Travel Reads > Türkiye
• The iconic Istanbul hotel which hosted spies, kings and Greta Garbo [CNN Travel]
• Looking for Ararat [Postcards from Rowena]
“A 50th birthday on the border of Türkiye and Iran, while marvelling at the twin peaks.”
• When strangers in Istanbul threw a surprise party for my friend [Intrepid Times]
“A traveler in Istanbul is left without a place to stay when her friend fails to arrive on time, but she finds herself dropped into a community of strangers, who step in to help her throw him an unforgettable surprise birthday party.”
• Turkey’s best budget train ride is an 800 mile journey east [Independent]
“In search of an affordable way to cross the country, Richard Collett boarded the Dogu Ekspresi, travelling past snow-capped mountains and plunging gorges.”
• The ‘city of prophets’ where three religions align [CNN Travel]
“Şanlıurfa, in southeastern Turkey, is a place of pilgrimage for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faithful.”
• Catstanbul: Inside the city where cats rule the streets [BBC Travel]
• Postcard from a Turkey that still bites [With Gusto]
“Thanksgiving — from the other side.”
• William Dalrymple: rediscovering the ancient wonders of eastern Turkey (archive) [FT]
“Forty years after he first visited as a student, the historian takes a road trip across Eastern Anatolia, finding restored monuments, new museums and archaeological digs that shed fresh light on the region’s complex past.”
• I swam from Asia to Europe. A surge of hope kept me going [CNN Travel]
