Istanbul to Izmir Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Istanbul to Izmir
"Stop, traveller! The soil you heedlessly tread once witnessed the end of an era" —poem of 1915, carved on the Gallipoli hillside Daily flights between Istanbul and Izmir take an hour, there are frequent buses, and driving might take seven hours. So that’s your itinerary sorted. If time is limited that might be your best plan, since both cities need a while to explore. But you will be rushing past the most fascinating, culturally rich parts of Turkey. You miss ancient Troy, cockpit of war between the Hellenistic city states. A great arc of territory from Söğüt through Bursa to Thrace records the build-up of the Ottoman dynasty, before they captured Constantinople and founded an empire. The coves and artillery positions of the Gallipoli peninsula saw a modern western invasion rebuffed, and
Istanbul to Izmir Travel Guide Sections
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