Danny Jones

East Meets West in Holidays to Turkey

Turkey offers a mix of East and West where Europe meets Asia. It also offers three seas, spectacular scenery, idyllic coastlines and fascinating history.

Turkey can offer more than most countries. For a start it’s in two continents, as Istanbul sits astride the Bosporus, with Europe to the west and Asia to the east.

However, Turkey is so much more: high mountains, breathtaking scenery, idyllic coastlines, sun, sea and sand, coupled with a historical background going back to man’s earliest civilisations. Holidays to Turkey can give you history, culture, or beaches and three seas: the Aegean to the west, the Mediterranean to the south and the Black Sea to the north.

Turkey’s history stretches back to the earliest humans – they way lived, walked and survived, and there is plenty of exciting archaeology to explore. As well as castles and mosques and ruins along the coasts, visit Ankara, the steep, winding streets of Ulus, the Kale Fortress and the Anatolian Civilisation Museum. Mixing west with east, Istanbul combines modern city boutiques with bustling exotic bazaars, imperial residences, Roman ruins, Christian churches and Islamic mosques in this secular country.

The landscape in Turkey can be spectacular, with worn volcanic rock cones, subterranean cities and houses carved out of rock, spilling down to matchless bays and coves on the coastline. If it’s a traditional beach vacation you’re after, then holidays to Turkey deliver again. The ‘Turquoise Coast’ on the Aegean Sea provides boat cruises, water sports, golden sand and, of course, the sun. Picturesque seaside resorts abound along Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, which combine activity attractions with archaeological sites and museums, thereby catering for all tastes.

Turkish people are also renowned for their welcoming hospitality, so holidays to Turkey will give you all you could be looking for in a vacation.

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