Ordu on the Black Sea coast, stands a remarkable “castle” that consists of what…
What do you imagine when you think of Turkey? Maybe it’s the mosques and the palaces but maybe it’s the lovely old wooden…
Eternal flame Ancient mariners sailing past the south coast of Anatolia used to report that they could see the Chimaera, a burning flame that never…
High up in the pine-clad hills above Olympos (13km) and Çıralı (10km) is the hamlet of Ulupınar which lives for its half-dozen trout restaurants dotted…
At the opposite (northern) end of the beach from the Olympos backpacker hangout, Çıralı is the grown-up take on holidaying in the Bey Dağları National…
Water-logged archaeological beauty Old name: Zemuri (Lycian) Heading inland from Finike on the Mediterranean coast, you can hardly miss Limyra as a lengthy…
A forgotten archaeological treasure While most of Turkey’s greatest archaeological sites receive more than their fair share of visitors, lovely Arykanda is on…