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Cruising Turkey
Cruising the Mediterranean. Photo credit: Suomi Star via Flickr. With its vast stretch of Mediterranean coastline dotted with historic sites and sun-drenched beaches, its not surprising that Turkey...
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Izmir for Cruise Visitors
Izmir, Turkey. Photo courtesy of Thomas Depenbusch via Flickr. Izmir is Turkey’s third largest city and boasts thousands of years of turbulent history. Sitting on Turkey’s Aegean coast and surrounded...
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Tour Review: Kusadasi Shore Excursion: Ephesus Sightseeing Tour
Ruins at Ephesus in Turkey. Photo courtesy of Jessica Festa. Because of Turkey’s location and history of playing home to many ancient civilizations, it’s known as part of the Cradle of Culture. While...
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Pigeon Island in Kusadasi
Pigeon Island in Kusadasi, photo by Adrian Libotean via Flickr Cruise ships full of passengers and locals seeking seaside summer escape and fun are not the only ones finding Kusadasi cruise port ideal...
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Day-tripping to the Datca Peninsula
In Datca. Photo by Yilmaz Oevuenc via flickr Looking south from the ramparts and towers of Bodrum Castle, an angular, spindly spit of land reaching west from the mainland forms the backdrop of the...
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Bodrum Castle and Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Bodrum Castle, photo by G. Ozcan via Flickr When King Mausolus died, his wife and sister, Artemisia, directed her inconsolable grief into building a tomb so splendid that it became permanently...
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Exploring the Cesme Peninsula
Windsurfing in Alaçati, photo by Songul Aslanturk via Flickr In addition to its sunny disposition and westward attitude, Izmir remains a beloved city in Turkey for its proximity to so many of the...
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Dilek National Park
Dilek National Park, photo by ahenobarbus via flickr Perhaps the only place to escape the persistent rib-cage pounding disco beats of Kusadasi’s raging summer nightlife is at the nearly 70,000-acre...
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Kirazli Village
Turkish Orchard, photo by Helen Cook, via Flickr Cruise ship passengers often have a short leash, rarely ranging beyond sight-distance of the ship they arrived on. In the summer capital of Kusadasi, on...
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The Fires of Olympos
Fires of Olympos, photo by Dave Lonsdale, via Flickr Observing the eternal flames bursting through the mountainsides 30 miles south of today’s Antalya, the ancients required a fitting story to account...
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Kusadasi for Cruise Visitors
Kusadasi for cruise visitors One of the top cruise destinations of Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast, the lively port town of Kusadasi welcomes hundreds of daily visitors during the peak summer months, with...
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Bodrum for Cruise Visitors
Bodrum, Turkey As one of Turkey’s most popular cruise destinations, Bodrum welcomes a steady stream of cruise visitors throughout the summer months, most of whom spend only a day or half-day in the...
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Best Day Trips From Antalya
Best Day Trips from Antalya – Aspendos The largest of Turkey’s Mediterranean coastal resorts makes a strategic starting point for exploring the Turkish Riviera and whether you want to try white water...
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