Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

Eat your way through history.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.