5 Reasons Why You Should Visit Gallipoli, Turkey

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Written by Julie from The Red Headed Traveler Blog.

For most visitors to Turkey, especially those traveling there for the first time, a visit to a World War I battlefield like Gallipoli is generally not on their itinerary. There’s the requisite time spent in frenetic, brimming with history Istanbul…and from there perhaps a sojourn to the famed Turquoise Coast where days are spent idling away the hours in this Mediterranean paradise complete with the most picture-perfect meze platter for you (and especially your stomach) to partake in.

And we can’t, of course, forget about Cappadocia, the central Turkish region which is home to a mythical landscape, a bucket list item for many finally fulfilled when gliding over its breathtaking beauty at sunrise in a hot air balloon or sleeping in a cave hotel.

But what about Gallipoli? It’s located on a peninsula in Turkey right between the Aegean…