The Sea Areas of Turkey: make a Visit

by Diane Pauls | September 29, 2020 7:22 am

The Turkey brings together everything you need for complete travel, historic sites, resorts, attractive cities, hiking in regions unusual, cruises, and skiing in winter. This allows you to go there all year round for a weekend, a week, or more, as there is so much to see within a few hours of flight from France. The language barrier will quickly be broken by the hospitality of the Turks who consider us to be European cousins. If you want to combine relaxation and discovery of ancient sites, Turkey is for you.

What to visit in Turkey:

Cappadocia: It is in this region that you will find the famous troglodyte cities, towns carved out of the rock. We discover real underground cities like those of Derinkuyu and Kaymaki, or very typical villages of the surroundings such as Göreme , Pasabagi and its churches, the very unusual village of Uchisar , or Urgüp, which all have a very rich ancient past. You can stay in one of them or in Avanos. One attraction to do is to fly over the area in a hot air balloon and have a breathtaking view of Mount Erciyeswhich is one of the two volcanoes that “created” Cappadocia. To observe the most fairy chimneys (rock needles), join the largest concentration that is in the Valley of Devrent. Click in https://madeinturkeytours.com/pamukkale/[1] to know more about these regions.

Whether for a seaside holiday or for cultural visits, Turkey is a country to be discovered for the variety and immense beauty of its landscapes as well as for the richness of its thousand-year-old historical heritage.
Between Europe and Asia, between East and West, Turkey, a mixture of Greco-Roman[2], Byzantine and Ottoman cultures that preceded it, is a country that will surprise you.
Apart from the coast, Turkey is a high mountain country with peaks of around 5,165 meters (Mount Ararat). It is also on this summit (also called Mount Agri) that Noah’s Ark failed. The central regions are very popular with hikers. It is not Cappadocia that will be able to dispute this attraction for the mountainous region! Cappadocia (central Anatolia) is dominated by Ankara, the Turkish capital. It is also here that nature is most showcased at the bend of each path and each road. The violent eruptions of tuff created surreal landscapes, bristling with impressive rocky cones.

Cappadocia Turkey

Turkey also benefits from an exceptional maritime environment. Bordered by the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean, it competes with many destinations in terms of seaside tourism. Many small resorts have sprung up and developed, thanks to the attraction of Turkish beaches and their natural charm. Antalya is one of those little seaside gems, which are full of places to go out to party.

A rich and varied culture

To visit Turkey is to discover a rich cultural heritage. Many of its cities were marked by the passage of the first Christians like Antioch. Other towns like Pergamon (next to Izmir) owe their fame to Homer and Hellenistic stories. Today, the Muslim religion has replaced Christianity in this country. Result? Churches transformed, like Hagia Sophia in Istanbul , a major city to visit absolutely.

Endnotes:

https://madeinturkeytours.com/pamukkale/: https://madeinturkeytours.com/pamukkale/
Greco-Roman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_world#:~:text=The%20term%20%22Greco%2DRoman%20world,intimately%20influenced%20by%20the%20language%2C

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