Why visit Turkey?
Turkey has a long and ancient history and has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic Age including various ancient Anatolian civilizations like the Aeolian, Dorian and Ionian Greeks, Thracians, Armenians and Assyrians… And followed by the Greeks under Alexander, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans before it took its form as a modern, democratic, secular, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage…
This treasure of cultural and historical significance in one country was too much to resist for us. We spent quite some time traipsing around this magnificently beautiful country and its sudden shifts of cultural landscapes… There is a lot that Turkey has to offer – from the tourism hot spot that is Istanbul (with its ancient monuments, places of worship and bazaars rubbing shoulders with showrooms of the best of brands and a vibrant night-life) to beach resorts along the south-western and southern coast, called the Turkish Riviera (especially along the Mediterranean coast near Antalya) to cultural and historical attractions like the sites of Ephesus, Troy, Pergamon, Trabzon, Rumi’s Konya, etc. and the ruined cities and landscapes of Cappadocia.
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There is too much there… Lots of it so impressive that we are going back for more… Till then, we have crafted these itineraries for you – one to give the time-starved traveler a quick glimpse of what Turkey is all about and the other a more immersive tour of the historical side of Turkey… Of course, both with the magic dollop of the unique time-anomalous but hugely interesting and entertaining Istanbul…
Come with us and experience this magical amalgam of modernity and ancient history… Come Beyonder…
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Turkey Experiences
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Best places to visit in Turkey?
Istanbul is a major city in Turkey that stands across the Bosphorus Strait – the confluence of Europe and Asia. The Old City is a veritable potpourri of cultural and religious influences of the many rulers in this land – the open-air, Roman-era Hippodrome, Egyptian obelisks, the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, the Bazaars, etc.
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Top Things to do in Turkey
- The contrast between the 2 continents of Asia and Europe in Istanbul
- Cruise on the river Bosphorus
- History and culture all magnificently preserved all over the country
- The reconstructed wooden Trojan horse in Troy, Canakkale
- Ballooning in Cappadocia
- The natural beauty and ancient ruins in and around Cappadocia
- The Temple of Artemis and Ephesus
- Natural spa experience in Pamukkale
- Witness the meditative dance of the Whirling Dervishes
- Take in a belly-dancing show
- The exquisite Turkish cuisine and the joys of Shawarma and Sheesha
- Bargaining in the famous Turkish bazaars for spices, carpets, knick-knacks like the Evil-eye, etc
- Go souvenir shopping at the Night market
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Come Beyonder to Turkey and experience nature, culture and history in a region that once was the crucible of civilization
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What our Travellers to Turkey Say
Right from day one , Beyonder’s local representative kept us updated about about our daily itinerary , and all the other details of the tour, and the best part was the calls from India, to know as to whether everything was fine with the arrangement and whether we were comfortable or not?
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Such courtesy and concern is bound to earn good points with the customers as this reflects that you and your team are besides being the best professionals are also very good human beings. Please keep it up.
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Bye Bye Istanbul.. and an ode to service ..
It has been an incredible four days beyound our expectations .. people were nice, food was great, the city was clean and beautiful, the weather was fabulous and our tour manager back. Travel companies depend on service for success..
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Our tour manager followed us remotely to every spot we went, spoke to hotels in advance of our landing, to taxi companies that the cabs were in time to pick us up, drop us at the right locations, told the hotels, cabbies of our walking problems, back problems etc..
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