Turkey Cultural Travel, Tours And Holidays

A short guide about Cultural travel to Turkey

"Coming in gallop from far Asia stretched forward like a mare’s head into the Mediterranean Sea - this is our country." Acclaimed Nazim Hikmet, one of the greatest international poets describes his homeland -Turkey.

Tour this amazing country; surrounded by the Sea of Marmara, The Aegean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Travel to Turkey discovers a culture brimming with the mysticism of Byzantine, Ottoman and Roman history while exploring underground cities and houses built inside caves. A diverse cultural population of 70 million constantly provides tourists with a diet of mint tea, Turkish kebabs, cous-cous lamb and sweet pastries galore.

Istanbul, with more than 12 million people, fits the category “...of a city which does not sleep". This is where the Bosphorus Bridge connects the Asian continent to Europe making travel and tours in Turkey truly transcontinental. A holiday in Istanbul will expose you to beautiful mosques (Blue Mosque), palaces (Topkapa and Dolmabahce), Byzantine churches (Kariye and St Sophia) and Roman temples and demonstrate how Istanbul's claim to the title of ‘Eternal city’ is as justified as Rome's. Take a shopping tour and bargain at The Covered Bazaar (Kapali Carsi), which was built in early 15th century.

Connect with your Anzac Heritage on a Tour of Gallipoli or be moved by the dawn service when you visit Anzac Cove on an Anzac Day Tour.

Many tours will take in the capital Ankara which is located centrally in Anatolia and provides true Turkish hospitality, with The Museum of Anatolian Culture and the Mausoleum of Ataturk being interesting attractions. Travel across the high central plateau to "Anadolu", the soul of the country with green pastures where shepherds still move their herds with the seasons. Visit Cappadocia for a landscape of bizarre beauty where homes, churches, shops and courtrooms were built within the soft volcanic rock. At Nemrut Dagi you’ll see strange rock statues similar to Easter Island and ancient cities like Van and Dogubayazit, and Turkey's "sports city", Erzincan.

Mount Ararat at 5,166 metres is the highest point and the resting place of Noah's Ark. The famed city of Troy is south of Istanbul and the legendary city Ephesus is home to the Temple of Artemis and the city where Saint Peter spread the gospel before settling in Crete.

With such diversity Turkey is a wonderful holiday destination for any traveller and Tourabout’s partners tours and holiday packages will give you amazing travel experiences ranging from cruising on the blue-green seas of the Mediterranean or the Black Sea and stopping in ports of archaeological and religious significance...to cycling through lush landscape, hiking forgotten trails and kayaking over sunken Lycian and Byzantine relics, enjoy.