Built high in the craggy mountains of Antalya, the vast ruins of Termessos is one of Turkey’s most beautiful and tranquil ancient sites. Take in the stunning landscapes and explore the ruins amid the pine and juniper forests.

A place where unique cultural sights are mixed with the natural beauty of Eber Lake’s reed choked waterways and stunning mountain views.

Part of the ancient Seljuk Silk Road, Susuz Han is a 13th century fortified inn built to protect caravans and their precious cargoes from far and wide.

With a magnificent view of the city of Istanbul, Süleymaniye Mosque is Istanbul’s greatest and a model of the Ottoman mosque perfected.

A beautiful 16th century castle, mosque, caravanserai, and Turkish Bath complex built along the silk and pilgrimage roads along the Mediterranean coast.

A castle-topped ruined city bearing all the hallmarks of a wealthy classical city with its great baths, temples, theatres, and colonnades.

Set in a gap in the old city walls, the Istanbul Pigeon Market is a strange yet fascinating glimpse into the popular Turkish hobby of pigeon keeping.

Aşıklı Höyük is a ten-thousand-year-old Neolithic city mound in Kızılkaya, a village with abandoned stone and cave houses set in the red Cappadocian cliffs.

Perched high on an Antakya mountaintop the Monastery of St Simeon is a beautiful ruin with ties to the extreme and unusual sect of monastics known as the Pillar Monks, or Stylites.

The crowded streets of Galata and Istiklal Avenue are home to the best of Turkish dining, shopping, and people watching. Tucked in the midst of all that are some great cultural and historical sights that every visitor to Istanbul should see.