Too much to see and do and only a limited time to do it?
We have the top 8 Turkey activities nailed down for you be it adventure, history or ‘chill out’ based!
River Rafting
Turkey has plenty of rivers perfect for rafting. The top two choices are the beautiful and exciting, but safe and easy, Köprüçay near Antalya, and the wild and dangerous Çoruh near Erzurum (for experienced rafters only).
Spelunking
Turkey is well known for its wondrous and majestic underground paradises. With vast underground lakes, churches and cisterns, stalactites and stalagmites, these caves are an entirely different world just waiting for you to explore!
Diving
The Mediterranean Coast of Turkey offers a number of dive destinations abundant with marine life, beautiful reefs, shipwrecks and cave dives for SCUBA divers of all experience levels. Dive amidst schools of Parrotfish, Moray Eels, Octopus or Amberjack and on occasion you may even come across dolphins.
Snow, Ski’s and Spas
Winter vacations in Turkey have become popular and more affordable than the ski centres of central Europe. While there are many ski resorts to choose from in Turkey, Mount Uludag, near Bursa, is arguably the one of the best.
Gulet Cruise on the Aegean Sea
Cruise on a Gulet (yacht) along Turkey’s Aegean or Mediterranean shores. These sturdy motor-sailers are built for comfort, not speed, with wide decks and lots of room. The crew cooks your meals with today’s fish caught fresh and infused bay leaves collected from shore.
Windsurfing
Several locations along Turkey’s Aegean coast draws windsurfers (sailboarders) from around the world because of their excellent conditions. Alaçati, at the tip of the Çesme peninsula west of Izmir, is a protected bay with a sandy bottom, very few rocks and combined with reliable, steady wind make this a windsurfing paradise.
Pamukkale Day Tour
Visit the Pamukkale Hierapolis. In Pamukkale you will see the Cotton Cliffs, one of the natural wonders of the world, formed by deposits of calcareous salts. People have bathed in its pools for thousands of years and it is popularly believed that the waters of Pamukkale are beneficial for the heart, circulation, nerves, kidneys, rheumatic, and paralytic disorders, and that they condition the skin.
Explore the underground cities of Cappadocia
There are scores of these underground cities some reaching up to 40 meters in depth. Only a few have been opened for tourists including the caves at Kaymakli, Tatlarin and Derinkuyu. You can spend the day exploring Cappadocia underground where they have discovered sites big enough to fit 50,000 people.
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The days are getting longer and it is time once again for Table Mountain to be seen in all it’s summer glory.
Needing some good, clean adventure while travelling through Turkey? Why not try a hammam, or a Turkish bath as its better known.
Gallipoli 
Cappadocia 
Ephesus 
Pamukkale 
Istanbul
Olympos 
Oludeniz
You are heading off for your Turkish adventure but before you leave home here are a few language tips that will go a long way in helping you on your holiday.