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Turkey
Includes 
İstanbul......................1144
Çanakkale.................. 1153
Troy (Truva)................1154
Pamukkale................. 1157
Bodrum......................1158
Fethiye........................ 1159
Antalya.......................1162
Ankara........................1165
Göreme...................... 1167
Best Places to
Eat
Why Go?
Turkey walks the tightrope between Europe and Asia with
ease. Its cities pack in towering minarets and spice-trading
bazaars but also offer buzzing modern streetlife. Out in the
countryside, this country’s reputation as a bridge between
continents is laid bare. Its expansive steppes and craggy
mountain slopes are scattered with the remnants of once
mighty empires. Lycian ruins peek from the undergrowth
across the Mediterranean coast, the Roman era’s pomp
stretches out before you in Ephesus, while the swirling rock
valleys of Cappadocia hide Byzantine monastery complexes
whittled out by early Christian ascetics.
Of course, if you just want to sloth on a prime piece of
beach, Turkey has you covered. But when you’ve brushed off
the sand, this land where east meets west, and the ancient
merges seamlessly with the contemporary is a fascinating
mosaic of culture, history and visceral natural splendour.
¨¨Antiochia (p1150)
¨¨Hanimeli Kars Mutfağı
(p1170)
¨¨Konak Konya Mutfağı
(p1167)
¨¨Vanilla (p1164)
¨¨Seten Restaurant (p1169)
When to Go
Ankara
°C/°F Temp
Rainfall Inches/mm
40/104
5/125
30/86
4/100
20/68
Best Places to
Stay
¨¨Hotel Empress Zoe (p1149)
¨¨Hideaway Hotel (p1161)
¨¨White Garden Pansiyon
(p1164)
¨¨Koza Cave Hotel (p1168)
¨¨Angora House Hotel
(p1165)
3/75
10/50
2/50
0/32
1/25
-10/14
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Apr & May İstanbul is a colourful
kaleidoscope of
tulips and it’s
prime hiking time
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Mediterranean
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Sep & Oct Plenty
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the crowds have
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Turkey Highlights
1 Ferry-hop from Europe to
Asia with your camera at the
ready to capture İstanbul’s
(p1144) famous minaretstudded skyline.
2 Bed down in a cave-hotel
to savour modern troglodyte
style amid the bizarre
lunarscape of Cappadocia
(p1167).
3 Fulfil your toga-loaded
daydreams in Ephesus
(p1156), one of the world’s
greatest surviving GraecoRoman cities.
4 Explore the ruins of
empires while relishing