Car Rental Turkey - Exploring Turkey

You can’t ignore the antiquity of the Turkey, or its endless coastline of quaint villages, beautiful beaches and lively resorts. A car is simply a must!

North of Istanbul, the Gallipoli battlefields feature in modern history, particularly if you an ANZAC (an Australian or New Zealand serviceman) paying your respects to the WWI massacre victims.

Across the Sea of Marmara is the excavated site of Troy, revealing nine ancient cities, one on top of another dating back to 3000 BC. Ephesus, further south, is the grandest and best preserved with its Temple of Diana - counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Several pretty coastal towns are found on the western coast, and Bodrum is the South Aegean's prettiest resort with a yacht harbour and a port for ferries to the Greek island of Kos.

Antalya is Turkey's main resort town and commands an important tourist place on the south coast. There are better, more peaceful, beachside spots, but Antalya makes a good base for exploring the countryside and coastline; it also has some fine history to boot.

In central Turkey a worthwhile trip is to the many intriguing Cappadocian valleys with their strange volcanic cones, cave dwelling people and rock churches.