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.

A weird metro station in the middle of a body of water with a great view of historic Istanbul and even the odd dolphin dodging the water traffic

“The Light of Osman”, an Istanbul mosque that signified a new era of Ottoman architecture profoundly influenced by the Baroque and Rococo styles of Europe.

Built as an Armenian-Georgian church, then converted into a fort in the 19th century, the ruins of Bana Cathedral are a stunning sight.