DESTINATIONS — TURKEY


Cook and eat with local villagers


Family Adventure Company offers a Turkey Active Teenage Holiday for customers with older children who want to try mountain biking, kayaking, scuba diving and a two-night gulet cruise. There are also plenty of options


focused on specific activities. Walking itineraries abound, from classics such as the Lycian Way and more recent addition the Carian Trail (page 81), to niche


routes such as Walking the Saint Paul Trail with Explore, an eight- day circular route from Antalya following ancient Roman roads through the Taurus Mountains. Exodus has also added two niche holidays this year: a snowshoeing break to make the most of the winter weather in Cappadocia, and a Turkey Diving Week that offers Padi certification.


l BEST FOR . . . FOODIES Turkish cuisine is deceptive in its simplicity, relying on fresh ingredients and great flavour combinations rather than complicated cookery. So the best people to learn from are the street-food vendors and home cooks – and a good tour leader will know just where to find them. Trafalgar’s Be My Guest dining options give customers the


chance to chat with local people while sampling dishes cooked the traditional way. The operator’s Best of Turkey tour includes lunch with a local family in their Ottoman-style house, while the Highlights of Turkey option features lunch with the villagers of Demircidere. Given the quality of traditional


“fast food” here (and no, it’s nothing like a local kebab


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PICTURES: GOTOTURKEY.CO.UK; NEWMARKET HOLIDAYS; INTREPID TRAVEL; TRAFALGAR


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