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.
One of the quieter alternatives to the rumbling Bodrum city center is the Gümüşlük bay. Despite the glaringly visible inroads of modern tourism, tradition and tranquillity are partially preserved by local open-air vegetable markets and the rugged coastline, overlooked by scarcely...
Once we arrived at Lake Bafa in southwestern Turkey, we realized that the lake faces ecological catastrophe due to untreated industrial wastewater coming from factories in Muğla’s Bafa. However, We did not come for beach holidays, but to explore the village and nearby ruins of Herakleia...
It was an ancient sanctuary and seat of an oracle of Apollo. Before being plundered and burned by the Persians (494 BC), the sanctuary was in the charge of the Branchids, a priestly caste named after Branchus, a favorite youth of Apollo. The astonishing temple (🎫 50 TRY) was once the...
Miletus was an ancient Greek city in western Anatolia near the mouth of the Büyükmenderes River. Its mixed Hellenistic-Roman ruins are impressive (🎫 50 TRY). Before 500 BC, Miletus was the greatest Greek city in the east. It was the natural outlet for products from the interior of...