Shortening the trip from original 46 days to 32 days Our original plan was to cover the entire Turkiye in 46 days. Unfortuntely a couple of months before our trip there was a huge earthquake (7.8 magnitude) in Turkiye which…
Day 32: Sumela Monstery
Hamsikoy to Sumela Monastery Sumela Monastery was directly east of Hamsikoy, but to get there we had to do a big loop. We drove slightly less than an hour for about 44 km to reach a huge carpark where we…
Day 31: Hamsikoy
From Şebinkarahisar to Hamsikoy From Sebinkarahisar to Hamsikoy was about 3 long hour drive. Before Hamsikoy we stopped at the town of Torul for a coffee stop. The stop was at a Teras with a bird eye view of Torul.…
Day 30: Şebinkarahisar
Amasya to Sebinkarahisar From Amasya we drove to Sebinkarashisar. Sebinkarahisar town was one of two convenient “night stops” for us as we made our way to Sumela Monastery. Amasya to Sumela Monastery directly was about a 7.5 hours drive, but…
Day 28, 29: Amasya
Kastamonu to osmancik Amasya Kastamonu to Amasya was about 3+ hours, we did a stop midway at Osmancik for a fast teabreak. We stopped at the “bridge” Osmancik and came down for a look. The bridge was Koyunbaba Bridge a…
Day 27: Kastamonu
Amasra to Kastamonu After Amasra we were going to Amasya “Tombs of the Kings of Pontus”. But the drive to Amasya was 6 hours which was too long and tiring to bear. We rather stopped for a night somewhere, had…
Day 25, 26: Asmara
Safranbolu to Amasra Our next destination on day 26 was Amasra a beautiful seaside town by the Black Sea. A direct drive from Safranbolu to Amasra was only 1.5 hour so we detoured to viist Guzelcehisar Kalesi first before ending…
Day 23, 24: Safranbolu
Route from Ankara to Safranbolu From Ankara was a three hour drive northward to Safranbolu. On the way we stopped for a short break at Abaci Peribacalari then it was straight to Safranbolu. Abaci Peribacalari Abaci Peribacalari was a small…
Day 22: Lake Tuz, Ankara
Cappadocia to Ankara We were travelling north to Safrabolu which was a long 5.5 hour drive from Cappadocia. To go on a relaxing pace we stopped for a night in Ankara before moving on to Safrabolu the next day. On…
Day 20,21: Cappadocia
Cappadocia We planned for a three night stay at Vista Cave Hotel sited in Goreme in Cappadocia. We had chosen to stay in the town of Goreme as it was in the middle of various Cappadocia sights we intended to…
Day 19: Ihara Valley
Konya to Ihlara Valley From Konya to Cappadocia was a pretty straight route on D300 highway which was a four lane state road. A direct drive to Cappadocia would need about 3 hours, but we planned for 2 stops. The…
Day 18: Kilistra & Konya
Egirdir to Kilistra to Konya Our final destination for the day was Konya where we stayed a night. Driving directly from Egirdir to Konya was about two hours, but we took it easy and made two stops on the way,…
Day 17: Egirdir
From Pamukkale to Egirdir After Pamukkale our next must see destination in Turkey was Cappadocia which was more than 8 hours drive away. It was a long drive and we found two places in between that deserved a night stop…
Day 15,16: Pamukkale
Antalya to Pamukkale Since leaving Istanbul two weeks ago, we had be travelling along the coast of Turkey. We travelled westward to Canakkale a coastal town and moved southward hugging the coast all the way to Antalya. From Antalya we…
Day 13,14: Antalya
Gelidonya to Antalya It was a 1.5 hour drive to Antalya not a very long journey. We had two days in Antalya, during these two days we had planned to visit two destinations, Manavgat Waterfall and Köprülü Canyon National Park.…
Day 12: Gelidonyas
Kas to Gelidonya Kas to Gelidonya was about 110 km, along the way we stop at ruins of Myra Ancient City. Again there were several ruins along the route but we chose only Myra Ancient City as it seemed to…
Day 11: Coastal drive to Kras
Dalyan to Kras After Dalyan we drove southward to Kras a town by the coast. The distance was 170km and there were many sites along the route to stop and visit. We stopped at only at three of these “many”…
Day 10: Daylan
From Bodrum to Dalyan There were two ways to get to Dalyan, we could do a complete journey by land or at Bodrum Harbour we boarded a car ferry to Datca and then carried on to Dalyan on land. The…
Day 9: Bodrum
Sirince to Bodrum From Sirince to Bodrum was a 2.5 hour drive over about 176km. The drive was nice, the highway was good and easy to navigate. Bodrum was more “upmarket” than we thought. Modern white villas stacking up the…
Day 7 & 8: Selcuk Sirince & Ephesus
Ayvalik Before we left the old town of Ayvalik we drove to an island, Alibey Adasi. It was tbe largest island of Ayvalik and was linked by a bridge. Immediately once we crossed the bridge we were captivated by the…
Day 5 & 6: Canakkale – Ayvalik
Canakkale and Ayvalik We stayed one night at Canakkale and visited ancient Troy the next day. Canakkale was a long way from Bursa, the distance was about 275 km. We took our time on the road, stopping for sights and…
Day 4: Bursa
Bursa Bursa was about 2 hours drive away from Istanbul and it had the world longest cable car line. We thought it would be worth exploring. We left Istanbul after breakfast at our hotel and drove on to Bursa. The…
Day 1-3: Istanbul
Flying from singapore to Istanbul We flew premium economy on Singapore International Airlines into Istanbul. The cost of the return trip was about 50% more than the standard economy seats. Since it was a direct nonstop 11 hour flight through…