Turkey

This lively, colourful country straddling Europe and Asia presents the pleasures and traditions of both continents. Overlooking the romantic waters of the Bosphorus, the great metropolis of Istanbul has exotic bazaars, mosques and sultans' palaces, as well as night clubs and fine restaurants. Along the Aegean and Mediterranean shores of Anatolia, beach resorts offer all the delights of water sports by day and clubbing by night. Cool off on an excursion to the eerie moonscapes of Cappadocia in the hinterland or wonder at the whirling dervishes of Konya. This Way Turkey also explores the glories of Turkey's past from the Troy of Homer's Iliad to the ancient Greeks of Ephesus and Pergamum, and their predecessors, the Hittite warriors who settled near the modern capital of Ankara.