From the nomadic steppes of Kazakhstan to the frenetic streets of Hanoi, Asia is a continent so full of intrigue, adventure, solace, and spirituality that it has fixated and confounded travelers for centuries.
Near Narlıkuyu, a road winds north for 2km to several caves (🎫 75 TRY) – sinkholes carved out by a subterranean river and places of great mythological significance. The mammoth underground Chasm of Heaven (Cennet Mağarası) – 250m long, 110m wide, and 70m deep – is reached by 450-odd steps...
We spend an hour at the little village Narlıkuyu, built around a placid cove lined with seafood restaurants. A Roman benefactor, Poimenios, built a bathhouse here in the 300s AD. A small museum on the village square houses its mosaics of the Three Graces Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosine...
Again, we arrived in the night at the Anemurium’s sprawling and eerily quiet ruins, the gate was closed, so we parked at the nearby wild pebble beach with crystal clear waters. Founded by the Phoenicians in the 4th century BC, Anemurium suffered several devastating setbacks...
We spent one day in Turkey’s most conservative and religious city, located south of Ankara in the Central Anatolia region at an elevation of 1027 meters. Konya treads a delicate path between its historical significance as the home town of the whirling dervish orders and a bastion of...