Is a resort town on the Aegean coast of Turkey, extremely popular as a tourist destination, both for its many beaches and as the port for cruise ship passengers heading to Ephesus.
Ephesus
Was an Ionian Greek city in ancient Anatolia, founded by colonists from Athens in the 10th century BC. Located in just 12km from Kuşadası, this popular archaeological site is favourite international and local tourism attraction. Ephesus hosted one of the seven churches of Asia, addressed in the Book of Revelation(2:1–7)It is also the site of a large Gladiator graveyard.
Pamukkale
Meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is located in Turkey's Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley. A natural site and attraction, the ancient city of Hierapolis was built on top of the white "castle" which is in total about 2700 meters long and 160m high.
Cappadoccia
"The land of beautiful horses" was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Cappadocia contains several underground cities, largely used by early Christians as hiding places before they become a legitimate religion.
is Turkey's most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. The city is located on the Bosphorus strait, and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents.
Samos
One of the principal and most fertile of the islands, located between the island of Chios to the North and the archipelagic complex of the Dodecanese to the South and in particular the island of Patmos and off the coast of Turkey, on what was formerly known as Ionia that closely adjoin to the Anatolia, from which it's separated by a strait of one mile in width.
Patmos
Is the northernmost island of the Dodecanese complex is most notable for its mention in the Christian scriptural Book of Revelation. The island's historic centre (Chora) has the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse which are World Heritage sites.
Naxos
A popular tourist destination, with several easily accessible ruins. It has many beautiful beaches, such as those at Agia Anna, Agios Prokopios, Alikos, Kastraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka, and Agios Georgios, most of them near Hora, largest city and capital of the island.
Lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about 8 km wide. It is famed for its beaches. The largest is Chrissí Aktí (Golden Beach, Greece), near Drios on the east coast, facing Naxos. The constant strong wind in the strait between Paros and Naxos makes it a favoured windsurfing location.
Santorini
Is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in southern Aegean Sea, formed essentially from what has been left from an enormous volcanic explosion which destroyed the settlements thereon and led to the creation of the current geological caldera. Its spectacular natural beauty along with its eminent nightlife make the island one of Europe's top tourist hotspots.
Myconos
Myconos is a very cosmopolitan island, made famous the last few decades by the international jet set visitors that spend their holidays on the island. Myconos has clean, magnificent beaches that offer everything from clear-blue waters, windsurfing, sea-side tavernas, loud music and even full nudity.
Rhodes
Today the island of Rhodes is a major international tourist destination. Historically, it was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. lying approximately 11 miles (18 km) west of Turkey's shores, situated between the Greek mainland and the island of Cyprus.
Kos
Belonging to the Dodecanese group, (twelve islands in the Aegean Sea near the Carian coast). The main port and population centre on the island, also called Kos, is the tourist and cultural centre, with whitewashed buildings including many hotels, restaurants and a small number of nightclubs forming the famous Kos town "barstreet".
In the Aegean Sea seven kilometres off the Turkish coast. Chios is the location of the monastery of Nea Moni the 11th century monastry and the deserted village of Anavatos. Chios town is built around the island's main harbour and medieval castle.
Athens
The Greek capital is Europe's 8th largest conurbation, a bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many other prominent philosophers, politicians and writers of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of Democracy.
A unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition, often described as a bridge between the two civilizations.
Greece
Has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage which has been fundamentally formative for the culture of Europe and what is now called the West.
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