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Travel Diary - Turkey

Istanbul - The City in Two Continents

Earlier this year Turkish Airlines or Turk Hava Yollari had started their flights directly from Mumbai to Istanbul and that was great news for the Indian travellers who could now in mere 6 hrs 30 minutes reach directly from Mumbai into Istanbul and into the country known as the Cradle of Civilization.

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The great sights and experiences of Istanbul

Istanbul has so much to offer that you need to visit this city time and again. In our last issue I had shared with you my experience about the Traditional Turkish Night. Also worth experiencing would be the Sufi Music Concert and Whirling Dervishes Ceremony also known as the Sema Ceremony which is proclaimed as an intangible World Heritage by UNESCO

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Cappadocia - Amazing Volcanic Rock Formations & UNESCO World Heritage Site

After having experienced the beautiful sights and sounds of Istanbul, I took the Onur Air flight at 1940 hours from Istanbul to Kayseri to head to the region of Central Anatolia and Cappadocia which was included as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. I arrived at the Kayseri Airport at around 2100 hours and from there it took around 60 minutes to reach Ürgüp where I was to stay at Dinler Hotel.

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Kusadasi - The Aegean Experience inTurkey

I had an early departure from Cappadocia to take the Turkish Airlines flight leaving at 0930 hours from Kayseri and arriving at Izmir at 1100 hours to explore the Aegean coast of Turkey. The Aegean shores undoubtedly boasts of the loveliest landscapes in the country - from coastlines with crystal clear water to pristine beaches and some amazing historic sites. I was looking forward to the last leg of my trip to Turkey.

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Turkey House of Virgin Mary and the cotton castle at Pamukkale

Our next stop after the Artemis Temple was Meryama OR House of Virgin Mary where Virgin Mary had spent the last years of her life in the the Ephesus area. It is known that crucified Jesus has asked St John the Evangelist to look after his mother Mary and it was John who brought Mary to Ephesus around 37 AD where she spent the last few years of her life at the place known as Meryama which is 8 kilometres from Ephesus.

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SENIOR CITIZENS First hand experience of visiting TURKEY the Compact Travels way

Earlier this year, Mr Ezekiel residing in Borivli, Mumbai contacted COMPACT TRAVELS for a tour of Turkey. However, being a single traveller and a senior citizen, he requested the travel consultant Puja at Compact Travels to organize a tour along with a like-minded single traveller so that he could save on the single supplement. Fortunately, a few days later Mr Pereira too came with a similar request and we booked the two of them for one of the most popular tours of Turkey organized by Compact Travels - The Aegean Experience. Here is the feedback of Mr Pereira and Ezekiel after they returned (as narrated to Dinmeher Bunshaw at Compact Travels) (E= Ezekiel, P=Pereira)

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