Compare Turkey Bike Tours, Sailing Trips and More from the World’s Best Turkey Tour Operators

From the azure waters of the Aegean to the cobbled backroads of Cappadocia, we’ve got Turkey covered!

You’ve heard about Turkey in countless history classes, read about it in numerous fairy tales, and seen characterizations of it in dozens of adventure films. The Ottoman Empire, whirling dervishes, crowded bazaars, and woven carpets — some of them magic. Turkey has always lived in your imagination, yet somehow you’ve never actually traveled through it. Adventure Collection can help you move this notion of the nation from that nebulous area in your consciousness into a real-life Turkey adventure.

During your trip to Turkey, you’ll be following in the steps of some remarkable people throughout a ten-thousand-year history, such as Julius Caesar, who “came, saw, and conquered” near Amasya, and St. Paul, who crisscrossed the entire country. Ottoman sultans once luxuriated in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, surrounded by fawning courtiers, harem members, eunuchs, and riches from an empire that stretched from Budapest to Baghdad.

Centuries earlier, Byzantine Christians hid from Islamic armies in underground cities cut into the surreal landscape of Cappadocia, the result of seas of volcanic ash, which turned to soft stone called tufa. This tufa later eroded into deep valleys, needle-like towers, and irregular cones. Long before Frank Lloyd Wright blended dwellings with nature, these early Christians carved sanctuaries into their environment, creating a complex maze of cave dwellings, churches, and passageways. Today, the frescoes of Cappadocia’s famed cave churches are described as among the world’s most moving expressions of early Christian art.

Other wonders of nature are waiting for you in Turkey, from white-sand, Aegean Sea beaches on the west to soaring, inland mountains to the east. Floating on the Mediterranean in a gulet is a true Turkish delight. Small, motorized sailing vessels, the teakwood gulets reflect the design of traditional fishermen’s boats. Or try biking in Turkey, where you can pedal through pine forests and olive groves; then pass the evenings stargazing and enjoying small plates of almonds, honey, and fresh cheeses.

Your adventure in Turkey will convince you that the crossroads of the East and the West is a real place. Here, dervishes really do whirl, the plains of ancient Mesopotamia still exist, and artisans continue to weave carpets.

Whether they’re magic or not, only you can say.

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