Turkey – TourPress http://tourpress.inspirydemos.com Travel and Tours WordPress Theme Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:34:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.4 wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-avatar-512-32x32.png Turkey – TourPress http://tourpress.inspirydemos.com 32 32 Historic Istanbul tour/historic-istanbul/ tour/historic-istanbul/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2017 17:52:25 +0000 tour/luxurious-paris-tour-3/ Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait. Its Old City reflects cultural influences of the many empires that once ruled here. In the Sultanahmet district, the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome was for centuries the site of chariot races, and Egyptian obelisks also remain. The iconic Byzantine Hagia Sophia features a soaring 6th-century dome and rare Christian mosaics.

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Mysterious Goreme tour/mysterious-goreme/ tour/mysterious-goreme/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:19:13 +0000 ?post_type=tour&p=273 Göreme is a town in the Cappadocia region of central Turkey. Just east of town is the Göreme Open Air Museum, with cave churches and frescoes from the 10th to 12th centuries. Southwest is Uçhisar Castle, a fortification carved into a large rock, with panoramic views from the top. To the north, the landscape at Paşabağ Valley is known for Cappadocia’s “fairy chimneys,” cone-shaped rock formations.

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