Turkey Through My Eyes
I'm Scott — an American travel planner who fell in love with Turkey. These are the destinations I keep coming back to, the food I actually eat, and the prices I actually paid.
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"My first trip changed my life."
"Every price verified. Every restaurant visited. Hoş geldiniz — welcome!"
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Plan Your Trip with AI ➝Where East meets West. Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques, and the Bosphorus strait dividing two continents.
Ancient ruins, white-washed towns, and turquoise coves. The cotton terraces of Pamukkale and the Library of Celsus at Ephesus.
The Turquoise Coast. Paragliding in Fethiye, diving in Kas, and the beaches and ruins of Antalya.
Fairy chimneys, hot air balloons at sunrise, underground cities, and cave hotels carved from volcanic rock.
Lush green mountains, cliff-face monasteries, ancient stone cities, and a cultural crossroads off the beaten path.
In-Depth Guides
Every price verified. Every restaurant visited. Every tip from personal experience.
Istanbul
Where East meets West
From $40/day
Antalya
Turkey's Mediterranean coast
From $35/day
Cappadocia
Fairy chimneys and hot air balloons
From $45/day
Bodrum
Aegean glamour and ancient ruins
From $50/day
Fethiye
Paragliding and the Turquoise Coast
From $30/day
Ephesus
Ancient city of the Mediterranean
From $30/day
Pamukkale
Cotton castle thermal terraces
From $25/day
Trabzon
Black Sea coast and Sumela Monastery
From $25/day
Mardin
Stone city on the Mesopotamian plains
From $20/day
Kas
Laid-back diving town on the Lycian coast
From $35/day
What Makes This Different
No press trips. No sponsored stays. Just two decades of personal experience.
Real Prices
"Every price is one I paid"
₹200 thali at a Cappadocia dhaba. ₹2,500/day car rental in Anatolia. I verify every number on-site.
Personal Experience
"I've walked every street I recommend"
The chai stall in Old Istanbul, the sunrise at Ephesus's ghats, the hidden beaches in Bodrum. This isn't research — it's lived experience.
No Sponsored Content
"We don't take press trips"
No hotel comps, no tourism board deals. We pay full price and tell you what we actually think.
Your Guides
An American travel planner with a passion for Turkey — multiple trips, every destination personally explored.
Most Turkey travel advice comes from bloggers who visited for two weeks. I've been exploring Turkey across multiple trips, from the chaos of Old Istanbul to the backwaters of Fethiye. I bring a logistics obsession and genuine love for this country to every guide I write.
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Snorkeling circuits, festival calendars, regional food guides, and WWII heritage trails.
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