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Halic Park Hotel Ayvalik

Lale Adasi No.1 Ayvalik, Balikesir, 10400, Turkey

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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

A travel blog entry by sarahimray

... UNESCO making it a world heritage site even though arguably much more deserving sites such as Ephesus are not protected. If only there was a book on Ephesus by John Grisham, and a movie staring Tom Cruise, then they would have heritage protection in a jiffy.  Troy does have one other important feature however. As you stand on the hill at the site of the ruins, you look out across a straight of ...

Marmaris to Ayvalik

A travel blog entry by kiwivolant

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... arrived during the night and they were cold. We were very pleased to be tucked up in the marina. Sigacek was once a lovely sleepy village, but all that has now changed with the arrival of the very upmarket marina. Apparently built to attract the increasing wealth of the nearby city of Izmir. A Scottish couple arrived in the marina in the late afternoon and declared in a most delightful Scottish accent, 'we ...

Pergamon, Yah Mon!

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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... even tell him it needs fixing, and sell him a hotel room for the night.. There is a known scam where the tire is flattened, and while the victim goes to get help, the vehicle is ransacked, but this did not seem to be the same ploy. It took some gall for him to follow me into the gas station though. Next time I will make an obvious gesture of writing down his license number, or calling the Polis.

Anyway… on to Selcuk… which we found pretty ...

Trojans, Romans, Ruins and Wrecks

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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... Gallipoli Peninsula. It was a full day of driving after our four day stopover in Istanbul, but it does feel goos to be back in the van.

The driving was mostly through interior northern Turkish kind of towns, nothing special at all, the highway was mostly four lane, and easy going, passing through towns which were busy with mini-busses, bustling shops and business type hotels, a few fields and occasional tractors or horses drawing wagonloads of produce to the towns. ...

The Night Bus South

A travel blog entry by koppers

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... Church, the most apparent remnant of the Greek settlement there, and then climbed uphill until we reached the top of the island, a location which afforded us fantastic 360° views of the entire area.

After soaking up the sights and enjoying the sunshine, we walked back to the boardwalk and found a lovely little spot right on the water to have a very light breakfast. August is kitten season, and we'd seen loads and loads of cats and kittens, ...

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