Turkey Travel Forum

Hi everybody!!

Im going to turkey in 3 weeks with my girlfriend for 15 days and we'd like to know which cities are the best to visit!

Thanks to you all!

Mati

Istanbul is the most obvious joice. Antalya is very nice and worth stopping by for a couple of days. I really liked Bursa. It is less touristy and has a fair amount to see and a certain charm.

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Get out your map. If you are going to start in Istanbul just start down the Agean Coast all the way around to Antalya.

Ayvalik I hear is nice and not many tourists.

Izmir is fantastic. We stayed right on the water with a fantastic view of ships coming and going.

Kusadasi quite a tourist draw but it is close to Ephesus (Efes in Turkish)

Bodrum again another tourist draw but some great attractions. The hills overlooking Bodrum have some breathtaking veiws.

Fetihye a beautiful place

And on to Antalya.

You can take a train from Antalya to Ankara but perhaps you would prefer a bus.

On the way to Ankara perhaps a stop over in Afyon.

From Ankara you could hit Cappadocia before heading back to Istanbul.

You will cover a lot of miles but you will see a great deal.

Certainly, I have missed some spots but perhaps somebody can fill in the blanks a bit with their favorite cities.

Here is a link for one of the better bus lines:

http://www.varan.com.tr/english/default.asp

I believe some of their luxury coaches are quite affordable and comfortable. I can't remember if this was the bus line we took from Izmir to Kusadasi.