For sale: Greek city in Turkey
An ancient Greek city, or its ruins, anyway, is for sale in Turkey.
An ancient Greek city, or its ruins, anyway, is for sale in Turkey.
A historic Swedish tradition turns out to be imported from Turkey by an exiled 18th-century king.
Celestyal makes a limited return to the Turkish metropolis...will others follow?
Wilbur takes us on another memorable train journey, this one starting in Istanbul, then on to Ankara, Erzurum, Batumi (bu bus), Yerevan and ending in Tbilisi
Turkish Airlines, which claims to serve the most destinations of any airline in the world has begun service to Phuket, Thailand, its 300th destination.
Wilbur's exotic train journeys continue, today with stops in Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Meteora (Kalambaka), Skopje, Niš, ending in Sofia. If you love train travel stories, you'll love this post.
Continuing a bad-news trend for Turkey, three more cruise lines have cancelled port calls, and those that haven't aren't going to Istanbul.
Two more cruise lines quit Turkish ports for next year as political and military concerns continue.
Cruise lines, which had already reduced stops in Turkey after earlier attacks in Istanbul and Ankara, have canceled many more port calls.
Delta is suspending its planned NYC to Istanbul service because of travel warning and dropping demand. It would have started next month.
The Grey Traveller visits Istanbul in time for New Years Eve, and for a daily round of delicious food and recommended restaurants.
Kingtikitaki shows us the largest remaining Byzantine cistern in Istanbul
Scheduled to open in 2018, Istanbul's new airport will feature the world's largest single terminal building, able to handle 90 million passengers a year.
Disney Cruise Line has cancelled both Greece and Turkey from its 2016 itinerary for Disney Magic's 12-night cruise. A spokesperson said the change was a result of monitoring conditions and activities in the region. Earlier, Costa Cruises had dropped Turkey stopovers for the last half of the 2015 season, and last month Celebrity announced it wouldn't overnight in Istanbul in 2016. The Celebrity announcement said it was due to cruise port construction in Istanbul, but it seems likely that...
There's always someone to find a silver lining in dark clouds, and this time around it's the travel writers of the Telegraph (UK) who are telling Britons that holidays in Europe and Turkey will be bargains next year because of uncertain times. Nick Trend, in an article posted Nov. 26, points to two factors in particular: Americans made nervous by the Paris attacks and State Department travel warnings, and Russia's ban on "tourist relations" with Turkey. While the State Department...