Nemrut, Turkey

Travel Blogs from Nemrut (14)

Chapter 47: Holy carp!, Goreme/Mt. Nemrut/Sanliurfa, Turkey travel blog
Chapter 47: Holy carp!
Aug 10, 2004

... of Swords Valley. After walking back to town I stopped at Yama Travel and signed up for a 3-day trip to Eastern Turkey to see Mt. Nemrut and Sanliurfa. It was an expensive package (US$125), but it was all-inclusive and covered a lot of ground, and it ...

A travel blog entry by easyread
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Nemrut Dagi In 24 Hours.., Nemrut Dagi, Turkey travel blog
Nemrut Dagi In 24 Hours..
Aug 23, 2006

... Syria next and will be coming through Turkey again but only in passing (not sure we could suffer through another frigging kebab). Hoshchakal Turkey, it's been great but it's time for us to get the hell out of here. Next pod, Aleppo - Syria. Love, ...

A travel blog entry by natandkat
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Heads of Nemrut - Sunrise and Sunset, Nemrut Dagi, Turkey travel blog
Heads of Nemrut - Sunrise and Sunset
Aug 29, 2005

... to Yusuf but we all had an early call for the sunrise so went to bed. We were up at 3.30 for our drive back up to Nemrut and sunrise with the heads. Corina wasn't feeling too fab so it was just David and I up the trail. I looked a stunner in my ...

A travel blog entry by lucinate
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Sunrise on Nemrut, Nemrut Dagi, Turkey travel blog
Sunrise on Nemrut
Aug 30, 2005

... telling us stories and singing to us and also, the honeydew melons he kept feeding us all day was great. Was Sarah right about Nemrut ? Well, having been to loads of old sites over the years, it was not as impressive as I thought it would be, but I ...

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros
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Forum Discussions on Nemrut (4)

Eastern Turkey Photographs
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, 06:52:06
... there's a shady park, two mosques and two pools filled with hungry, fat carp! Here's a photograph taken at Nemrut Dağı, the mountain-top sanctuary, with the huge stone heads adorning the temple and tomb of king Antiochus. Ascent is ...
Your Opinions on Turkey
Posted on Nov 13, 2008, 13:46:55
... west coast of Turkey until Antalya, then inland to Cappadocia, and from there to Sanliurfa, via Mt. Nemrut. I had heard a lot about the sight in Turkey, there were "wonderful" but I just found them...well...not bad, but not amazing either...I ...
Eastern Anatolia in October?
Posted on Nov 8, 2009, 17:51:05
... the colorful rock, which is probably hidden behind water in the spring. Ulu mosque in Erzurum was the first mosque I visited in Turkey. A nice peaceful place. And Erzurum Evleri restaurant is a nice place to eat. In Erzurum I parted with my car and flew ...
Backpacks vs Daypacks
Posted on Nov 25, 2006, 20:18:07
I watched the sun come up on Nemrut Dagi in Turkey, and I froze as I was in my sandals. When we were in Pakistan, the further North we went, the colder it got, and the boots came out, so did the fleece. It was cold. The next day, a blizzard came through ...