Where to go in Turkey

 

 

Turkey is a country located at a point where the 3 continents of the old world (Asia, Africa and Europe) are closest to each other and where Asia and Europe meet.

 

Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the boundary between Europe and Asia, thereby making Turkey transcontinental.

 

Because of its geographical location, Anatolia has always been important throughout history and is the birthplace of many great civilizations. Turkey as the "Cradle of Civilization," boasting more Greek ruins than Greece and more Roman archaeological sites than all of Italy. and -- in Antalya alone -- more resort hotels than all the coast of Spain. Turkey is also a major custodian of sacred sites revered by Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike, and of invaluable artifacts of early Greek civilization, Byzantine majesty, and Ottoman supremacy. Turkey is also a major custodian of sacred sites revered by Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike,and of invaluable remnants of early Greek civilization, Byzantine majesty, and Ottoman culture and artistry.

 

Like the land that makes up this vast, contradictory landscape, Turkey straddles East and West, modern and traditional. Turkey is a unique country: a rich, layered and magical world full of history, culture, gastronomy, humanity, and commerce -- increasingly Europeanized still unspoiled and innocent.

 

Turkey represents many, rich treasures ,It's ancient and modern, Westernized and Oriental, religious and secular, wondrous and ordinary, familiar and exotic. But there is one undeniable common denominator, and that is that Turkey, and the Turkish people, know how to do hospitality.