Turkey-2015 Ireland-2016 Russia-2017
TURKEY
FOLLOW MY TRAVEL POSTS ON MY BLOG PAGE WHERE EAST MEETS WEST ALONG THE SILK ROAD, WITH MYTHOLOGICAL RUINS FROM THE GREEKS, ROMANS, PERSIANS, OTTOMANS AND THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADES
ISTANBUL August 2015
Istanbul’s Old Town
Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, Topkapi Palace, Archaeological Museum, Chora Church and City Walls, Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent and Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and Egyptian Obelisk
Istanbul’s New District
Galata Tower, Pera Palas Hotel, Taksim Square
SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA Early-September
Malatya, Mt Nemrut- Mythological Gods and Goddesses, Ruins in State of Adiyaman
CAPPADOCIA CENTRAL ANATOLIA mid-September
Open Air Museum, Rose Valley, Ihlara Valley, Whirling Dervishes
IZMIR – NORTH AEGEAN mid-September
Pergamon
SELCUK AND SOUTH AEGEAN -mid-September
Ephesus, Priene – Temple of Athena, Didyma- Temple of Apollo, Bodrum
HIKING THE LYCIAN WAY late-September
Fethiye, Xanthos, Letoon, Patara, Kekova, Ucagiz, Demre, Myra
ANTALYA & TURQUOISE COAST late-September
Antalya, Termessos, Aspendos
IRELAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
Counties Antrim, Derry, and Donegal including the cities of Belfast and Londonderry.
Sites such as the Causeway Cost and Brooding Atlantic Coast
SOUTHERN IRELAND
Counties Dublin, Sligo, Mayo, Galway, Offaly, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Wicklow including the cities of Dublin, Westport, Galway,
Sites such as Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, Connemara bog, Aran Islands, Clonmacnoise monastery, Cashel fortress, and Wicklow Mountains.
RUSSIA
Northern Russia
Cities including St. Petersburg, highlighting the Tsars’ legacy and Veliky Novgorad with its reminders from WWII.
CENTRAL RUSSIA
Cities include Moscow famous for the Red Square and the Golden Ring towns of Yaroslavl and Suzdal, a view of the past.
Southern Russia
Including the City of Kazan – Where West meets Middle East – And Home of Rudolf Nureyev
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