A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn't be upstaged by a broken castle...
The last stop our on grand Turkish road trip was to visit Hisarlik—believed to be the famed city of Troy and setting Homer used for his epic poem. On our way, we drove through Çanakkale, where the...
Since the Bakkers and we had already seen the ancient ruins of Ephesus, we left Pamukkale and headed over to two towns nearby; Laodicea and Aphrodisias. Laodicea The Laodiceans get a shout out from...
Our trip into Pamukkale was to see the living embodiment of its glossy travel posters; that famous terraced calcified hill overflowing with jaw-dropping azure pools. So it came as a bit...
After 8 hours on the road we may have been a little tired when we arrived at our next stop. And, admittedly, a bit melancholy that the wind conditions had stopped us from taking to the air in one of...
After three amazing days, we headed back on the road, leaving an otherworldly and windswept Cappadocia and our dreams of surveying its wonders from the sky in a hot air balloon. Our drive towards...
While in Cappadocia, we decided to stay in Uchisar, since our niece Danielle suggested to us that it might be less touristy and crowded than the popular town of Göreme just next door. And she was spot...
This evening after dinner we all decided to walk up to Uchisar Castle, just a short distance from our hotel. When we reached the top we were rewarded with stunning views and gale force winds that...
In 1963, a man knocked down a wall in his basement and discovered a massive underground city from the 8th century BC. At least that’s the story we were told when we decided to test our claustrophobic...
Back on the road again, with the car heater on full blast to thaw us from our adventurous and frosty stay near Hattusa, we drove 3 hours south to the region of Türkiye known as Cappadocia until a vast...