What Sites Do You Recommend While in Turkey?

[jarvie]

Taken before sunrise this morning of the Blue Mosque
(Source: Jarvie Digital )

Four Specific Towns in Turkey

If you had a friend traveling to Turkey, what would you recommend your friend see on the trip? Jarvie is heading there and would love to know all the secrets of the culturally-rich towns he'll be visiting along the way. He's looking for photographic moments, where memories are made and what new experiences to encounter on the journey. I hope you'll share your blog posts or comments to give some ideas.

Here's the itinerary:

1. Istanbul
2. Adana
3. Anatolia (The ancient city of Cappadocia)
4. Selƈuk (Ephesus)

You can see the route taken in this map below, where Jarvie will visit these major areas of Turkey.

An Opportunity to Share

Have you visited the bustling city of Istanbul? People would love to hear about your adventures and know what to see when they visit! Have you seen the Hagia Sophia? What about sailing the open waters? Do you recommend it? What are some of the secret spots that you believe others would want to see? As many of you probably know, Istanbul used to be called Constantinople in the 4th century after the Roman Emperor Constantine. The name Constantinople was declared as Istanbul by the Republic of Turkey in 1923 but here's a fun fact: the name Istanbul didn't actually get used on postal letters until 1930 when the Turkish Postal Telegraph and Telephone Office.

What other sites are found in Turkey?

Heading onto the next city, Adana, might interest you even more. Do you have suggestions for the ancient town of Adana in Turkey? Have you visited the town square? What about the historic clock tower in Adana? We would love to hear all about your adventures that perhaps you've written in blog posts or comments.

(Photo of Adana Clock Tower by commons.wikimedia.org)

Maybe you've visited still other parts of Turkey. What about the unique landscape of Anatolia (The ancient city of Cappadocia)?

(Photo by wikitravel.org)

Or maybe you've traveled the ruins of Ephesus, told by Rick Steves as a "cultural heartland". You can learn something about it here if you've never been:

Perhaps some of you readers call one or more of these vibrant places your home. Maybe you were fortunate enough to take a tour and have some amazing adventures to share. Whatever the case may be, people would love to hear about your adventures in these areas in Turkey and what you recommend for Jarvie and others to see and do. He may not get to visit all of them, but what a wonderful way to make a collection of favorite stops in these cities.

So please share your own blog posts and comments with us! Be sure to follow @jarvie here, because he will be sharing a little bit of his trip and amazing photography with you! Now that people are able to travel again, let's get these travel discussions going! Jarvie will share his special moments with you when he can and we look forward to hearing about your travels as well. Thanks for reading and commenting!

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