Troy Vacations, Troy Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

I’ve always thought that Troy is somewhere in Greece after hearing stories of Helen of Troy and Alexander the great, but it is in Turkey. Am I totally misinformed? ;-)   Here my story goes. This is one of my many memorable trips. I had a God-brother that lived in Bodrum and he has a clinic there. His name is Cem. C is pronounce as J in Turkish. He is a doctor but for a few years before, he worked as a tour guide with one of a famous tour company in Istanbul.  He lived in both ci...

Leaving the area around Gallipoli I got to the ferry - to gross the narrow straight at the Dardanelles which separates Europe and Asia. When I got to the ferry there it was Asia in the distance. To the surprise of many of my friends and people I know this would actually be the first time ever I went to Asia - not counting the stops in the airports of Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Everybody seems to assume if you have travelled abroad more than a couple of times you must have b...

The Aegean coast of Turkey is filled with ancient Greek cities. It’s difficult to differentiate them in your mind after the fact - was that cool amphitheatre at Aspendos or Aphrodisias? -  but these three stick out in my mind. This is partly because I’ve now been them twice but also because they are among the most visited by tourists. Let’s start with Troy. Troy is certainly the most famous of the three.  I never knew Troy existed in real life until my first Turk...

Europe, North, Central and South America, Middle East, Asia and North of Africa (1998/2008)