Good morning everybody!
I am writing you from the beautiful country Turkey, the fifth stop on our trip. I had never been to Turkey before but my first impression is overwhelming. Everywhere you look, you discover something so lovely and magnificent that I can’t stop making pictures!
Turkey has gone from a normal country to a must-see destination for tourists and globetrotters. This is the result of a significant number of investments to further increase tourism. And thanks to the selection of the multi-ethnic city Istanbul as the 2010 European Capital of Culture, the country garnered an enormous amount of attention and as a result, an increase in visitors.
Today, Turkey is a modern country with an appealing mix of antiquity and contemporary and of East and West, it is one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in the world. Turkey was the site of the first human settlement; the seat of the Byzantine, Roman and Ottoman Empires; the birthplace of Homer and the last home of the Virgin Mary and now it is one of the world’s most fascinating travel destinations, with its spectacular coastline, majestic mountains, cosmopolitan cities and charming villages.
The worldwide recession affected tourism dramatically for most destinations, but that wasn’t the case at all in Turkey, moreover there was a large growth in the amount of tourists. But in order to attract those new visitors, new developments and investments had to be made. New hotels that range from luxurious to affordable, a new museum and the largest convention centre in Istanbul are keeping the tourism stats steady and growing.
A small selection out of the newest hotels in Turkey includes the Novotel Gaziantep, the Ibis Gaziantep, The Radisson Blu Hotel and the Shangri-La Hotel. If you want to come on holiday here you should absolutely try one of these hotels!
If you go to Ankara, Turkey’s capital city, a must-see is The Cer Modern. This is a modern art facility and exhibition centre in the Sıhhiye district. In Istanbul you can find the Ora Arena and Convention Center, designed by Valerio Mazzoli. This unique venue brings an arena, a convention center, two hotels, a theme park and an outlet mall together on a 70,000 square meter site in Bayrampasa.
The Baksı Museum is located in the city of Bayburt in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey and is another must-see. It’s a museum that blends both traditional and contemporary art.
My last tip is the land art park Time and Space in Cappadocia that features twelve major hand-built structures, or Geoglyphs. These 12 structures are part of the largest contemporary land art undertaking in the world.
I hope you enjoy Turkey as much as I am!
Greetings, Laura
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