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Underground City

Underground cities : Cappadocia contains several historical underground cities carved out of unusual geological formations formed via the eruptions of ancient volcanoes. The cities were initially inhabited by the Hittites, then later by early Christians as hiding places. They are now archeological and tourist sites but are not generally occupied (see Kaymakly Underground City and Derinkuyu). The latest large underground city was discovered in 2007 in Gaziemir, Güzelyurt. It was a stopover on the Silk Road, allowing travelers and their camels to rest in safety underground, in a fortress equivalent to a modern hotel.

Hot air balloon tour

May be everybody dreaiming fly like a bird everytime. That is a big dream of human. Now you can realize your own dream with cappadocia balloon tour. Dont hesitate join to balloon tour if you planning to go to cappadocia. You can see the deep canyons, valleys and fairy chimneys from the air

Cappadocia balloon tour begins every day at sunrise. Balloon tour takes almost an hour but if you want to join deluxe balloon tour it takes 1.30 hour. There are so many balloon tour company in cappadocia area, you can choose one of them. You can take your own flight certificate after tour. Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended.

Dont forget your own camera, because you can take the best photos of the world during that journey.

Have a nice journey.. I am sure that you will be enjoy in cappadocia and balloon tour.

Istanbul Tours

Turkey Travel Guide

Turkey is quite big country and you may visit country couple of time to see every where in Turkey. For short travel 3-4 days good to spend in Turkey. 5-6 days time you can visit Istanbul and one another place like Cappadocia, Ephesus or Gallipoli. 8-9 days would be nice to visit most popular places which is Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus. More than 10 days visit, you can add more historical place, nature or beach places. Even you can Blue cruise for couple of days or a week.

Telmessos

Telmessos was a flourishing city west of Lycia, on the Gulf of Fethiye. It was famed for its school of diviners, consulted among others by the Lydian king Croesus, prior to declaring war against Cyrus, and by Alexander the Great, when he came to the town after the siege of Halicarnassus.

Telmessos was a member of the Delian League in the 5th century BC. It was taken by Alexander in 334 BC.

Telmessos was renamed Anastasiopolis in the 8th century AD, apparently in honour of Emperor Anastasios II, but this name did not persist. By the 10th century, it came to be called Makri, after the name of the island at the entrance to the harbor.

Tours from istanbul

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Porcelain and celadon collection

Blue-and-white Chinese porcelain-ware from the Topkapy collectionChinese and Far East porcelain was highly valued and was transported by camel caravans over the Silk Road or by sea. The 10,700 pieces of Chinese, Japanese and Turkish porcelain displayed here are rare and precious. [33] The Chinese porcelain collection ranges from the late Song Dynasty (13th c.) and the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), through the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). This museum also contains one of the worlds largest collections of 14th-century Longquan celadon. The collection has around 3,000 pieces of Yuan and Ming Dynasty celadons. Those celadon were valued by the Sultan and the Queen Mother because it was supposed to change colour if the food or drink it carried was poisoned. The Japanese collection is mainly Imari porcelain, dating from the 17th to the 19th century. Further parts of the collection include white porcelain from the beginning of the 15th century and "imitation" Blue-and-White and Imari porcelain from Vietnam, Thailand and Persia.

Imperial Carriages

Some of the imperial carriages directly behind the Gate of Salutation, on the northeast side, the imperial carriages are temporarily exhibited in the former outer stables and harness rooms. This is a relatively low building, altered in 1735 when a new ceiling was installed. Its roof is one of the few undomed roofs to retain its 15th century shape. Many carriages were destroyed in a fire in the previous stables in the late 19th century. The carriages on display are some of the sultans carriages including the state carriage, the carriage of the Valide Sultan, and minor court carriages. Some of the carriages were foreign made vehicles that were imported for the court. Located next to the carriages to the north are the extensive Palace kitchens.

Palace kitchens

The palace kitchens with the tall chimneys The elongated palace kitchens (Saray Mutfaklari) are a prominent feature of the palace. Some of the kitchens were first built in the 15th century at the time when the palace was constructed. They were modeled on the kitchens of the Sultans palace at edirne. They were enlarged during the reign of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent but burned down in 1574. The kitchens were remodeled and brought up to date according to the needs of the day by the court architect Mimar Sinan.

Rebuilt to the old plan by Sinan, they form two rows of twenty wide chimneys (added by Sinan), rising like stacks from a ship from domes on octagonal drums. The kitchens are arranged on an internal street stretching between the Second Courtyard and the Sea of Marmara. The entrance to this section is through the three doors in the portico of the Second Courtyard: the Imperial commissariat (lower kitchen) door, imperial kitchen door and the confectionery kitchen door.

The palace kitchens consist of ten domed buildings: Imperial kitchen, Enderûn (palace school), Harem (womens quarters), Birûn (outer service section of the palace), kitchens, beverages kitchen, confectionery kitchen, creamery, storerooms and rooms for the cooks. They were the largest kitchens in the Ottoman Empire. The meals for the Sultan, the residents of the Harem, Enderûn and Birûn (the inner and outer services of the palace) were prepared here. Food was prepared for about 4,000 people. The kitchen staff consisted of more than 800 people, rising to 1,000 on religious holidays. As many as 6,000 meals a day could be prepared. Even the serving of food to the sultan was strictly regulated by protocol.

The kitchens included dormitories, baths and a mosque for the employees, most of which have disappeared over time.
Apart from exhibiting kitchen utensils, today the buildings contain a silver gifts and utensils collection, as well as large collections of Chinese blue-and-white, white, and celadon porcelain.

Where to visit istanbul

In Istanbul must visit places ;
-Hagia Sophia Museum
-Blue Mosque
-Topkapi Palace
-Yerebatan cistern
-Bosphorus
-Dolmabahce Palace

Recommended places to visit;
-Kariye Museum (Chora Church)
-City Walls
-Beyoglu Istiklal street
-Islands in Marmara
-Beylerbeyi Palace
-Camlica Hill