At 2000 meters above sea level, Pokut Yaylası is one of the most picturesque blends of stunning natural beauty and traditional mountain life in Turkey’s Black Sea region.

The village of Kalecik near Nusaybin is an ancient cluster of stone houses built close together to form a protected castle on top of a remote ridge.

A medieval castle in the cloud-wreathed forests of Rize’s Storm Valley, the castle of Zilkale is a stunning sight perched high above the valley floor and backdropped by the Kaçkar Mountains.

While Cappadocia my be famous for its landscapes, the village of Özkonak is best known for what’s under the ground: an underground city and Belha Cave Church

One of the greatest caravanserai built by the Seljuks in the 13th century to serve caravans as they travelled along the Silk Road in the wilderness near the Seljuk capital of Konya.

Built in the 13th century to serve travellers along the Silk Road, Sahipata Han is an archetypal example of the Seljuk approach to the caravanserai.

A collection of ornate palace-like complexes cut into the Cappadocian landscape, Açıksaray (Open Palace) is a little visited site perfect for adventure.

Fed by the rain and snow falling on the nearby Kaçkar Mountains, Rize’s Palovit Waterfall is beautiful waterfall plunging in a canyon of lush green.

The Town of Döğer is home to a 15th century Ottoman Caravanserai, a Phrygian settlement carved into a natural tower of rock, and the fairy chimney rock formations of the Phrygian Valley.

The most ruinous of the three great monasteries of the Maçka region, Kuştul Monastery is still a stunning site, capping a sheer-sided rocky outcropping above a lush green valley.