Turkey's Most Popular Cities
Top cities and popular travel destinations in Turkey. These cities each offer the best of five-star establishments, shopping, gorgeous historical sites and natural scenery.
Here are the top 13 most interesting cities to visit in Turkey that you should not be missed. If you need to visit this country we would recommend you to visit all the beautiful cities as below.
Here are the top 13 most interesting cities to visit in Turkey that you should not be missed. If you need to visit this country we would recommend you to visit all the beautiful cities as below.
Istanbul
Istanbul is Turkey's largest city and the country's undisputed cultural and financial centre. Istanbul offers a great deal in the way of history, culture, food and entertainment, in fact far too much to take in on a short city break. You will need to come back time and time again to truly see all that this atmospheric city has to offer and it's a great city to visit as part of a twin-centre holiday.
Antalya
Antalya is the largest city on the Mediterranean, also known as the Turkish Riviera, offering over 300 days of sunshine, fantastic beaches, resort towns, luxury hotels, a myriad of water-front bars and restaurants and great shopping. Antalya is also an important conference and incentive travel destination.
Edirne
Edirne is home of the world famous annual Kirkpinar oil wrestling competition. Also is one of the oldest settlements in Turkey, dating back to the Neolithic age and was the second largest city of the Ottoman Empire.
Canakkale
Canakkale is the most popular base for visiting the ruins at Troy, as well as Gallipoli, and has become a very popular destination for tourists.
Izmir
Izmir is the cosmopolitan city on the Aegean coast, it is Turkey's third largest city and second most important port. Luxury hotels and facilities for sports, entertainment, shopping and business meetings and conference and incentive tourism of all kinds give the city a cosmopolitan and lively atmosphere all year round.
Ankara
Ankara is Turkey's capital and second-largest city. Ankara is the seat of government and diplomacy and is also a university town with a large student population.
Bursa
Bursa is the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, combines thermal springs in town with skiing on the slopes in Uludag.
Konya
Further inland the central city of Konya is the home of the whirling dervishes and hosts a sufi festival every December when the city comes alive with visitors.
Trabzon
The cities in the east of the country have quite a different flavour. Trabzon on the far north-eastern Black Sea coast has its own Hagia Sophia from the 13th century and makes a good base to visit the cliff-hugging Sumela Monastery set in the spectacular semi-tropical forested landscape that so typifies this region.
Gaziantep
Gaziantep is located in the southeastern of Turkey, the sixth biggest city of Turkey and the biggest city in the region. One of the oldest city in the world, the history of the city goes back to 4000 BC.
Mardin
Mardin is an ancient Turkish city with its wonderful mix of culture and history. It is a great destination for travelers wishing to experience some unique cultural and historical motives.
Sanliurfa
Sanliurfa to the far southeast is at the centre of many the area's most interesting sites, including Turkey's highest peak Mount Nemrut with its giant ancient heads at the summit and Biblical Harran and its beehive houses.
Van
Further to the east is Van, close to the shores of the lake of the same name and marking a gateway to the wonderful sights of the legendary Akdamar Church set on an island on Lake Van and the dramatic Hosap and Van castles rising from the surrounding plains.
