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Datça – A Paradise for Health Tourists

November 20, 2019by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Favoured holiday destination of Turkey’s film stars, singers and assorted jet-set luvvies, Datça offers a glamorous destination for your next break in this richly varied country. It’s the Turkish equivalent […]

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Datca, Turkey

Van Man

January 8, 2019by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Turkey is a magical land with something for everyone. If sprawling on a sun-baked beach with a cold drink in one hand and a Kindle in the other has lost […]

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Turkey, Van

Blood Rites in Telmessos

December 10, 2018by theromantictraveller 2 Comments

My new Sketchers, though deliciously comfortable with their memory foam insoles and advanced air flow system, were no match for the jagged rocks that led up to the tomb of […]

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Turkey

Discos and Mausoleums in Bodrum

November 13, 2018by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus and birth-place of Herodotus, is nowadays the quintessential resort town of western Turkey, brash and modern and home to one of the flashiest discos in the world. […]

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Tlos

October 23, 2018by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

The ruins of Tlos in Turkey’s Muḡla province are tremendously impressive. I followed the road signs for the village of Kemer from the Fethiye-Kaṣ highway and took a turnoff at […]

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Turkey

Gods, Men and Goats – Duzgun Baba

June 17, 2018by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

It looked as if a large meteorite had crashed into a herd of goats, whose disintegrating bodies had spattered it with blood and whose only recognisable remains were hundreds of […]

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Turkey

A Brush with Byron in Venice

May 6, 2018by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

In the strange waterworld that is Venice every turn can offer a big surprise and unexpected delight. It’s perfectly true that the best way to see this city is to […]

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Venice

Bombs and Bastions in Malta

December 1, 2017by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

I’ve always had a soft spot for the military-religious orders of the Middle Ages. If I’d been around then I would have loved to have joined the Templers, Hospitallers, Teutonic […]

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Malta

Jolly Japes at Seaton Delaval

October 17, 2017by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Seaton Delaval Hall has an unusually attractive location, close to the North Sea coast and commanding beautiful vistas in every direction. Just a short drive from Tynemouth where I was […]

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England, Northumberland

Hunting Caravaggios in Rome

October 17, 2017by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Paintings by the great masters were never meant to be viewed in art galleries. These institutions are a modern invention. Most of them were always destined for churches and the […]

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Italy, Rome

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