WOLF MUSEUM
WOLF MUSEUM Everyone knows Hugo Wolf as an Austrian composer, but Windischgraz, where he was born in 1860, is now Slovenj Gradec, just on the Slovenian side of the border; …
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TARTINI MUSEUM
TARTINI MUSEUM Giuseppe Tartini, the greatest violinist-composer and violin pedagogue of the mid-18th century and pioneer student of acoustics, spent all his working life in Italy. His home was Padua …
ISTANBUL MAP
ON THE BOSPHORUS No stay in Istanbul can be considered complete without an excursion by boat along the magical and legendary Bosphorus, the fabled and renowned winding strait that devides …
THE TREASURY OF TOPKAPI PALACE ISTANBUL
The residence of the Ottoman sultans for more than four hundred years, the complex of structures that is Topkapi Palace, is an invariable item on the agenda of anyone visiting. …
IZMIR TURKEY
Izmir is the ttod-largest city in Turkey and its second-largest port. It is spread out around the shores of an extensive bay that is busy with shipping and sheltered bv …
THE PRINCES ISLANDS ISTANBUL
In the Marmara southeast of Istanbul is an archipelago of nine small islands. They are famous for their beautiful pine woods, beaches and horse-drawn carriages (motor vechicles are prohibited on …
EPHESUS TURKEY
No one coming to Aegean Turkey will want to miss a visit to Ephesus, one of the most important cities of ancient times. The city was adorned with splendid monuments, …
GRAND COVERED BAZAAR OF ISTANBUL
Shopping in Istanbul is one of the highlights of a visit to this city, where wandering through the colorful bazaars is as enjoyable as browsing around smart boutiques and modem …
Sights and Attractions in Turkey
SIGHTS Ahi Elevan Mosque; Alaaddin Mosque (12th c.); Aslanhane Mosque (Ankara’s biggest mosque); Ataturk’s Mausoleum (the best-known building in the city); Haci Bayra Mosque (15th c.); Hisar – an old …
Map of Turkey
ANKARA Ankara, Turkey’s capital, is set in the strategic heartland of Central Anatolia, its site deliberately chosen by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey.
Travel to Turkey
HISTORY Though the city is thorougly modem in appearance, its origins date back to a Hittite settlement in the 2nd millennium BC. In the 8th century BC the Phrygians established …
TRAVEL TO ISTANBUL
The only city in the world to be located on two continents, Europe and Asia, Istanbul spreads out on two sides of the Bosphorus, a narrow channel in which the …
CONGRESS TOURISM AND ISTANBUL
Between 1976 and 1988, a total of 150 international congresses were held in Turkey. In recent years Istanbul has become a preferred site for organizations wishing to hold congresses and …