“Cotton Castle” Population: 1,850 As the bus trundles into Pamukkale from…
City of the Princes Population: 385,500 Old name: Magnesia ad…
Thracian transit point …
“Slap” village Population: 1,200 Other names: Subaşı, Sylata The pretty little village of Sille, just to the north…
Historic carpet-making centre Population: 2,900 Once the production centre for some of Turkey’s finest silk…
Old name: Libyssa On the Asian side of İstanbul, Gebze is the last stop on the Marmaray train line and a small town…
For those of an active bent, the big-ticket day trip from Antalya (53km) will have to be to the glorious Köprülü Kanyon national…
If ruins are not your thing you can easily hop a dolmuş 10 kilometers north from Antalya to visit the Upper Düden Waterfall,…
“Black Cave” If you’re staying in Antalya one possible excursion destination would be to the Karain Cave in Yağca village, 30km to the…
Fifty-six km west of Antalya off the road heading to Kemer lie the ruins of beautiful Phaselis, founded in the seventh-century BC by…