Turkey also has magnificent past, ancient palaces and museums, impressive mosques and churches and a land rich in remarkable treasures. Turkey also offers arange of invigorating outdoor activities, particularly in the Black Sea and Eastern Anatolian areas, where visitors can walk, hike, kayak, sail, horse ride, ski and more.

Beautiful, sandy beaches along the Meditteranean and Aegean coasts offer relaxing surroundings.

Turkey is a unique country: a bridge between Asia and Europe,has an extremely rich cultural heritage.Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides, by the Black Sea in the north, the Mediterranean in the south and the Aegean Sea in the west.

In the northwest there is also an important internal sea, the Sea of Marmara, between the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus.