A Week in Barcelona
Late September 2015 was the perfect time for visiting Barcelona – warm days, balmy nights and the excitement of La Mercè festival which brings thousands of extra tourists to this already magnetic city. Barcelona is the...
Around the World with Liz Blog
Ankara and Atatürk
The long drive from Cappadocia to Ankara was broken up with several stops to ease the monotony, so we finally arrived in the city centre in early afternoon. Our main focus today was visiting...
Cappadocia – the Land of Fairy Chimneys
Ever since I first saw photos of the fabulous land forms of Cappadocia, Turkey, I have been dying to go there. Finally, on our Gate 1 coach tour of Turkey, we got to spend...
Antalya and beyond
After a long coach journey from Pamukkale to Antalya, we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves checked in to one of the better hotels on the Turquoise Coast of southern Turkey – the Akra...
Pamukkale and Hierapolis
Looking like a white wonderland filled with multi-tiered wedding cakes, the fantastic landscape of Pamukkale near Denizli in western Turkey draws tourists by the thousands. The calcium-carbonate-rich waters that flow down the hillsides from...
Izmir, Ephesus and Selçuk
Izmir is a very smart western city, the third biggest in Turkey, hugging the Gulf of Izmir on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Formerly known as Smyrna in ancient times, it gained power and...
Troy and Pergamon – Fact and Fiction
We woke to rain, followed by thunder and lightning, but luckily it was the only wet day we had in our fortnight’s holiday in Turkey. Today we were off to visit the ruins of...
Istanbul – Where Europe and Asia Collide
In what other city could you do this – arrive in its European airport and later, depart from its Asian one? A city which has its roots in Asian history but a modern European outlook. A culture based on...
Stopover Dubai, UAE
After island-hopping in the Aegean and a whirlwind visit to Paris and Bordeaux, we gratefully climbed aboard our Emirates flight to Dubai for some rest. The Emirate of Dubai is the second largest of...
