Turkey Archives - Duff's Suitcase /turkey/ Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:29:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Organic pastoral paradise at Dikencik Cottages /organic-pastoral-paradise-at-dikencik-cottages/ /organic-pastoral-paradise-at-dikencik-cottages/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:29:34 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=541 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 Hisaronu, it was with great relief when our little […]

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]]> /organic-pastoral-paradise-at-dikencik-cottages/feed/ 0 Escaping the crowds on Turkey’s Turquoise Coast /the-best-views-on-turkeys-turquoise-coast-yediburunlar-lighthouse/ /the-best-views-on-turkeys-turquoise-coast-yediburunlar-lighthouse/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:22:01 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=537 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 through a countryside seemingly devoid of tourism: hamlets of a […]

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]]> /the-best-views-on-turkeys-turquoise-coast-yediburunlar-lighthouse/feed/ 0 10 things I loved about magical Cappadocia /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/ /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:35:16 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=697 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 fairy chimneys made out of rock . I arrived after an hour’s […]

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]]> /10-things-i-loved-about-magical-cappadocia/feed/ 1 A hobbit’s cave fantasy /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/ /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:14:45 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=534 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, sleek glass-walled bathroom, huge airy bedroom and funky, bright modern-retro decor […]

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]]> /a-hobbits-cave-fantasy/feed/ 3 The world’s best breakfasts /the-worlds-best-breakfasts/ /the-worlds-best-breakfasts/#comments Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:59:57 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=703 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 au chocolat, Italy’s cappuccino-pastry combo and Taiwan’s cong you bing jia dan (a spring onion pancake […]

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]]> /the-worlds-best-breakfasts/feed/ 5 Luxury cave living in Cappadocia /luxury-cave-living-in-cappadocia/ /luxury-cave-living-in-cappadocia/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:46:15 +0000 http://www.duffssuitcase.com/?p=532 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 volcanic rock towers, gorges, villages with rock castles perched above them, and thousands of […]

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