Photo locations in Turkey.?

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Hi all.

After much ear bashing from her ladyship about going abroad in 2009, we have decided on Turkey. It's different, never been there, and friends say its great. However when doing a little searching on the web there also seems to be some fantistic locations for some great photography. The Altar of Zeus, the 25,000 seater gladiator stadium, tombs carved into he mountains, turtle beach etc...

Has anyone been there recently (2008) and can anyone recommend any specific locations.?

Cheers
 
I know you say recently, an I haven't been recently, but I couldn't not mention a couple of places (Personally, I hated Turkey, but then out of 2 weeks I spent 8 days violently ill). The two places that spring to mind are Efesus (sp) and Pamukale (again, not sure on spelling). Efesus is an ancient city, and pamukale is a cascade of what at first glance looks like snow, but is actually calcium deposits. There's also a massive lagoon that's naturally very warm and is lovely to swim in.

I know you said recent, but I can't see those 2 places having changed much since 2001, they're both historical landmarks.
 
It must be over 10 years since I went, but would also recommend the the 2 places Chris has mentioned.
 
We went to Turkey this year and loved it - but you could probably pick a better area photographically than we did (Bitez).

Personally I think Marmaris looks like a winner as it is relatively near Ephesus (ancient city) and Pamukale (huge calcium terraces) and has generally nice scenery as well (Cleopatra Island springs to mind).

Or Olu Deniz is supposed to be very pretty - I'm sure there is a place called butterfly valley, and there is also the Blue Lagoon which I'm sure is pretty photogenic!

I suppose it depends what you are interested in taking photo's of??
 
The coastline from Antalya to Olympos is great. Olympos is a ruined city and you can still climb over the ruins to get to the beach from the nearest carpark! There is plenty of exploring to do around Olympos.
 
We went in July 08 and found the ruins at Side to be a very good place for photography but I think it will depend on which area of the country you will be staying in as it is a bit large ;)
 
We're staying in Kalkan if that helps. I need to look at a map to find all the locations you've all mentioned as Turkey is new to us. Cheers to everyone so far for the info :clap:
 
Hiya,

From Kalkan, you have the town itself which is very photogenic, the cost road to Antalya, the village of Kas with its rock tombs and a sunken city (the name escapes me)

You can expect spectalular sunrises and sets (so take a grad filter) but the area can get a little hazy depending on the weather.

Let me know if you need more

Hugh
 
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