Turkey Holidays and Travel Guide
Turkey's Marmara region almost completely surrounds the Sea of Marmara and is bracketed by the Black Sea to the north-east and the Aegean Sea to the south-west.
This region presents some of the best holidays Turkey Tours can offer, and tourists will love exploring fascinating holiday destinations like Troy and Gallipoli.
The Marmara region also contains fabled Istanbul as well as Eridne, one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire, and is a must for all travelers to Turkey.
Izmir - ancient Smyrna - is Turkey's third largest city and lies in Aegean Turkey.
A must-see while vacationing in Izmir is the Izmir Agora Open Air Museum as this contains the remnants of Smyrna's city centre, or agora.
Built during the Hellenistic Era, the agora is a collection of fascinating relics from the city's ancient past.
The museum's further highlights include the remains of the northern basilica gate and the many-columned stoa.
The Izmir Clock Tower, or Ä°zmir Saat Kulesi, is another of the city's famous sites.
The tower is a fine example of Ottoman architecture and was built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sultan Abdülhamid II's gaining the throne.
Designed by French architect, Rayond Pere, the clock tower is 25m high, features four fountains and numerous columns decorated in a North African theme and was featured on the Turkish 500 lira banknote.
Visiting Izmir's Birds Paradise is another of the fascinating holidays Turkey Tours offers to travelers.
This reserve has been designated a "protected area for water birds and for their breeding" and contains over 200 different bird species.
The reserve is spread over 80sq.
km.
and visitors can delight in catching sight of some of the 30 transit bird species, the 63 domestic bird species, the 54 summer migratory bird species and the 43 winter migratory bird species.
This region presents some of the best holidays Turkey Tours can offer, and tourists will love exploring fascinating holiday destinations like Troy and Gallipoli.
The Marmara region also contains fabled Istanbul as well as Eridne, one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire, and is a must for all travelers to Turkey.
Izmir - ancient Smyrna - is Turkey's third largest city and lies in Aegean Turkey.
A must-see while vacationing in Izmir is the Izmir Agora Open Air Museum as this contains the remnants of Smyrna's city centre, or agora.
Built during the Hellenistic Era, the agora is a collection of fascinating relics from the city's ancient past.
The museum's further highlights include the remains of the northern basilica gate and the many-columned stoa.
The Izmir Clock Tower, or Ä°zmir Saat Kulesi, is another of the city's famous sites.
The tower is a fine example of Ottoman architecture and was built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sultan Abdülhamid II's gaining the throne.
Designed by French architect, Rayond Pere, the clock tower is 25m high, features four fountains and numerous columns decorated in a North African theme and was featured on the Turkish 500 lira banknote.
Visiting Izmir's Birds Paradise is another of the fascinating holidays Turkey Tours offers to travelers.
This reserve has been designated a "protected area for water birds and for their breeding" and contains over 200 different bird species.
The reserve is spread over 80sq.
km.
and visitors can delight in catching sight of some of the 30 transit bird species, the 63 domestic bird species, the 54 summer migratory bird species and the 43 winter migratory bird species.