Swap Bodrum for the Black Sea and Istanbul for Datça: Lesser-known Turkey destinations to escape the crowds - From ski ...

If you make it all the way to the Datça Peninsula, you may never want to leave the rugged landscape of dark olive and pale green almond trees, scrubby hills, pine forests in sheltered hollows, and ...

If destinations along the Turkish Riviera were Hollywood actors, Bodrum would be the flashy star while the Datca Peninsula would be the young ingenue. Datca, a narrow, craggy neck of stunning and ...

(CNN) — With untouched and natural rugged scenery, forested with pristine bays on both sides, the Datça peninsula feels a world away from the touristy towns of this popular corner of the Med. The long ...

I gave away a spare rib recipe under the shade of the trees reaching towards the sea. Eser fed two cats and two kittens before lounging on the beach. The food on and inside the oven in the kitchens, ...

I DISCOVERED the Datca Peninsula, in the southwestern corner of Turkey, purely by accident. This was in 2005. I’d never been to Turkey and was trying to find a rental house somewhere anywhere on any ...

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