Mardin’s old city is one of the most layered places in Turkey — a golden medieval city built on a hillside above the Mesopotamian plain, where the civilizations and the faiths of the region have accumulated for…
Mardin’s old city is one of the most photogenic places in Turkey, and the reason is visible from the first moment you see it: a golden medieval city cascading down a hillside above the Mesopotamian plain, with…
Mardin’s old city is a shopping town in the best sense — a place with real crafts and real products, sold by the people who make them.
Let’s be clear about what nightlife means in Mardin’s old city, because the golden city has nothing to do with neon, DJs, and queues — and that is precisely its appeal.
Mardin’s old city is a destination that works wonderfully for families — not because it is a resort with kids’ clubs, but because it is a place of genuine, walkable wonder that children respond to instinctively.
Mardin’s old city is a destination that suits the solo traveler beautifully, and it works on both of the solo registers at once.
Getting from Istanbul to Mardin is a proper journey — over a thousand kilometers, across the width of Anatolia to the southeastern corner of Turkey, with several ways to do it, each with its own balance of…
Summer in Mardin is the golden city at its most extreme — and for the traveler who plans around it, at its most atmospheric.
Winter in Mardin’s old city is the golden town at its quietest and its most intimate — the stone houses and the lanes emptier, the light low and clear over the plain, and the atmosphere of the ancient city at…
Mardin’s old city is a destination you could build a whole trip around — the golden lanes, the monuments, and the views could fill a week on their own.
Mardin sits in the heart of one of the great cuisines of Turkey — the table of the southeast — and for the food traveler the old city is one of the most rewarding destinations in the country.
Mardin’s old city is one of the great destinations of the southeast, and the crowds follow a well-worn circuit — the Great Mosque, the madrasas, the main terraces, and the famous viewpoints.
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