Posts in Tag: Historic Mosques
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Konya – Home of the Whirling Dervishes
In the last post our Adventures Abroad western Turkey tour made its final stop on the Mediterranean coast at the city of Side. It was now time to turn inland and cross the Taurus Mountains to the high plateau of Anatolia where the fabled region of Cappadocia awaits us. But, before we get to Cappadocia […]
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Basilica of Saint John, Selcuk, Turkey
In this post we continue our exploration of western Turkey with Adventures Abroad in the Ephesus area by visiting sites sacred to both the Christian and Islamic religions followed by an unscheduled visit to the house of the Virgin Mary. As an added bonus we get to gaze upon another sacred site, this one dedicated […]