East Meets West in Holidays to Turkey

>along the coasts, visit Ankara, the steep, winding
streets of Ulus, the Kale Fortress and the Anatolian
Turkey offers a mix of East and West whereCivilisation Museum. Mixing west with east, Istanbul
Europe meets Asia. It also offers three seas,combines modern city boutiques with bustling exotic
spectacular scenery, idyllic coastlines and fascinatingbazaars, imperial residences, Roman ruins, Christian
history.churches and Islamic mosques in this secular country.
Turkey can offer more than most countries. For aThe landscape in Turkey can be spectacular, with
start it’s in two continents, as Istanbul sitsworn volcanic rock cones, subterranean cities and
astride the Bosporus, with Europe to the west andhouses carved out of rock, spilling down to matchless
Asia to the east.bays and coves on the coastline. If it’s a
However, Turkey is so much more: high mountains,traditional beach vacation you’re after, then
breathtaking scenery, idyllic coastlines, sun, sea andholidays to Turkey deliver again. The ‘Turquoise
sand, coupled with a historical background going backCoast’ on the Aegean Sea provides boat
to man’s earliest civilisations. Holidays tocruises, water sports, golden sand and, of course,
Turkey can give you history, culture, or beaches andthe sun. Picturesque seaside resorts abound along
three seas: the Aegean to the west, theTurkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts,
Mediterranean to the south and the Black Sea to thewhich combine activity attractions with archaeological
north.sites and museums, thereby catering for all tastes.
Turkey’s history stretches back to theTurkish people are also renowned for their welcoming
earliest humans — they way lived, walked andhospitality, so holidays to Turkey will give you all you
survived, and there is plenty of exciting archaeologycould be looking for in a vacation.
to explore. As well as castles and mosques and ruins