Turkish Tourism Industry has made great progress in the past decades via building new roads, accommodation facilites (hotels, motels, holiday villages) and improving communication infrastructure in the country. Not only a long time ago, did Turkey lack enough capacity for hosting big tourist crowds. Whereas now the country has more capacity than m... read more »
Gokceada also called Imbros is the biggest island of Turkey. It is a quite and peaceful place in the North of Agean Sea and the furthest west point of Turkey. The legend says that the God of Winds was in love with the Gokceada and thus was sending kisses to the island consistently. Accordingly the name of Imbros which comes from ancient Grek means... read more »
For those who would like to have a very unique experience at the Mediterranean there are companies who offer Fishing Holidays. You can go on a boat around the bays in the region for fishing, diving, relaxing and certainly sightseeing Some of these boats have Sonar “fish finder” and you are given the guarantee “No Fish No Pay”. On these bo... read more »
Mersin is a modern town and a busy port with palm avenues, parks, modern hotels and a good base for visiting many nearby historical sites and beaches, at Çukurova region on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey It has the largest port on the Turkish Mediterranean with a free zone and many businesses of all sizes. Mersin also offers all the... read more »
If you surf on the net for sites about the country of Turkey you are most likely to often come across the names of holiday resorts such as Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye and Dead Sea etc. However, there are places such as IGNEADA in the Northeast of Turkey where a visitor would have a very peaceful holiday with beautiful sand - tens of km long, cryst... read more »
Arguably the best beach in Turkey, Iztuzu is also one of the few remaining nesting sites of the caretta caretta loggerhead turtles, a rare 95 million year old species. The beach is closed to visitors between 20:00 and 08:00 from May to October when the turtles come ashore to lay their eggs and later the hatchlings make their way to the sea by moon... read more »
The history of Fethiye dates back to the sixth century B.C. It was once a grand Lycian city called Telmessos. It first became famous in ancient times as Telmessus, the city of soothsayers. But none of the wise men of the pre-classical age could have predicted all the history that Fethiye was to witness. Nor could they have foreseen how ... read more »