Luxury Aegean Coast

The Aegean history carries layers of mist and time with the glory of the Trojan War, sung by Homer and visible through its ruins at Hisarlik. Along this coast we see the kingdoms of the Carians, whose King Mausolus died after his revolt against the Persians. His tomb at Halicarnassus, built by his wife, is one of the wonders of the ancient world. These kingdoms also produced King Midas of the ‘golden touch’. The great Library of Pergamum was later said to have been taken by Mark Anthony to compensate Cleopatra for the loss of her burnt library at Alexandria; covering 4000 years of history is the glory of sun, sand, sea and stunning beaches. Pamukkale (cotton-castles) is the site of the stunning calcium-laden mineral springs and St. John wrote the fourth-gospel at Ephesus. The Aegean Cost is another delight in the rich mosaic that is Turkey.