IZMIR, TURKEY - APRIL 05: A drone photo shows an aerial view of Ephesus Ancient City, in Selcuk district of Izmir, Turkey on April 05, 2021. The Ancient City of Ephesus takes its visitors on a ...

Finding time to write has been difficult, but after a week and a half in Turkey and Georgia, it is time for a second travel-related post. On Thursday, Dec. 20, I arrived at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport ...

Most visitors to the spectacular ruins of Ephesus fly into Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city—and hightail it out of town as fast as possible. Shame on them. And on me. Two years ago, when I wrote the ...

Head to Alsancak, the old Greek-Ottoman quarter, at night. 12 p.m. Meander the 500-year-old Kemeralti Market, a vast enterprise of open-air stalls and traditional shops selling items ranging from ...