by Sarah Duff | Jul 5, 2013 | Favourite places to stay, Turkey
After spending a day on over-crowded Oludeniz Beach (spectacular as it is, a beach covered in loungers, inflatable pool toys and cafes is not my idea of holiday bliss) and getting lost in the fish ‘n chip shop flanked streets of the hideous tourist town of...
by Sarah Duff | Jun 27, 2013 | Favourite places to stay, Turkey
In two weeks of travelling in Turkey, I marvelled at some pretty spectacular vistas, from the minaret-encrusted skyline of Istanbul to panoramas over Cappadocia on a hot air balloon ride. The pinnacle of my viewing pleasure came at the end of a tiny winding road...
by Sarah Duff | Jun 26, 2013 | Turkey
I didn’t know what to expect Cappadocia. All I knew before visiting this famous region of Turkey (pronounced cappa-doe-kiya, as I subsequently discovered) was that there were caves that you could stay in, the hot air ballooning was pretty good and there were...
by Sarah Duff | Jun 26, 2013 | Favourite places to stay, Turkey
Hezen Cave Hotel made me want to become a troglodyte if it meant that I could live in one of their cave suites (rather than the damp, dark, musty, cold algae-covered hovels I’d always associated with the word ‘cave’). With a massive lounge area,...
by Sarah Duff | Jun 25, 2013 | Food, Turkey
I’m a breakfast person and one of my favourite things about foodie travel is discovering what different countries serve on the table in the mornings. I love America’s fluffy pancakes smothered in maple syrup, India’s masala dosa, France’s pain...
by Sarah Duff | Jun 20, 2013 | Favourite places to stay, Turkey
What most excited me about visiting Cappadocia, in central Turkey, other than hot air ballooning over fairy chimneys with a hundred other balloons littering the sky, was the prospect of staying in a cave hotel. Cappadocia’s landscape is covered in surreal...
