Our day started with a traditional Turkish breakfast. Tea, coffee, boiled eggs, cheeses, honey, jam, nuts, tomatoes, cucumber and sigara böreği (a philo savoury with cheese). The hospitality of the hotel was overwhelming, these people went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed. It was a cloudy and cold day … Continue reading Thursday – 26/12/2019 | Cappadocia ~ the land of the horses

After a quick breakfast that consisted of coffee, rolls and cheese at our hotel, we left for Konya. The drive from Pamukkale to Konya was five hours. Usually I’m not a big fan of road trips but I really enjoyed this one. We got to see an entire different side of Turkey from the country … Continue reading Wednesday – 25/12/2019 | Konya

On Tuesday morning, we had breakfast on the fifth floor of our hotel. We were barely awake but when we saw the view from the restaurant, our minds were blown. It was beautiful. It looked like a scene out of a movie. It had multi-coloured houses on the one side and the beautiful blue ocean … Continue reading Tuesday – 24/12/2019 | Kuşadası & Pamukkale

Today, our plan was to do the remaining sites of Şanlıurfa which was Harran (a town 43km away), Eyyüp Peygamber Makamı, the Fortress and the Urfa Castle. It didn’t take us long to discover that public transport was the way to get to places. We caught a bus outside the hotel and set out on … Continue reading Sunday – 22/12/2019 | Şanlıurfa