Our Turkish journey ended in Bodrum, a beautiful city on the Carian coast. The Castle of St. Peter looks out over the harbor, which holds so many gulets and sailing boats, it looks like a 19th century port town. Lots of gulets! In fact, there was a bit of a traffic jam waiting for us […]
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The Isthmus of Knidos
Knidos is a fascinating ruin on the Turkish coast. From an archeological perspective, this ancient settlement really was the highlight of our entire gulet tour. There was so much to see at Knidos: Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine findings in remarkable condition, with no modern buildings competing for our attention. The city itself–which is perhaps less […]
Wine Dark Sea
Here begins a series of posts about our archeological cruise in the South Aegean. We flew into Istanbul and then sailed the Wine-Dark Sea, under a Turkish flag. We began our journey at Gümüşlük, a small fishing village near Bodrum on the Turkish coast. This isn’t our boat at Gümüşlük. This is someone else’s boat […]