{"id":645,"date":"2020-12-14T11:34:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=645"},"modified":"2020-12-14T18:13:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T18:13:02","slug":"kiss-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"Kiss Kiss &#8211; Turkish Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cKiss Kiss\u201d is probably the most famous song to come out of Turkey but you didn\u2019t realise it.\u00a0 The original song \u201c\u015e\u0131mar\u0131k\u201d was a hit for Tarken, a German born Turkish singer.\u00a0 You are probably more familiar with the versions by the Greek-American singer Stella Soleil in 2001, which was itself covered by the Australian actress Holly Valance a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tarkan - \u015e\u0131mar\u0131k - Simarik - Kiss Kiss)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FkKShvCPrRc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Kiss Kiss, \u015e\u0131mar\u0131k, Simarik &#8211; Tarkan<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So today we are off to one of Turkey\u2019s main tourist destinations the Antalya region.\u00a0 The area is famous historically as the centre of the Lycian Empire and was the last region on the Mediterranean Sea to become part of the Roman Empire.\u00a0 You cannot go far without coming across reminders of its past.\u00a0 If visiting the area you must take some time out to see Hadrian\u2019s Gate located in Antalya city centre and the rock tombs in Myra.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lycia-218651_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Rock Tombs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main resort of Antalya offers a wide range of hotel accommodation from luxury hotels to small boutique hotels and there are a range of beaches to suit everyone\u2019s\u2019 needs whether its small and quite or big and noisy.  The best months to visit weather wise are May to October.  Daytime highs during these months are 26\u00b0C and above, with only a slight chance of rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920-1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/beach-4185408_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Beaches &#8211; Antalya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c7\u0131ral\u0131, one of Antalya\u2019s most beautiful quieter beaches. Here you will find the ancient Lycian city of Olympos. You can walk among the ruins after a day of lying on the beach. For more serious walkers there is the \u201cLycian Trail\u201d.\u00a0 This is a marked walking trail that takes approximately 29 days to trek, taking in 25 historical sights over a distance of more than 500 kilometers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcounsellors.co.uk\/maggie.bush\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie<\/a> today and book your &#8220;Turkish Delight&#8221;.  Let someone else take the stress out of booking your 2021 break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay with the card that gives you complimentary access to over 1,200 airport lounges across more than 130 countries worldwide as standard plus reward points \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/amex.co.uk\/refer\/mALCOJphOv?XLINK=MYCP\">The American Express Platinum Card<\/a>*. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"font-size:11px\">  Any links with an * by them are affiliated, which means get a product via this link and a contribution may be made to us.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKiss Kiss\u201d is probably the most famous song to come out of Turkey but you didn\u2019t realise it.\u00a0 The original song \u201c\u015e\u0131mar\u0131k\u201d was a hit for Tarken, a German born Turkish singer.\u00a0 You are probably more familiar with the versions by the Greek-American singer Stella Soleil in 2001, which was itself covered by the Australian &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kiss Kiss &#8211; Turkish Delight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[460,198,65,197,292,196],"tags":[461,96,464,463,32,462,297],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antalya","category-hiking","category-sun","category-trekking","category-turkey","category-walking","tag-antalya","tag-beach","tag-historical-sites","tag-kiss-kiss","tag-sun","tag-tarkan","tag-turkey","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}