My first impression of Tandirici Deniz restaurant is that this is a paradise for a traveler who seeks tranquility as well as wants to enjoy the local cuisine. Tandir, as tandoori in English, is a Turkish dish of meat or chicken cooked in a tandoor. Tandirici means […]
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Thanks to internet, we were able to get information on the places we were going to visit on this cruise. When I googled there were so many sites about private Ephesus tour. After reading the short description of this particular site, I decided to check it out and […]
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Cozily situated in a well sheltered gulf on the indented coast of the Aegean Sea Izmir is the outlet of a rich area called Ege, the industrious population of which produces and processes Turkish tobacco, grapes (the world – famous sultanas), figs, cotton, olives, and olive oil […]
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No doubt that our private Ephesus tour was a great must-do if anyone travels to this part of the world. But, today I would like to tell you guys about this gentleman we met at Kircilar, a leather center near Ephesus. We had passed by this leather […]
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Oludeniz though the name means “Dead Sea” this morbid moniker comes not from mineral-saturated waters, or fetid stench, but merely from the fact that the lagoon remains placid and tranquil when storms rage and Mediterranean waves buffet the neighboring coast and beach. It’s peaceful, not gloomy. Or […]
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Fethiye called Telmessos in ancient times, Fethiye has seen a lot of history but has very little to show for it. It’s a pretty enough place, set on a wide bay with an attractive waterfront esplanade, but the 1958 earthquake turned to ruins many of the last […]
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It is quite impossible to enumerate here all the places of historic and touristic interest which Turkey has to offer. We are therefore confining ourselves to listing the most outstanding ones in chronological order. Hittite monuments: 200 km from Ankara, on the road to Samsun, can be […]
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Living as we do in a materialistic age, it’s difficult to conceive of what the world was like before the invention of money. There was indeed such a time, but it ended half a millennium B.C. in an ancient town an hour’s drive east of Izmir. The […]
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As you might imagine from a glance at the surrounding countryside, the cultivation of olives is important to this region. Actually, the Aegean coast was heavily populated by Greeks during the Ottoman Empire’s time, and these communities controlled a big part of the olive commerce. After the […]
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Alexander the Great swept through here over 2,000 years ago, and after his death the generals of his army struggled to gain control of his domains. The eastern coast fell to Seleucus I Nicator in the 290s B.C., and he founded an empire along this shore. The […]
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The big tip is to try and go completely private. Many of the large tour companies offer private tour and they are going to charge a significant amount of money for the tour guide. However, many locations offer self-guided tours and therefore you have the ability to supply your own tour guide. Easily Book your guided private Ephesus tours, to see all the treasures of Ephesus Turkey. It's often said that Turkey has more ancient cities and classical ruins than does Greece. Well, it's true, and the Aegean coast holds a great number of sites, including Ephesus, the grandest and best-preserved of them all.
