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Touring Turkey Part 3: Pamukkale/Hierapolis, Konya, and Cappadocia (July 27 – 29)
The first stop on this part of my tour was to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the ancient city of Hierapolis, Pamukkale Springs and the Travertine Terraces. Pamukkale is Turkish for “cotton castle” and that is exactly what these … Continue reading
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Tagged “A Gift of Love” Deepak & Friends, Agora, Basilica Baths, Byzantine Orthodox churches, Cappadocia, Cave houses, Cavusin Village, Central Turkey, Christian Basilica, Cleopatra’s Pool, Devrent Valley, Frontinus Gate, Frontinus Street, Goreme Open Air Museum, Greek Ouzzo, Gymnasium of Hierapolis, Hierapolis, Hot mineral springs, Kaymakli Underground City, Konya, Latrina, Love Valley, Luxury cave hotel suite, Mausoleum, Mosque, Museum of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, Nature’s handy work of rocks, North side travertine pools, North Terraces, Northern Necropolis, Nymphaeum of Tritons, Pamukkale, Pamukkale Springs, Pasabag, Pigeon Valley, Red clay pottery, Red valley, Rose valley, Seljuk Turks, Southern Gate, Sunrise hot air balloon, Temple of Apollo, Theater, Tombs, Traditional folk show, Travertine Terraces, Turkey’s signature drink, Uchisar Castle, UNESCO, Whirling Dervishes, YENI RAKI
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Touring Turkey Part 2: The City of Troy, Pergamum, Kusadasi and Ephesus (July 25 – 27)
The City Of Troy I began my second day on the road with a visit to the ruins and excavation of Homer’s fabled city of Troy. You will recall the Greek historian and poet wrote that Troy was destroyed because … Continue reading
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Tagged Aegean Sunsets, Agora, Carpet-Making Demonstration, Celsus Library, City Gates, City Walls, Ephesus, Greece, Gymnasium, hammams, Helen of Troy, House of Virgin Mary, Kusadasi, Lower Agora, New Testament Book of Revelation, Pergamon Alter, Pergamum, public toilets, Red Basilica, Roman baths complex, Royal Palaces, Sanctuary of Demeter, Schliemann, Silk Road to China, Temple for Trajan and Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Temple of Athena, Temple of Dionysus, Temple of Domitian, Temple of Hadrian, Temple of Hera, The Basicica Stoa, The House of Pleasure, The marbled main street, the outdoor theater, Theater, Theater Gymasium, Troy, Upper Agora, Upper Citadel
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