All too often we travel to see the biggest tourist attractions but wind up missing the bigger picture. Sometimes, it’s better to just relax and take things slow. Especially in those small in-between towns, like Alacati, Turkey. When people think of Turkey they usually think of Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir —you’ve probably never even heard […]
There are many health benefits of hitting the beach frequently, in fact, being at the beach is enough to lower your stress levels and overall well being. On your next visit to Turkey, check out the incredible Bodrum beaches to soak up the sun and Vitamin D on your vacation. Turkey is full of history, […]
Turkey is an immensely popular holiday destination. Indeed, increasing numbers of foreign visitors are holidaying there every year. For instance, over 40 million people traveled there between January and October of 2018. That figure represented a 22.4% rise on the year before. Of all the locations to travel to in the country, Bodrum holds a […]
The world is full of stunning beaches, from the dazzling white sands in South-East Asia to the dramatic coastlines of North America. If you’re anything like us, you’ll want to visit them all! But with so many scattered across the globe, there are simply too many to count, let alone visit in a lifetime! Don’t […]
Over 3.2 million tourists visited Turkey over the first two months of 2019. It’s not hard to see why so many people are flocking to Turkey now. Turkey is located where East meets West. It has a rich history influenced by cultural encounters and trading routes that go through the country. Most importantly, Turkey’s coastline […]
The sea around Datca is just as the poet Can Yucel has described: ‘Greener than seaweed when you remain still, and blue when you swim.’ Datca lies on the Resadiye Peninsula, which in geographical terms marks the confluence of the Aegean and Mediterranean. But it is better described as a heaven on earth, a place […]
In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was the home of the gods, and nearly twenty mountains in Anatolia and Greece were given this name. One of these is Mount Tahtali in the Olympus-Beydaglari National Park. Although at a height of 2374 meters the mountain is not of a great altitude compared to many others in Turkey, […]
Born in 1922 in the UK, June Haimoff (known as Captain June) moved to Africa for business since her father was a fuel engineer. She lived in Uganda, learned Swahili. This is how the adventures life of this beautiful girl started running barefoot around these vast lands. When they moved back to London, she took […]
Butterfly Valley opens onto a cove near Fethiye on Turkey’s southwest coast. This deep steep-sided valley has a floor of approximately ten hectares in an area where almost all the butterfly and moth species from the Mediterranean coastal region are to be found, making it an open-air natural history museum. The abundance of Lepidoptera is […]
