Top 5 Instagrammable Places In Turkey

Live in caves, walk along picturesque valleys, see ancient cave churches and monasteries, put out on ATVs, fly in a hot air balloon, try a kebab from a clay pot and, of course, make your own splendid selfies against the background of incredible landscapes of Cappadocia.

Nemrut Mountain is one of the most amazing sights of Turkey, the whole national park on the mountain, which attracts tourists and locals with its sanctuary. The mountain is also famous for its charming and picturesque sunrises and sunsets. It is a pity that few people get to it, because it is located in the East of the country, in the province of Adyaman, far from major tourist cities, far from the sea and resorts.

Pamukkale, translated as a "cotton fortress", is called the business card of Turkey. It is a unique natural phenomenon in the form of huge limestone walls with ledges similar to ice blocks. Actually, it has nothing to do with Pamukkale ice. White formations with large bowls are a cascade of terraced pools filled with springs of different chemical composition and temperature with water from 30ºC to 100ºC, which has healing and rejuvenating effect. There are legends that Cleopatra's beauty and youth were preserved thanks to bathing in local springs.

Each pool has a tablet that informs about the temperature and water composition. Local thermal water cures a large list of diseases. Swimming in sulfur baths is effective for skin diseases, water of "multicolored" waterfalls, is designed to prevent diseases of joints and bones. In the dark time, Pamukkale's pools are illuminated, so you may take baths here round the clock.

Antalya is wonderful in summer, but sometimes the beach vacation turns into a routine and can get tired. But there are many beautiful places in Antalya, where you can go in one day and get a lot of impressions. One of these places is lavender fields. Near the town of Isparta, there is the village Keçiborlu Kuyucak Köyü. As soon as you pass the village, the fields of lavender will start alternating with the fields of roses. Yes, yes, you have not heard the Rose. In this area grow roses and immediately produce rose oil.After passing through several purple plantations you will get to the village, where you can try real lavender ice cream. Do it!

Lavender blooms from late June to late July.

Alacati is a village in Turkey on the Çesme Peninsula, off the Aegean Sea coast. The center of the village is dotted with atmospheric cobblestone streets, where there are light houses under colorful tiled roofs, buried in flowers. In this cozy place you can feel the spirit of two countries: Turkey and Greece, which once included Alacati.