Bursa is such a huge and hilly city that it is not initially easy to appreciate that one of its oldest quarters was…
If you want to explore the Hisar area of Bursa then the Safran Hotel housed in a restored Ottoman house in Tophane should…
Population: 62,000 Market day: Tuesday The only formal attraction in the small town of Bozüyük is the pleasant Kasımpaşa Cami, built between 1525…
“The Vizier’s Han” Population: 3,000 Market day: Saturday No more than a 20-minute drive north of Bilecik is the…
Population: 150,000 These days little more than a suburb of Ankara, Gölbaşı has grown up around the shores of a lake which might…
On the plateau above the Göreme Open Air Museum, just off the main road running up to the junction with the Ürgüp-Nevşehir road…
Old name: Bournabat The northeastern İzmir suburb of Bornova was once a completely separate settlement joined to the rest of the town by…
The water-facing Konak Meydanı in the town centre is as close as İzmir gets to a touristic and cultural heart. Once a depressing…
“Velvet Castle” Old name: Mt Pagus Forming a dramatic backdrop to both Basmane and Konak in central İzmir is Kadifekale (Velvet Castle, 186m), a…
“The High Plain” Population: 72,750 Other name: Gever (Kurdish) It’s not easy to say…