Turkey

A land written and rewritten by empires, where two continents meet across the Bosphorus. In Istanbul a Roman hippodrome, a Byzantine cathedral, and an Ottoman bazaar share a single peninsula. South on the Aegean, the marble streets of Ephesus, one of the great cities of the classical world, and Izmir, the old Smyrna reborn from the sea. Layered, sensory, and best read slowly. Walk it at your own pace and on your own schedule.