Category: Turkey
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Cappadocia
We had an interesting time visiting the unique valley of Cappadocia. Unfortunately, the winds did not co-operate, and our hot air balloon tour was rescheduled and then cancelled. Instead, we enjoyed a great tour of the local valleys. Visiting the Fairy Chimneys and Uchisar, a rock castle, at the highest point of Cappadocia gave us…
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Pamukkale and Hierapolis
We had an adventure travelling Pamukkale and Hierapolis. I had booked our train tickets through the Turkish Rail system website, despite some English translation much of the website remained in Turkish. I booked the eight of us to travel to the train station identified by the website as the closets to Pamukkale (retrospectively I should…
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Ephesus and Selcuk
We were thrilled to have the Cardwell/Kowal family join us in Turkey, there was such excitement meeting up in Istanbul main Airport (IST) on our way to Izmir. We are very grateful that they have decided to travel with us throughout Turkey. We began our journey together in Selcuk, staying at a large Airbnb together…