7 places to visit in Turkey and buy currency online

Mystical and beautiful, Turkey has been a meeting place for civilizations and has vast regions that preserve natural treasures. Every season more people choose Turkey to spend a dream vacation, in these lines we show you the 7 places that you cannot miss.

ISTAMBUL

The ancient capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, the most visited place in the country. A wonderful city where you can visit impressive temples such as the Blue Mosque or Hagia Sophia, the picturesque Grand Bazaar in Istanbul or majestic buildings such as the Topkapi Palace.

CAPPADOCIA

The Cappadocia region (land of beautiful horses, in Turkish) is famous for its capricious geological formations, the result of the action of natural forces through the centuries. Given its location, it became the meeting point for trade routes and also the object of continuous invasions. For this reason, the inhabitants of the region built entire cities in the subsoil where they could take refuge and subsist for many months without going abroad. Among the constructions are in addition to these underground cities, the caverns, the fairy chimneys, the valleys with incredible views of these formations and the Göreme National Park. The region was included in 1985 on the list of World Heritage Sites.

MOUNT NEMRUT

Mount Nemrut is a mountain in southeastern Turkey, known for statues from a 1st century BC tomb. C. which is at the top. The statues represent animals and various Greek and Persian gods and originally measured between 8 and 9 meters in height. These statues were sitting, now they are in ruins.

EPHESUS, IZMIR

Ephesus, named after one of the queens of the Amazons, was an important port city, a religious, cultural and commercial center. Currently there are Greco-Roman ruins of the city and early Christian and Byzantine remains. The city was famous for the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and we find in it the library of Celsus, the door of Augustus or the tomb of the apostle John.

PAMUKKALE

In the province of Denizli, there is Pamukkale (cotton castle in Turkish), a surprising geological formation product of tectonic movements that caused the appearance of numerous sources of hot springs. Along with Hierapolis, the ancient Hellenistic city that was built on top of this “castle”, Pamukkale, has been declared a World Heritage Site since 1988. Definitely a must if you are visiting Turkey.

ISHAK PACHA PALACE

The Ishak Pasha Palace is a partially ruined palace from the Ottoman period built on a hill near the Iranian border, which in the past gave it great strategic importance. The palace does not fit in with traditional Ottoman architecture, but features a mix of styles and was equipped with luxuries ahead of its time such as central heating, running water and a sewage system.

After the tour of the essential places that you cannot miss in Turkey, we can only recommend that before the trip you plan the purchase of currency, you can do it online or by calling the customer service phone 615 40 38 77 It is fast, safe and without move from home. Enter EUROCHANGE, register if you are not a customer and buy your Turkish liras now.

Posted in Travels , Turkey
December 10, 2021

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