Travel throughout Turkey! From Istanbul in the west, touch the southern, eastern and northern borders; stand (and swim, too, if you like!) in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Seas; and cross the hinterland.
In Istanbul: visit the Blue Mosque and St Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar.
Cruise on the Bosphorus with intimate views of Istanbul.
At Gallipoli: walk around Anzac Cove and on the height of Chunuk Bair.
Sail on the Dardanelles.
Walk through the ruins of Homer’s Troy.
Walk through the ancient city of Ephesus, one of the world’s finest archaeological sites.
Visit the “Virgin Mary’s House” near Ephesus.
Stroll among the beautiful marble remains of the little city of Aphrodisias.
See and walk on Pamukkale’s spectacular white terraces.
Visit the “Turkish Riviera” and cruise in the bay of Antalya.
At Aspendos stand in the world’s best-preserved theatre from Roman times.
Meet Whirling Dervishes and be a privileged witness of their rite.
Be awed by the lunar landscape of Cappadocia.
Walk through dwellings carved out of the rock.
Enter the underground city of Kaymakli.
Enjoy a colourful folklore show in an underground cave.
Stroll among giant stone heads on the mountain top of Nemrut Daği.
Explore bustling markets in Şanliurfa.
Walk on Diyarbakir’s city walls.
Cross both the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
Cruise on one of the world’s highest navigable lakes.
On Akdamar Island admire the delightful animal carvings on the 10th century Armenian church.
Take in the grandeur of Mt Ararat soaring above the horizon.
Walk through Ani, once a city of 100,000 inhabitants and now a melancholy but haunting scene.
Climb to the Monastery of the Black Virgin at Sumela, perched dramatically on a high ledge “halfway between earth and sky”
Stand on the shore of the Black Sea where Jason and the Argonauts once sailed.
Meet ordinary Turkish people and enjoy an overnight homestay with them.
Plus
Three new ventures added for the first time in 2012:
Travel back 12,000 years to Göbekli Tepe – to a site 6000 years older than Stonehenge, to the Stone Age past of modern humans.
Meet that mysterious and powerful empire from the past – the Hittites – at their 3500-year-old capital city of Hattuşaş, deep in the interior of Anatolia.
Visit the lovely East Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Travel there and return by fast ferry, spending two days in North (Turkish) Cyprus, steeping yourself in its history and its beauty.
