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Spring is upon us (at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere), and we’re embracing it with open arms by highlighting seasonal must-dos from our amazing I Heart My City community.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 20, 2013 
Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
I Heart My City: Ellen’s Antalya
Posted by I Heart My City on October 17, 2012 
When Ellen Rabiner found herself at a crossroads in her career because of the economy, she decided to forget what she’d like to do for a living and focus on what she wanted to do in life. She’d always dreamed of living abroad, and when she saw a photo of Antalya it seemed like the perfect fit. Find out what this ex-New Yorker loves about her new home in the capital of the Turkish Riviera — and why you should visit.
What better way to sample the culinary delights of a region than by peddling along its backroads, enjoying the scenery and working up an appetite for the next meal?
Here are ten great itineraries for all you food- and wine-loving cyclists out there.
The Radar: Spiritual Escapes in Europe, Istanbul’s Best Museums, Explore Phnom Penh
Posted by Erin Spencer on July 27, 2012 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups.
The Radar: Cappadocia from the Sky, Deceptive Hotel Reviews, Travel Like a Child
Posted by Erin Spencer on July 4, 2012 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the Web #ngtradar. Check back on the blog for our roundups. Photograph by Kani Polat, My Shot.
Istiklal: The Heart (and Stomach) of Istanbul
Posted by Katherine Gypson on February 23, 2012 
By Katherine Gypson A Turkish friend once told me that to understand Turkey all you need to do is take a walk down Istiklal Caddesi — the main pedestrian shopping area of Istanbul that hums with energy late into the night and hosts everything from street musicians to sophisticated clubbing to protests. “Istiklal,” she said,…
Photos: Where You Went
Posted by Intelligent Travel on January 24, 2012 
Our readers boast impressive travel résumés, which is why every Friday we ask you the same question on Facebook: Where are you traveling this weekend? See photos of where YOU went, and get inspired to plan your next trip. Photos by readers like you. Upload your favorite travel photos with a caption to Your Shot/Travel at ngm.com/yourshot. Tag all…
First-Class Cooking Schools
Posted by Intelligent Travel on October 11, 2011 
Mediterranean culinary schools offer lessons in good living. By Rachel Howard From the October issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine. Glorious Greek Cooking › Ikaría, Greece Inhabitants of the remote Greek island of Ikaría are a third more likely than Americans to reach the age of 90. But eating like a Greek doesn’t mean abstinence: Good living and convivial…
Beyoglu: A Soho in the Heart of Istanbul
Posted by Intelligent Travel on October 15, 2010 In our October cover story, Pico Iyer writes of the wonders of Istanbul, the “City of the Future.” Writer Emilie Harting just returned from a visit herself, and delves deeper into the neighborhood of Beyoglu. “Stay in Beyoglu,” advised my Turkish friend Haldun when I was planning a trip to Istanbul, his hometown. The…
Istanbul’s Boutique Hotel Views
Posted by Intelligent Travel on May 20, 2010 National Geographic Traveler contributing writer Don Webster is almost always on the road. Today he sends a dispatch about his favorite boutique hotel in Istanbul. While I’m a long-time fan of Istanbul‘s boutique hotels (a decade-old trend that just seems to keep improving), there’s a new favorite on the horizon. As a rule, these places…
Alexander’s Footsteps: Trucks, Goats, and Introductions
Posted by Intelligent Travel on April 28, 2010 After working as a reporter in Cairo, Theodore May wanted to know more about the history, culture, and people of the Middle East. So he decided to explore it, and use one of history’s conquerors as his guide. For the next eight months he’ll be following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, tracing the…
Mindfully Meandering in Turkey’s Middle Earth
Posted by Intelligent Travel on November 16, 2009 Traveler writer Jeanine Barone is just back from Turkey, where she found an alternative way to explore this land that she heard was magical. Instead of going by van from one town to the next to get a glimpse of the magic, or signing up with a big name hiking company so she could trudge…
Istanbul’s Whirling Dervishes
Posted by Intelligent Travel on November 3, 2009 Managing Editor Scott Stuckey has just returned from Turkey and got an insider’s look at Istanbul’s famous Whirling Dervishes. I first heard the term “Whirling Dervishes” as a young child and, reasonably enough, surmised that they were dervishes who loved to whirl. What a dervish was, exactly, remained a mystery to me until last Friday,…
Istanbul Eats
Posted by Intelligent Travel on October 29, 2009 Traveler managing editor Scott S. Stuckey is just back from a trip to Turkey, and suggests the best places to grab a bite. Today, October 29, is Turkey’s Independence Day, marking the 86th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic. During my visit to Istanbul last week, in anticipation of the celebrations and fireworks…
Awesome Tour Alert: Turkey
Posted by rdunlap on April 15, 2009 Fifteen years ago, a recently-graduated British archaeologist decided to walk 2,000 miles across Turkey, following a section of Alexander the Great’s ancient path from Troy to Iskenderun (with a heavy backpack and plenty of stops at ruins and ancient battle sites along the way). Sound crazy? Well, maybe a little. But it seems to have…
Strange Planet: Landlocked Cruising
Posted by Janelle Nanos on August 21, 2008 Want all of the perks of cruising but none of the guilt (in the form of high gas prices or that gut that you’ll inevitably get from too many trips to the buffet)? We recently came across the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Göynük, Turkey, a 325-room “cruise ship” that is “docked” in the country’s Antalya…
Rethinking Shanty Towns
Posted by Katie Knorovsky on January 24, 2008 Generally speaking, travelers tend to eschew slums in their urban itineraries. But Robert Neuwirth—a journalist who spent two years living in four squatter communities in Brazil, Kenya, India, and Turkey—considers these shanty towns vibrant neighborhoods worthy of exploration. After all, one in six people on the planet are considered squatters (that’s one billion people), an…
A Nightclub with a Worldview
Posted by it on October 23, 2007 Our intrepid contributing editor Andrew Nelson is just back from a trip to Turkey, and he sends us this report from the 360 Istanbul Restaurant, a nightclub with its own worldview. With jaw-dropping vistas of two continents, the Golden Horn and enormous, illuminated mosques, the club/restaurant 360 Istanbul (Istiklal Caddesi Misir Apt. No. 311 K.…
