Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE-DRIVEN TURKISH IS SO BAD,  YOU SWITCH TO THE TN VERSION FROM EN VERSION AFTER READING: "The process that y...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVEL I just checked Efendi and not only do they have dozens of reasonably-priced tours for Istanbul and the entirety...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L The Day 2 tour took me all over the place, so I left having ticked every checklist item save for the (additional...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L With Efendi’s work to free my from my first day Cappadocia itinerary, I got to spend 4 hours in the Open Air M...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L Day 1 was a long hike and my knee was acting up.  The weather for the next day called for storms. I pictur...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L Each day, I was picked up around 9:30 a.m. and taken around to all the key sites and museums. I must say, the ...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L Breakfast -- 95% of Turkish small hotels, be they rural or urban, have a buffet spread in the morning -- had a...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L The service at Yunak Evleri was superb, the finishes amazing, the common areas upscale, etc. I feared the ...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L The 600 USD included transfer to and from Ataturk airport and coach seats on a larger than I imagined jet to Nev...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L I was staying in an area on the tramway in Sirkeci. All of my previous taxis, Ubers and drivers dropped me off...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L Let me state up front, I'm a very independent traveler. I have seen vast parts of Europe, Latin America an...

THANKS TO EFENDI TRAVE L Yusuf Karaca of Efendi Travel in Istanbul Turkey created a luxury package to Cappadocia in the span of three ...

REVIEWED BY TOM BROSNAHAN OF TURKEY TRAVEL PLANNER The Orient Express Hotel features an open-buffet breakfast with plentiful choices ...

REVIEWED BY TOM BROSNAHAN OF TURKEY TRAVEL PLANNER The aptly-named Orient Express Hotel is right on the Bagcilar-Kabatas tram line, betwe...

THRIFT SHOP ON WHEELS If I had to pick one photo to sum up life on the back streets of old Istanbul, this would be it. Beyoglu has som...

A picturesque cemetery in an old neighborhood in Bursa, Turkey.