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[quote=Anonymous]Just came back from Turkey. My take:

-If you're not totally into ruins to the point where you spent hours gazing lovingly at them, skip Ephesus. Really.

-No one here has mentioned Pamukkale. It's a possible day trip from Bodrum. A long bus ride yes, but it's unique - I haven't seen anywhere else in the world like that. Recent reviews on Tripadvsior excoriate Turkey officials for allowing tourists to ruin the place (and hotels to siphon ff the water) but right now, it's still worth seeing. Really. Go before it's totally shot.

Pamukkale has a great set of ruins of its own, btw. Including a very nice amphitheater.

--Bodrum hmm it's basically Ocean City Turkey. I don't know what I'd do there for more than two days other than take that day trip to Pamukkale. Yes, we did the castle and the museum of underwater archaeology and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and we even went over to that island at the far end where it has a Roman road leading to it. Locals refer to it as Gumsluk but you can find it on tripadvisr as Rabbit Island.

--Istanbul is awesome. Amazing. The Basilica Cistern, the Hagis Sophia, the Blue Mosque. I picked up plenty of scarves at the Spice Market (not as overpriced as at the Grand Bazaar, which looks like the interior of a U. S. mall). Topkapi PLace was nice too.

That said, two full days of sightseeing would have been more than enough for me. I spent four there. Too much. Most of the sites are clustered close enough in the old city that you can hit them all quickly. I'm also an early morning person and go everywhere before the lines hit.

--Cappadocia is enormously popular and with good reason. But travel to/from there is time consuming.

I recommend you go through tripadvisor and figure out how much time you need in Istanbul, add one more location (Cappadocia or Bodrum as a possible base), and that's enough for 6-7 days. [/quote]

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