UNESCO has proclaimed 2010 as Osman Hamdi Bey Year on the 100th anniversary of his death. He was a painter, archaeologist, art expert and founder of the Istanbul Archaeological museum. This year also sees Istanbul as the European Capital of Culture and if this is not enough to tempt you to visit Turkey, consider the [...]
At the waterfront there are plenty of friendly bars, tea-houses, cafes and restaurants with an excellent range of international and traditional cuisine.High above Alanya you find an impressive 14-th century citadel. Within its walls are quaint houses, mosques and a Byzantine church decorated with frescoes.
Side was once idyllic, a traditional Turkish Mediterranean village amid marble Roman ruins on 2 km (1.2 miles) of unspoiled beach just an hour (65 km, 40 miles) east of Antalya or west of Alanya . Tourism arrived with a vengeance in the 1980s, however, and although Side is still nice, it is now crowded [...]
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