Back on the coast, the lovely beach and comfortable guest houses and hotels at Akcakoca ensure that it remains a popular holiday resort. Twenty-seven km east of Akcakoca, you can explore the remains of a Genoese castle now set amid ...
But also, our friends and incredibly gracious hosts Seval and bAlpagut/b guided us through various eateries where we had THE BEST TURKISH FOOD EVER IN OUR LIVES. Really. bAlpagut/b and Barbi at the site of our first amazing meal in Hatay b.../b Definitely the highlight of "my winter bvacation/b." Our return was through a 3 hour fast ferry to Athens (plus one hour bus ride to the airport in 500 degree heat through ugly Athens) and one hour flight to Istanbul, where we crashed at our b.../b
