Turkey travel guide: Your trip to Turkey starts here.

Routes, destinations and cities in Turkey, with things to do, when to go and how to get there.

17 destinations 22 provinces 57 cities

Across Cidade Turismo: 39 countries · 78 routes · 489 destinations · 1,275 cities

In the photo: Santa Sofia — Istambul

Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.

The guide

Turkey, city by city

Cidade Turismo is a travel guide built city by city, now also in Turkey. For each place you'll find things to do, attractions with their own page, when to go and how to get there.

The guide has three ways in, so you can start wherever you like: routes, which link towns along one journey; destinations, which are the tourist regions; and the provinces, with the main cities in each one.

The texts are written from official tourism sources, such as national and regional tourism offices, national parks and city halls, and new cities and routes keep being added to the guide.

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Routes

Tourist journeys linking cities and destinations. Each route has a map, legs, how many days and the best time to go.

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In the photo: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara

17 destinations

Destinations

The tourist regions in Turkey, each with its towns: things to do, when to go and how to get there.

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In the photo: Bayburt Castle above the Çoruh River, Bayburt

57 cities in 22 provinces

Provinces and cities

The guide by province: each one with its destinations, cities and routes, and each city with its attractions.

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The destinations in Turkey

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Limites: Natural Earth (domínio público). Ilhas do Mármara e dos Príncipes: geoBoundaries / © colaboradores do OpenStreetMap (CC BY-SA). Adaptação do Cidade Turismo.

Where to start

Cities to discover today

Six cities from the guide, changing every day.

Antália · Kaş and Kalkan

Kaş

Kaş is a base on the Lycian coast, with hillside streets and remains of Antiphellos adjacent to the urban core. The theater helps relate the ancient city to the sea. Kalkan, Patara, Kekova and Demre expand the itinerary in different directions and scales, and should be spread across several days.

Şanlıurfa · Şanlıurfa, Göbekli Tepe and Nemrut

Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa brings together the Balıklıgöl lagoon, archaeological museums and access to Göbekli Tepe. The old quarter allows walking among religious spaces and commercial streets; the museums help interpret the long human occupation of the region.

Nevşehir · Cappadocia

Uçhisar

Uçhisar is spread around a carved rock that defines the Cappadocia skyline. The core combines hillside houses, viewpoints and paths that lead to the valleys. Climbing the castle lets you understand the layout of the villages and surrounding formations.

Çanakkale · Çanakkale, Troy and Gallipoli

Çanakkale

Çanakkale lies on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles and serves as a base for Troy and its museum. The Çimenlik castle marks the central waterfront. On the other side of the strait, the Gallipoli peninsula on the European side has memorials and historic fields, which require allowing time for crossings and road travel.

Bursa · Bursa

İznik

İznik is the ancient Nicaea, a walled town by the lake associated with the Christian councils and Ottoman ceramics. the local Ayasofya marks the center; gates and sections of the walls help explain the historic layout. The walk combines streets, heritage and the town’s relationship with the lake shore.

Nevşehir · Cappadocia

Avanos

Avanos developed along the Kızılırmak River and is known for pottery. The urban core has workshops and streets to stroll; nearby, Paşabağ and Zelve show other forms of occupation and erosion of Cappadocia’s rock.

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About Cidade Turismo

What is Cidade Turismo?

A travel guide to Turkey organized into routes, destinations, provinces and cities. Each city has things to do, attractions, when to go and how to get there.

What is the difference between a route, a destination and a city?

A route is a journey linking several towns. A destination is a tourist region with its towns. A city is the place itself, with its attractions.

Are the pictures in the guide real?

They are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it. Photos sent by travelers are shown separately, as travelers' photos.

How do I find a place in the guide?

Type the name in the search box: it can be a route, destination, province, city or attraction. Or start from Routes, Destinations or Provinces and cities in the menu.

Is the guide available in Spanish and English?

Yes. Destinations already translated are available in Spanish and English at cidadeturismo.com, and the rest are being added.

Is there an app?

Yes, for Android, on Google Play. With it you can save the destinations you want to visit and get the guide's news.