WHAT’S A BODRUM?

The city of Bodrum in Turkey is not on the radar of too many American and European travelers, but it ought to be. Many people interested in classical antiquity already know about Bodrum, but may not know that they know. The Greeks called it Halicarnassus, and it housed the Tomb of Mausolus, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Historians will recognize it as the home town of Herodotus, the father of the discipline of history, and also of Dionysius, historian of the Roman republic and rhetoric teacher to Roman emperors. It was ruled by the Persians and Alexander the Great, and later came under the control of the Knights of St. John or Knights Hospitaliers, who built its great castle and renamed it after St. Peter (Petronium), which gave rise to the modern name of Bodrum. This is where the Mongol advance under Tamerlane was stopped, but the Crusaders eventually gave way to Suleiman the Magnificent, who brought the city into the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. After that, very little happened in Bodrum, which is why so many ancient sites are so well preserved.

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Hailing a cab vs. pre-booking a taxi In Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital city of Estonia, with thousands of attractions for its tourists, coming from all over the world. The city has become an ideal holiday destination due to its proximity with neighboring countries like Helsinki, Stockholm and Finland. The city’s old town has still preserved astounding attraction for each of its tourist who intended to come here, first time or twentieth time. This global city of Estonia has been famous for its lush green fields, cobbled streets, unique architecture, rich culture and historical background.

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Guidelines for Business Travel in Tallinn

Tallinn is the financial and business hub of Estonia. The city has high growth in economy sector, giving freedom to new and old investors to empower the origins of development and progress in Estonia. The policies of economy are liberal and diverse that backbones all the field of Tallinn, including tourism, information technology, trading and logistics. The city’s development has ranked itself, in the list of world’s seven smartest cities according to factual statistics. Tallinn alone owned half of the wealth of Estonia with 172 percent GDP per capital till 2008.

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The Antalya Airport

Antalya Airport is located only 8.1 miles northeast from the city center of Antalya, in Turkey. The airport operates in the primary and most popular holiday destination of Turkey, situated on the Mediterranean coast. The Antalya airport was basically built to provide accommodation to the millions of passengers and visitors who come to Turkey's beautiful and mesmerizing Mediterranean beaches in summer. The airport handled approximately a total of 25 million passengers in 2011, and the most amazing part of this fact is that more than 20 million of these passengers were international. The Antalya Airport is known to be one of the best international airports in Turkey. It has two international terminals, along with one domestic terminal too. The Antalya airport is one of the major and primary airports on the Southwest of Turkey which contributes to control the air traffic along with the Bodrum and Dalaman airport.

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4 CAB COMPANIES IN BODRUM, TURKEY, YOU SHOULD USE

Bodrum is a port city and a district in Mugla Province in Turkey. The city is beautiful but with less developed infrastructure. There is no Airport in the city. Nearest air port cities are 36 KM and 70 KM away. The city is surrounded by ocean; therefore ferries are common here for travelling.

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BODRUM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The Bodrum International Airport or the Milas Bodrum Airport serves the two major Turkish towns; Bodrum and Milas. The airport is situated close to the center of both these towns, allowing travelers to reach the hub of true Turkish culture easily. It is located only 36 km northeast of the town of Bodrum, and about 16 km south of Milas. After the construction of a spacious international terminal in the airport, the traffic has increased and the airport allow numerous international visitors to chose this airport of reach Turkey.

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CRUSADERS AND CASTLES IN BODRUM

The present city of Bodrum was called Halicarnassus in ancient times, and according to legend was founded by Anthes, one of the sons of Poseidon. The Greek city was subsequently part of the Roman and then Byzantine Empires, then was ruled by Central Asian Tartars known as the Seljuk Turks, who are considered the ancestors of the present Turkish people. As a result of the Crusades, the Knights Hospitaliers or Knights of St. John arrived in 1402. Originally commissioned by Pope Gregory in 623 to build hospitals in the Holy Land for the care of Christian pilgrims, the Knights of St. John became one of the most powerful Catholic military orders of the Middle Ages. They fortified the city of with the Castle of St. Peter, which eventually gave the city a new name and became the site of one of the world’s most interesting archeological museums. Greek influence persisted in what became the city of Bodrum because it was settled by a large population of Greek-speaking Muslims from Crete who moved there after the former Ottoman island became part of Greece after the First World War.

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