Category Archives: Türkiye Bodrum, a port town – or city, depending who you talk to – on the Aegean in the southwest of Türkiye was not on my travel radar. But, it is on other people’s! Conde Nast calls it: the most glamorous hangout in the Mediterranean. According to AI, it is often: dubbed the “St. Tropez of […]  Time loses its meaning when you are chugging slowly around Türkiye’s Gulf of Gökova. Well – not entirely: the days are punctuated by wonderful meals and the occasional landfalls. I was on a small gulet with nine other passengers and four crew, making various stops around the stunningly beautiful coastline in Türkiye’s south-west. One day, […]  There is something surreal about about dipping into waters where the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra once swam! Just off the coast in Muğla Province in the southwestern corner of Türkiye there is a small island called Sedir Adası (Cedar Island). In the beautiful Gulf of Gökova, a southeastern arm of the Aegean Sea, this island was once […]  I had always dreamed of a small-ship cruise on the Aegean Sea. That fabled dramatic coastline; countless small islands; and calm blue waters; all suggested the most luxurious of relaxing getaways – especially if you are not responsible for sailing the vessel yourself! When the opportunity presented itself, the time-frame and the price-point of trips […]  It was surreal: on a hot and still afternoon in the southwest of Türkiye, I was walking in the footsteps of the Crusaders. The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, have a long history. Formed early in the 12th century, their mission was to […] |
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