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Enchanting spots: Mount Nemrud, Turkey
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 8 August 2009
The incredible statues of Mount Nemrud or Nemrut (Nemrud Dagi in Turkish) are located at the top of the 2,134 meter peak of Mount Nemrud, near the city of Adiyaman in Southeastern Turkey. This stunning UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the highlights of a trip to Turkey. In the 1st century BC, King Antiochus [...]
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Istanbul, Turkey: 5 Family Favorites
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 5 August 2009
Istanbul is probably not the first destination that springs to mind when you think of family travel. And rightfully so.
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Gouraud: The Street and the General
Blog: Half - 28 July 2009
If you tell a taxi to take you to the Beirut neighborhood of Gemmazeh, they’ll drop you at the start of the Rue Gouraud – the main bar, restaurant and club packed street running through this noisy neighborhood, which somehow manages to be grungy and upscale chic at the same time. I love it! You [...]
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Sights To See and Things To Do in Istanbul
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 9 July 2009
Byzantium, Nova Roma, Tsargrad, Miklagård, Constantinople, Istanbul. It is a city that has known many names and which straddles two continents. It has been a city of emperors. It was the center of Holy Rome and of the Eastern Empire that lasted a thousand years after the Christian world fractured in half leaving the western half in fragments and foundering through a time we now call the dark ages. The Turks swept out of Central Asia in a storm of swords, spears and horses to conquer Arab nations and swallow ...
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Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 21 June 2009
I’d intended to do only one more post on Istanbul (a wrap-up of the good and bad meals we had there), but in looking over my notes and photos from the trip, I thought the Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi deserved a dedicated shout-out. Left to my own devices, I would’ve avoided the place. It was (1) listed [...]
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Furran Balikcilik, Karakoy Fish Market, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 14 June 2009
My favorite cheap dining experience in Istanbul was at a seriously no-frills balik (fish) place along the water, at the back of the Karakoy Fish Market. Although I have a business card telling me the place’s name is Furran Balikcilik, there’s no signage anywhere, so you’d have to recognize it by the bright red, [...]
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Muzede Changa, Istanbul
Blog: An American in London - 10 June 2009
Two weeks ago, Jon and I were in Istanbul for the bank holiday. The sites, shopping and food were amazing, but our favorite high-end meal by a wide margin was at Muzede Changa, where Peter Gordon (of Providores fame) is consulting chef. Located inside the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Emirgan, a leafy, ritzy part of [...]
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Ten observations about Turkey
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 5 May 2009
Atatürk Well people, the masthead at the top of this page needs changing as today is our last day in Turkey. We fly for Uzbekistan tonight and then will be travelling overland for the next few months through Central Asia and China. Turkey has been an amazing and fascinating. It is my first visit to the [...]
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From the coast to Cappadocia
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 4 May 2009
Elizabeth enjoying her last swim before Thailand Sorry for the dearth of updates, but posts repeating the fact that yet another day has been spent lounging around, drinking Efes Pilsener and going for the occasional dip in the Med was not likely to go down well. Especially for our London based readers. Though take heart [...]
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Fethiye
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 27 April 2009
Ölüdeniz I think the picture above fairly accurately sums up the last four amazing days that we have spent in Fethiye – it has been a like a holiday from the holiday. Whilst here we have taken the foot of the accelerator a little, have gone to bed early and woken without an alarm, eaten amazing home [...]
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Bodrum
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 22 April 2009
Bodrum is a beautiful seaside town, home to warm weather, picturesque white homes and when summer rolls around sun burnt drunken package deal tourists. We have missed the start of the season, but one definitely gets the feeling that this place is gearing up for an onslaught of alcohol fuelled mayhem . But when this [...]
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Ephesus
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 20 April 2009
Nothing like an overnight bus to get you ready for the day ahead! You see we arrived in Selçuk today at 7.00 am having spent the last 8 hours on a bus. Quite a nice bus, but still a bus and definitely not as good as the Argentinean buses that makes sleeping a dream. So stumbling [...]
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Gallipoli
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 19 April 2009
Australians, and I suspect Kiwis, learn a lot about the WWI landings at Gallipoli in school and in popular culture as kids and later. We learn of the heroism of the Australian soldiers, about the harsh conditions and steep hills the diggers faced and how misguided orders from officers wasted countless lives. But what [...]
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Istanbul not Constantinople
Blog: MatthewGain.com - 17 April 2009
Apparently 12.5 million people live in Istanbul. Did you know that? I sure as hell didn’t, but according to Wikipedia it is true. So in essence the place is big, bloody big and extends far beyond where we have visited in our three days here. Where we are staying, where most backpackers stay it seems, is [...]
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Eastern Turkey
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 5 April 2009
Little explored eastern Turkey holds several surprises for the brave
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Naxchivan
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 4 April 2009
So, you want to get WAY off the beaten track in Azerbaijan? There's no better place to do it than the enclave of Naxchivan.
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Istanbul, Turkey
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 4 December 2008
While in Turkey we often got the question why Istanbul? Why Turkey? The best answer we usually had was "Why not?".
