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Antalya to Bodrum Coast to Coast
This roam around the western Mediterranean, western
Anatolia and southern Aegean focuses on Turkey's glori-
ous coastline and surreal rock formations.
Antalya (
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Get off to a stylish start in the Turkish Mediterranean's most attractive and vibrant city,
where boutique hotels and pensions occupy restored Ottoman houses in the old town,
Kaleiçi
. Stroll down to the
Roman-era harbour
, now a modern marina, for
boat trips
along the Turquoise Coast. In the city itself, Kaleiçi is dotted with monuments such as the
13th-century Yivli Minare (Fluted Minaret), the city's symbol; the
Antalya Museum's
ex-
hibits include statues of Olympian gods. At the end of the Mediterranean day, enjoy the
slick bars, local hang-outs and classy restaurants serving modern Turkish cuisine. You can
fly to Antalya from İstanbul.
ANTALYA PAMUKKALE
Five hours
Via Denizli (hotels in Pamukkale offer transfers from Denizli).
Pamukkale (
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This Anatolian town's name, 'Cotton Castle', comes from its incredible mountain of glitter-
ing white
travertines
(calcite shelves). You can take a dip in the mineral-rich waters inside
the saucer-shaped formations. Remarkably, atop this troglodytes' ski slope is the
2200-year-old spa resort of
Hierapolis
, which had large Jewish and Orthodox communit-
ies during the Byzantine era. The well-kept ruins evoke life in ancient times, while the
Hi-
erapolis Archaeology Museum
exhibits sarcophagi, statuary and friezes in a former Ro-
man bathhouse. Fancy another curative dip? The
Antique Pool's
water (a balmy 36°C) is
abundant in minerals and has submerged sections of original fluted marble columns.
Pamukkale is also a good base for visiting the ruins of
Afrodisias
, once a 150,000-strong
Roman provincial capital.
PAMUKKALE BODRUM
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