The Aegean (Pamukkale & Ephesus)2 places
- EphesusOne of the best-preserved ancient cities in the Mediterranean, where you walk a real Roman main street of marble past…
- Pamukkale & HierapolisA hillside of blinding white terraces built up over millennia by mineral-rich hot springs, where warm turquoise water…
Southeastern Anatolia (Göbekli Tepe & upper Mesopotamia)2 places
- Mount NemrutOn a remote 2,100-metre summit, a little-known king built himself a tomb guarded by colossal seated statues of gods…
- Göbekli TepeThe oldest known monumental site on earth, carved T-shaped pillars raised around 11,600 years ago, older than…
Central Anatolia (Cappadocia & the plateau)1 place
- CappadociaA surreal landscape of soft volcanic rock eroded into "fairy chimney" spires and honeycombed with cave homes, churches…
Marmara (Istanbul & the Straits)1 place
- IstanbulThe only city that straddles two continents, capital of two great empires in turn, where a fifteen-hundred-year-old…
The Mediterranean Coast (Lycia & the eternal flames)1 place
- The Lycian CoastA turquoise stretch of Mediterranean coast where pine-covered mountains drop into clear water, ancient Lycian tombs are…