Ortaköy Mosque was built in 1853 in the neobaroque style on the banks of the Bosporus.
A view of Asia from the legendary Çiragan Palace, an Ottoman palace-turned-hotel.
The more than 20,000 blue tiles, handmade in the Iznik style, lining the domed ceilings of the mosque led to its nickname. Although it draws as many as 5 million visitors a year, it still functions as a working mosque.
Istanbul’s iconic Sultanahmet Camii, more familiarly known as the Blue Mosque, was commissioned in 1609 with six minarets—rather scandalous at the time, since most mosques (then and now) top out at four.
A tree strung with nazar—“evil eye”—charms overlooking Pigeon Valley in Cappadocia.
Argos’ wine cellar holds some 70,000 bottles.
An on-site garden provides fresh produce for its restaurant, Seki.
Perched above Pigeon Valley, Argos in Cappadocia was fashioned into a hotel by carving into a hillside of soft rock.
Cappadocia is one of the world’s best spots for hot air ballooning. Local laws allow for as many as 150 balloons in the air at once, which cruise 1,500 feet above volcanic ash formations, olive groves and apricot orchards.
A view of Bodrum harbor, which Homer described as “the land of eternal blue.”
The rocky shoreline of Altinkum beach in Çesme.
Traditional Turkish wooden boats called gulets offer a particularly luxe way to explore the Turkish Riviera.
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