Turkey

• 1 Travel with a twist: the world's most unique hotels
  HELLO! Online has discovered some of the most incredible and original lodgings around the globe. If you want something truly unique from your next vacation, forget the typical bed & breakfast or regular...

• 2 Hot spots and cool cafes on the Bosphorus
  A thousand scents and fragrances entice the traveler and a thousand more await you as you pause for a drink or a thick Turkish coffee on one of the numerous terraces overlooking the Canal. Here, exotic...

• 3 Pera Palace Hotel: the pearl of Istanbul
  Politicians, artists, writers and royalty have strolled through the halls of the magnificent hotel, a prominent symbol of Istanbul's urban culture for over a hundred years. Pera was the heart of the cosmopolitan...

• 4 Bodrum: where the Aegean meets the Med
  Homer described Ionia – as the Ancient Greeks knew this stretch of the beautiful Aegean littoral with its pristine beaches and crystal waters – as “a land of eternal blues”, and...

• 5 Restoration works complete at the Hagia Sophia
  This major restoration project began back in 1993, a few years after the Hagia Sophia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the rest of the historic centre of Istanbul. It wasn't ...

• 6 From Paris to Istanbul on the Orient Express
  Click on the image to see more photos of the legendary train and its journey to the historical Turkish city  

• 7 Ephesus, an open-air classical museum
  Once a key port on the eastern Mediterranean, despite repeated dredging, the harbour silted up, and what now remains of Ephesus lies a few kilometres inland. In its heyday, the city's markets were among...

• 8 Sunsets over the Med: views to remember
  There may be no better spot on all the Mediterranean coast to watch the sun set than Cabo Sunion, a  vantage point which, from the dawn of history, has offered a view of the boats sailing towards...

• 9 The Bodrum Kempinski Hotel: an A-list destination for sunseekers
  With the glamour of Monte Carlo, and a chic Middle Eastern vibe, the secluded Bodrum Kempinski hotel's stretch of cove is particularly quiet. Flanked by green covered mountains on one side and a crystal...

• 10 See the Greco-Roman cities of Asia Minor by schooner
  

• 11 Four Seasons Istanbul: an escape to luxury
  Incredible though it sounds, this erstwhile prison, built in 1917, is a place you'd really want to escape to, not from. When you look a little closer, it makes more sense, as nothing has been left to chance...

• 12 Istanbul, Capital of Culture, 2010
  Although Ankara occupies the place in official records and literature, nobody doubts that the unofficial capital of Turkey is Istanbul - the city known to the  ancient Greeks, Persians and Macedonians...

• 13 A look at Sharon Stone's favourite place to unwind: Mardan Palace Spa, Turkey
  After wrapping up a busy fortnight in Cannes, Sharon Stone was in need of some rest and relaxation. So the A-list beauty hopped on a private plane and headed straight to the Mardan Palace Spa in Antalya,...

• 14 Jet-setting celebs lend star power to launch of luxury Turkish hotel
  Some of Hollywood's biggest names checked in when a luxury Turkish hotel opened its doors at the weekend. Among them were Sharon Stone, Mariah Carey, Tom Jones, Richard Gere, Seal, Monica Bellucci and...