We had the most wonderful time in Turkey recently – Istanbul and Cappadoccia were just as beautiful as we’d imagined and more! Turkey was a delight indeed. Here we share with you our week-long adventure in pictures:
Cappadoccia
Every morning the sun rises along with around a hundred hot air balloons
The sunsets here are just as spectacular
Cave dwellings are scattered all over the Cappadoccian landscape among the unique natural rock formations.
Some of these ancient cave houses continued to be occupied up till the 1950s
Don't let the pigeon-hole like exterior fool you, the interior of these caves can be so mindbogglingly amazing, like the hallway of this ancient cave church
Local vendors hawking spices, nuts and nectarines - love their choice of words to entice customers!
Istanbul
We can strike one more item off our bucket list
now that we've visited the Aya Sophia
No tour of Turkey is ever complete without going to the Blue Mosque either
The interior of the Blue Mosque is awe inspiring, to say the least
We haggled for spices, sweets and souvenirs and busted our budgets at the bustling Spice Bazaar
The Old City skyline from atop our Sultanahmet hotel terrace at sunset
Decorative boats selling yummy fish sandwiches (balik ekmek) at the Eminonu dock on the Golden Horn
Close-up of a fish sandwich boat - too nice not to post
The Bosphorus Bridge connects the European and Asian sides of Turkey
The Ortakoy waterfront which directly overlooks the Bosphorus was the perfect place to wind down as we concluded our activities-packed trip
