The city of Canakkale lies at the narrow, 1,200 meter entrance to the Canakkale Strait (theDardanelles) that connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Passenger and car ferries run daily between Canakkale on the Asian side and Eceabat and Kilitbahir on the European side. Yachts navigating the straits stop at the well-equipped Canakkale Marina. Hotels, restaurants and cafes along the […]
Known in Turkish as “Beautiful Izmir”, the city lies at the head of a long, narrow gulf traversed by ships and yachts. The climate is mild and in the summer the constant, refreshing sea breezes temper the sun’s heat. Behind the palm-lined promenades and avenues, which follow the shoreline, the city, in horizontal terraces, gently […]
One of the magnificent historical structures of Istanbul is Baslilica Cistern in the southwest of Hagia Sophia. The esnormous undergroung cistern was built by Byzantine Emperor I.Justinianus and thanks to marble columns rising from the water level and seeming like countless in number, it was named “Yerebatan Sarnıcı” among public.Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453 […]
Turkey has been located in intersection point of Europe, Asia and Middle East. The country has an area of 780.000 km2. The tribes who had lived on that historical lands from North to South, from East to West had started to ride their horses since Neolithic ages (7000`s B.C.), therefore they have left traces of […]